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The Samba | Roots in Africa, A Flowering in Brazil

Published on May 6, 2010 By Christopher Skyi, Learn to Dance NJ

The Samba is a Brazilian dance with African roots and is today recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil in general and urban Rio de Janeiro in particular.

The samba was born and developed in Rio by former slaves who migrated from Candy land in the northeast at the end of the 19th century.

The form came into contact with, and was subsequently incorporated into, other genres that played in the city at that time (e.g., polka, the maxixe, the lundu, and the xote).

From this mixing of culture, history and peoples, the form acquired a completely unique character and Brazilian’s called it “The Samba.” It is today an icon of Brazilian national identity.

Below, Danila & Nuria Kartashov, owners and operators the Kenilworth New Jersey Arthur Murray Dance Studio performed the Samba at the studio’s “Getting to Know you Party” on January 8, 2010.

Danila is originally from Russia where he started dancing at age 5. A former Moscow Closed Champion, he moved to the States where he met Nuria, originally from Spain and a former member of the Guzman Ballet Company. Soon they started their partnership.

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