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What is going on with Samba this year?
BastardBeaver
01-11-2014
A lot of them have been so good.

After the Cha Cha Cha and Salsa, the Samba is normally my least favourite dance.

But this year it has been mostly my favourite. Pixie, Jakes, Caroline's, steves.

What's happening?!
Sherlock_Holmes
01-11-2014
Originally Posted by BastardBeaver:
“A lot of them have been so good.

After the Cha Cha Cha and Salsa, the Samba is normally my least favourite dance.

But this year it has been mostly my favourite. Pixie, Jakes, Caroline's, steves.

What's happening?!”

Uhhmmm.........only the 2 women (you mentioned) have performed the samba
davegold
01-11-2014
Perhaps the cuban girls have had an influence. Good sambas this year. So far.
henrywilliams58
01-11-2014
Originally Posted by davegold:
“Perhaps the cuban girls have had an influence. Good sambas this year. So far.”

Cuban (Miami) girls have an influence on Samba? How does that work? It is a 9 hour flight from Miami to Rio.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Ri....7890972?hl=en
kaycee
01-11-2014
Maybe it hasn't been rammed down this year's bunch of celebs that samba is a "really difficult dance" as it has been in previous years?
BastardBeaver
02-11-2014
Originally Posted by Sherlock_Holmes:
“Uhhmmm.........only the 2 women (you mentioned) have performed the samba ”

Oh for real?

Everybody forget I made this thread please! Haha
sofakat
02-11-2014
Originally Posted by davegold:
“Perhaps the cuban girls have had an influence. Good sambas this year. So far.”

Samba comes from Brazil.

Cuba is known for son, salsa and - most recently - their own versions of reggaeton.
patricia50
02-11-2014
People being very pedantic on here. Didn't know a degree in Geography and the history of dance was essential. They are Latin dances and that's all that really matters,
bendymixer
02-11-2014
karen is not cuban either she is venezuelan and brought up in new york
An Thropologist
02-11-2014
Originally Posted by sofakat:
“Samba comes from Brazil.

Cuba is known for son, salsa and - most recently - their own versions of reggaeton.”

Ughhh Tembleke and Gasolina was ubiquitous last time I was in Cuba (a while back now) got sick to the back teeth of it.

Nothing intrinsically wrong with it (good way of learning isolations I suppose) unless you are gagging for timba and a good old fashioned salsa!
An Thropologist
02-11-2014
Originally Posted by patricia50:
“People being very pedantic on here. Didn't know a degree in Geography and the history of dance was essential. They are Latin dances and that's all that really matters,”

Well it might seem so but if you were a Latina I don't think you would agree. Many ofhe various countries of Latin America have long traditions and distinct styles one from another. There is some sharing and cross over of course but there is the world of difference between a Cuban Salsa and say an Argentine Tango or a Dominican Bachata. In fact there is quite a difference between a Cuban Salsa, a Colombian salsa and a salsa as danced in Puerto Rico for example.

I am not sure it is fine to lump and entire continent and a diverse body of music under one vague label. It would be like lumping a polka and an Irish reel together and calling it generically - European dances I guess.

As an afterthought I have just started to wonder if Cali salsa has taken influences from street samba - anyone know?
Last edited by An Thropologist : 02-11-2014 at 11:40
fatskia
02-11-2014
Originally Posted by BastardBeaver:
“Oh for real?

Everybody forget I made this thread please! Haha”

Will do!
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