Articles tagged with: Dance
When the Native dance
The 225 remaining Brazilian native ethnicity have a wide range of dance traditions. These are some of them:
Brazilian batucada around the world
Batucada, the joyful, noisy, fast pace percussive ensemble, capable of speeding up one’s pulse, is gaining the world.
Dzi Croquettes – Rio’s revolutionary cabaret
Picture this: in the early seventies, the worst moment of the military rule that installed censorship and strict morality, 13 hairy guys from Rio would wear heavy make up, high heels and miniskirts on a stage.
The National Anthem in different rhythms
Beautiful: two cool versions of the National anthem display several Brazilian rhythms and traditions, from xote to Bumba-meu-boi, from reggae to samba. The first is instrumental, the second, choreographic.
Rare videos of Mestre Bimba, Capoeira grand master
Pelé is the king of soccer. The Gracie family rules in the Brazilian jiu-jitsu world. In the universe of capoeira, the Afro-Brazilian martial art, the big name is Manuel dos Reis Machado, aka Mestre Bimba. …
Gorgeous Maracatu
Maracatu is one of the best examples of fusion of Portuguese, African and Native Brazilian traditions. It is, basically, a street procession of a king, his queen and the court, followed by a percussion band. …
