As a Brazilian, I don't recognize the way they are dancing as samba. Samba is of Brazilian origin. The dance is beautiful, but I wouldn't call it samba. This song/rhythm is not samba. Samba is not swinging just like that, it has a whole technique. The steps can be the same for men and women, but there is one big difference: the woman swings more with her hips, while the man just does the leg movements without moving his hips much. It's no use for a person to know how to reproduce the steps of samba if he doesn't know how to dance to the rhythm and shake his body correctly, because samba is all of this set in a right balance. To give you an idea, there are many Brazilians who don't know how to samba, only those who really like this style make an effort to learn it. If you really want to learn samba, you might need to learn it here in Brazil or look for a Brazilian dance school with Brazilian teachers. Note that the posture of Brazilian dancers is relaxed and their movements are fluid. Samba is the whole set: music, steps, rhythm, swinging, relaxed posture and fluid movements. It's not samba if the music isn't samba either. . In Brazil there are the types of samba below, which are the main ones: CARNIVAL SAMBA from Rio de Janeiro (SAMBA NO PÉ): ru-vid.comqkiUns5jwic ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PrQDiP0jkN4.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zJwtGvKUpgA.html - Note: some of these moves are only for women (if men do these moves they will be considered gay by Brazilians). ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4DZ00HB5ZV0.html - men mostly dance samba with this movement, as they only accompany the women, who are the true queens of samba. The songs of the samba schools that are played in the sambodromo during the carnival in Rio de Janeiro are too fast for those who want to learn samba (Samba no Pé), so I recommend learning first with slower sambas like below, for example, that show various rhythms and of various speeds, being a challenge for the apprentice dancers to capture the rhythm and dance correctly in that rhythm.: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-h9e8M-wZQGc.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4rqHyIbuh2o.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ODu3OfgnssM.html GAFIEIRA SAMBA (couple samba): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V46va2-W27k.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zTIeIdVbL_w.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--7FiMNnVoKQ.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_lmxvSlzM0U.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-esaWBiFXIss.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gxalWz6ECaY.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KNJud2zFf3o.html There are specific songs for dancing Gafieira Samba, because the rhythm and speed are different from the carnival samba. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OE02BM3tKes.html www.youtube.com/@GafieiraPraDancar/videos These RU-vid channels teach you how to dance Gafieira Samba: www.youtube.com/@CanaldoSambadeGafieira/videos www.youtube.com/@tematicoscosta/search?query=gafieira SAMBA REGGAE from Bahia state: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0tsVfSasxxI.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HVLBGVpSS2U.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PZS22kR3BQI.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7PLSVBRUVn0.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wLkrEYuC61g.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UoMSnTbCB_U.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-duNhJbw1Oak.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WppkNUe9QPM.html Samba Reggae Songs: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nOWioy8qS04.html&start_radio=1&rv=nOWioy8qS04&t=34 Realize that samba reggae from Bahia state is very different from the samba drumming of the carnival from Rio de Janeiro, but both have an African influence. Samba Reggae: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HGEq-Z5DXFY.html Carnival Samba: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RP5r2wi98aA.html Don't mix Samba no Pé steps with Samba Reggae steps as each one has its own rhythm, which often don't match each other. There is also SAMBA-ROCK (couple samba), which is a variation, created in the state of São Paulo: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-E4uwkNb2tHc.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0MwSVrpwvUA.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jhB_Che-QK4.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9EmP_abvIDA.html www.youtube.com/@SambaRockCultural/search?query=passo%20a%20passo Samba-Rock Songs: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hpa7lcA0vfQ.html Many people learn the steps of samba, but dance outside the rhythm of the drums and the other instruments (called "batucada"). Brazilians who know samba well know when the person is not following the rhythm of the batucada correctly, that they are dancing slower or faster than the rhythm of the music.
