Brazilian-American musician Beto Gonzalez was too young to understand the country around him when his family returned to Brazil in the 1970s. It was only as he grew older, after coming back to the ...

Those who have experienced Brazilian culture have loved it, especially Carnaval, a long-awaited celebration in February. For members of Handphibians, a Madison-based pagode band, and Ótimo Dance, a ...

For the first time since the Cuban conga (1938), it looks as though the U.S. is taking up a new ballroom dance. The new dance is the Brazilian samba* notable alike for its breezy tempo and its lilting ...

Week 7 (Oct. 24) of Dancing With the Stars was Eras Night, so Jana Kramer and dance partner Gleb Savchenko drew inspiration from the 1970s for their dance. The pair performed a samba to "Get Down ...

Vavá Samba performs samba music and dance from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Part of a series of educational videos created for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival's Brazil in DC initiative. Vavá United ...

Last week, festivities began in Rio de Janeiro for Carnival, a large celebration involving music, dancing, parades, and parties before the Catholic observance of Lent. Source: Britannica, Insider, The ...

CONCORD, Calif. -- Feel the beat of the drums during an educational workshop set to the sounds of Samba music. House of Samba Kids is an interactive workshop that uses instruments and dance to capture ...

A samba class performs in Rio de Janeiro. There’s an expression here in Brazil: “Tudo acaba em samba.” Translated literally, the phrase means “Everything ends in samba.” That is to say, no matter what ...

In this Feb. 22, 2019 photo, Israel dos Santos, 31, dances samba during a rehearsal of the Portela children samba school, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For the first time this year, when Portela's ...