![]() Despite being identified by its creators, the public, and the Brazilian music industry as "samba", this pioneering style was much more connected from the rhythmic and instrumental point of view to maxixe than to samba itself. This process of establishing itself as a musical genre began in the 1910s and it had its inaugural landmark in the song " Pelo Telefone", launched in 1917. Over time, its meaning has been extended to a "batuque-like circle dance", a dance style, and also to a "music genre". Present in the Portuguese language at least since the 19th century, the word "samba" was originally used to designate a "popular dance". Having its roots in the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé, as well as other Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous folk traditions, such as the traditional Samba de Caboclo, it is considered one of the most important cultural phenomena in Brazil and one of the country's symbols. ![]() Samba is a broad term for many of the rhythms that compose the better known Brazilian music genres that originated in the Afro-Brazilian communities of Bahia in the late 19th century and early 20th century, having continued its development on the communities of Rio de Janeiro in the early 20th century. I hope this helps/clarifies some things for you.Samba ( Portuguese pronunciation: ( listen)), is a name or prefix used for several rhythmic variants, such as samba urbano carioca ( urban Carioca samba), samba de roda (sometimes also called rural samba), recognized as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, amongst many other forms of Samba, mostly originated in the Rio de Janeiro and Bahia States. Some speculate that a lot of moves in Samba have slave dancing to thank for existence. The Batucada(s) is what remains of the African influence on Brazilian Samba in both music and the movement itself, and I believe is a blend of the Merengue/Plait action the semblance of how African slaves used to dance with their ankles chained tightly together. Any takers on whether I am correct or not? I doubt it has any Portuguese origin and is most likely an Anglican addition to the dance when it was worked over by Masters in England. The shaping and hand positions have always reaffirmed this for me, and no one has corrected me in my belief. Maypole, the way I've always understood it to be, is called so because the woman "stands still," that is in one place, and the man moves around her much like one of those ribbons attached to a Maypole during a celebration in olden times. I do know that the leader's part for the Plait comes from the Merengue action in American and the footwork is Ball-Heel-Knee-Hip (it is actually described as such in Walter Laird's book, if recalled properly). At least that's how I've always understood it. ![]() Think of the lady's action as that represents a wave/fold being viewed from the side. The Plait (a variant of the word "braid") is named so because it resembles either a braid of hair or the old fashioned clothing known as plaits (a variant of "pleat"), in theory at least, and in visual execution more so than anything else. Sadly how the action translates or relates to the pattern, I am not too familiar. Volta is Portuguese for "come back " a derivative of the word vuelta ("return") in Spanish.īotafogo is a region in Brazil and the move, like with the Carioca, it is named after said region. Funnily enough I think "Maxixe" translates to "Gherkin" in Portuguese, but the idea is that it's something that is cut short, rather than any real connection to a tiny pickle. The Corta Jaca is a Brazilian folk dance (also known as Brazilian Tango, if memory serves) and was taken to the States when natives came over. The Corta Jaca is something known as Maxixe in American Style Samba, and as with Carioca, the move is named for the region from which it comes. I could be wrong about the very last part, but I believe I am not about the first bit. To the best of my recollection - I sadly gave away my version of the Red Book by Walter Laird to my coach as a parting gift years ago - the Carioca is a river in Brazil, and the move (Carioca Runs) is therefore named after the river, the area around it, and I believe the type of dancing and movement that happens there. To the best of my ability to remember stuff, here are my two cents:
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