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Summary: Brazilian Carnival Costumes add color and flare to your dance routine. Learn the different kinds of costumes you can wear when dancing the Brazilian Samba in this free video clip.
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Patricia Prata Patricia Prata is a triple threat Brazilian actress living in Los Angeles. She has Bachelor of Arts in Acting and has trained in Russian ballet background tr... read more
Hi, I'm going to talk about Brazilian Samba Dance. Well, Brazilian Samba Dance is more performatic style and flamboyant, if you may. So this is the costume that we usually wear at the carnival. The Brazilian Samba Dance is a style of dance that everybody in Brazil performs in the carnival. So this is the back piece of the Brazilian costume and the difference between the Brazilian Samba Dance and the Ballroom dance is the Brazilian Samba dance is more performatic and more flamboyant. So I always tell my students that in order to perform a Brazilian Samba Dance, you need to think that you are a peacock because you are going to be wearing all those feathers and the Brazilian Samba Dance is about attitude and it's one of the youngest styles of dance on the planet earth and we incorporate a lot of steps from most of the dancing styles, such as, ballet, jazz, and even belly dance. So get ready to learn how to Samba dance Brazilian style.