beat: 2/4
rhythm: there are 2 beats in each bar, and the second beat is a remake.
speed: 52-54 bars per minute.
style: cheerful music, lively dance and tight steps.
There are many kinds of samba dances in the local Carnaval from Bajao to Marcha. In Latin America, the popularity of samba dance has such a saying: people, regardless of gender, old and young, dance at ordinary times and dance more on holidays; Jump on the stage and jump on the street; Dance during the day and dance all night. Whenever the exciting music starts, people are always passionate, and they can't help swinging their legs and twisting their waists, jumping up, and they are so intoxicated that they can't stop.
Samba dance is a collective social dance, with dozens of participants and tens of thousands of participants. This dance is accompanied by percussion music such as drums and gongs. The steps of this dance are simple, with feet moving forward and backward, body tilting and swinging back and forth. Male and female dancers dance in pairs or around the ballroom, or they can dance separately. Male dancers love all kinds of dexterous movements under their feet, and their feet move or rotate rapidly. Female dancers mainly shake their upper body and twist their abdomen and buttocks.
In order to show the characteristics of samba, dancers must perform cheerfully, emotionally and passionately. Many moves in sambari today require that the dancer's pelvis tilt. This action is difficult to complete, but without it, samba loses its unique charm. Before 1914, it was famous by a man named "Maxixe" in Brazil. The first attempt to introduce samba to European dance halls was in 1923-1924, but it was not until World War II that samba became popular in Europe.
samba has a unique rhythm, among which it is famous for its musical instruments with Brazilian characteristics: originally called tamborim, chocalho, reco-reco, and cabaca.