5 types of dance from salão most practiced in Brazil

As the dances of salão are dance modalities performed at home and customary to be very practiced in dance schools.

Normally, people look for these types of dance as a form of lazer, social conviviality and also as a body activity.

There are different styles and rhythms danced, not all of the world, not Brazil, some stand out.

1. Cover

Or covered a style that emerged in the Northeast of Brazil. Essa expressão "forró" is used to designate both dance quanto or musical rhythm.

Nesse type of dance, or casal is placed in front of each other and, depending on the musical rhythm, performs steps in which the bodies are in full or partial contact.

Or forró includes genres xaxado, baião, xote and forró universitário.

2. Samba by gafieira

O samba de gafieira is a vertente do samba that appears as a breakdown of the maxixe, a style originated in the first goal of the 20th century, being typically Brazilian.

Nessa dances, or house plays a kind of "theater", no qual or homem leading to a woman and a posture of protection, strength and elegance.

Fast-paced, or gafieira samba is a stimulating and complex dance that requires a lot of coordination and the tune of two dancers.

3. Tango

Despite not being originated in Brazil, or tango is quite practiced in dance schools in the country. Arisen in Argentina and not Uruguay, this term is also used to refer to the musical genre.

A dance is characterized as sensuality and addresses or theme of love relationships. With movements that are difficult to execute, or tango requires a lot of practicality and expressiveness to convey all of its dramatic character.

4. sauce

Salsa, which emerged in Cuba, is influenced by various expressions of other nationalities, such as merengue, cumbia, jazz and samba.

Or nome "salsa" does it give us clues about its characteristics, ha that this word in Spanish can mean "tempero". This is an expressão da dance quite enveloping and, at the same time, uninhibited. It is generally executed with circular steps and many twists.

5. Zouk

Zouk is a style of dance that emerged in the early 1980s from the Caribbean. A word that dá o nome à dança means “festival” and is a junção of the French language with African languages.

A modality assembles in many aspects like lambada, exploring sensuality and dynamic and sinuous movements, even slower.

Not Brazil, it is danced in an adapted way in various themes.

You can also be interested:

• Types of dance: styles more known in Brazil and in the world
• To history da dance
• Contemporary dance

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