The unique foot BOUNCE movement of samba dance is caused by the knees and ankles of the center of gravity foot bending and straightening each other. Each time of flexion and straightening is measured in 1/2 beat, and the angle of flexion and compression varies with different dance steps, sometimes "slightly" and sometimes "none".
Another difficult movement is the oblique thrust of the pelvis and buttocks. Without these two movements, it would be difficult to perform samba. The movements of samba dance must reflect the joyful atmosphere of a "parade" like dance partners surrounding each other, and interact with the audience while moving or dancing in fixed positions.
Pay attention to the appropriate relaxation of the muscles and the center of gravity. Neither physical nor psychological tightness can perform the lively and enthusiastic samba well.
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Historical evolution:
Samba originated in Africa. The word "Samba" is said to have evolved from "Samba" in the Chimbundu language of Angola's second largest tribe in Africa. "Samba" was originally an exciting belly dance.
As the name suggests, this dance is mainly characterized by shaking the abdomen and hips up and down. This is the most popular dance movement in Angola. Later, it began to spread with the rise of slave trade. In more than 300 years from the 1630s to the mid-19th century, Portuguese colonists came to Angola and other parts of Africa. Brazil sold 12 million black slaves.
When they packed the black slaves into the cabin and transported them to the newly discovered continent of Latin America, the white slave traders were worried about the long distance. Not giving a good price.
Therefore, they drove the black slaves crowded in the cabin to the deck every day, and let them dance Samba dance to the accompaniment of beating wine barrels and iron pots to stretch their muscles. In this way, the colonists' move to increase the bidding power of black slaves, a special commodity, inadvertently brought this dance popular in Africa to Latin America.
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