Today we will work on the Promenade Samba Walk and the Side Samba Walk. It will be very easy for us to apply the levels in this step because it is componed by VOLTA ACTION and by STATIONARY SAMBA WALK . So it is important that you already have internalized these exercises before starting this class.
Today we will work on the Stationaty Samba Walk. Its technique and its characteristics will help us to understand future steps that are based on the Stationary. So we recommend that you pay close attention to all the details. It is a complicated step with important details. At the beginning of the class we will explain all those details and then we will apply the Levels of the Action Used in Samba: LEVEL 1 , LEVEL 2 , LEVEL 3 and LEVEL 4 . As always at the end of the class you have all the exercises in music so that you can get going and practice.
This is an introductory class to Samba. We will explain its main characteristics and its origins.
Samba is a musical genre with African roots that emerged in Brazil. Today it is a symbol of national identity of Brazilian popular culture.
During its history, Samba has many musical and social influences that lead it to multiple different styles such as Brazilian Samba, Samba Reggae or Bossa-Nova, among others.
Samba is included in ballroom dances, obtaining a great influence from them, acquiring a more elegant and social party tone. It exudes celebration, social union, joy and merriment.
The most characteristic parts of the body are the hips, breasts and the constant and relaxed flexion and extension of the knees, which transmits heaviness, triviality and pregnancy.
It is a dance that contains figures of progression on the floor with the aim of surrounding it from the outside.
The cha-cha was born in Cuba in the old music and dance clubs. The name Chachachá is an onomatopoeia that refers to the noise that the feet make when dancing this musical genre. Also referring to the güiro because he seems to be saying: cha-cha-chá.
Thus, it began to have fame and relevance for being an irresistible rhythm until it became part of the ballroom dancing, acquiring a more elegant and distinguished tone.
It has a sensual and happy air, like all the dances from its area, and its main characteristic is the movement of the hips and the speed of flexion and extension at the knees.
In this class we will talk about the most relevant characteristics of the Jive and its origins.
The Jive is originated in the United States by African Americans. It is influenced by other styles of music and dance such as “East Coast Swing”, “Boogie-Woogie”, “Lindy Hop” or “Rock and Roll” among others. All these influences make the Jive a dance with many characteristics at the same time.
It is a fast and compact dance according to its rhythm but at the same time with a heavy, vague air and connected to the ground, which reminds us more of the “Swing” and the Afro culture, represented in the Jive by the lateral movement of the hips when dancing . In contrast, the Jive is also characterized by a fast movement of the feet and knees with “hops”, “flicks” and “kicks” that give the dance a cabaret touch, more exaggerated and active, which perhaps reminds us of “Rock and Roll ”.
It is a happy, active, fast and exaggerated dance. With a Hollywood spirit he exudes spectacle, stage show, fun at all times and a mischievous touch that characterizes him.
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