Samba Steps

In the Samba, dancers employ their feet in several shifts and changes in direction. Incorporated into this are the hip moves, which make this the dance of choice for several party-goers and ballroom dancers.

Stand with a little distance between your feet. When the music begins, at the first beat, slide your right foot back a bit, keeping your body's full weight on it. Now slide your left foot back, finely shifting your body's weight on the ball of the same foot. You should be moved so fine and swift that the left heel should hardly reach back to the floor. Immediately raise your right leg, let it reach the floor along with the whole of your body weight.

Samba dance steps

There are several types of samba danced in Brazil. The two leading samba forms in Rio are the street samba dance called samba no pe, which is a solo dance and samba gafieiro, which is a partner dance. The Samba dance is considered the most popular dance of celebration and joy at Carnival celebrations in Rio.

Lively and rhythmical, there are many types of Samba dances, just like there are several types of Samba music. In samba, men and women are dancing samba with different steps and emphasis on different things during the dance. The male samba dancers sometimes do a lot of acrobatic tricks with their feet. The female dance can be characterized as immediate symmetrical feet movement with each foot twisting on the heel. All the time the females samba dancers put importance on their femininity by using their hips and shoulders very much.

The male and female dancers can dance together but they do not touch each other. Often the men dance around the women including spins, hops and jumps. The dance has a high tempo and is difficult combination of the basic steps, different variation and improvisation. The dance is done unaccompanied and begins straight away when the samba music appears. The tempo of the moves change with the pace of the music, some samba dances are very fast and other samba dances move at a more normal pace.