SAMBA

Question 1

Samba is _______’s national dance

Answer 1

Brazil

Question 2

Samba is paraded through the streets every year during

Answer 2

Carnival

Question 3

paraded through the streets every year during Carnival, with hundreds of thousands of costumed revelers singing, drumming, and dancing.

Answer 3

Samba

Question 4

It is a dance authentic to the African people in Brazil who brought much of the music and dance culture from Africa and infused it into ____________ culture.

Answer 4

Latin America

Question 5

Samba- It is a vibrant and energetic dance. It is a lively, upbeat dance that moves _____________ around the dancefloor.

Answer 5

counter-clockwise

Question 6

Samba is distinguished by its syncopated

Answer 6

pacing, bounce, rolling hip action, and pelvic tilt, as well as a great deal of torso rhythm.

Question 7

Time signature of Samba

Answer 7

2/4

Question 8

Tempo of Samba

Answer 8

52 measures per minute

Question 9

Counting of Samba

Answer 9

1 ah 2, 1 ah 2 and 3 ah 4, 1 and ah 2

Question 10

Basic Rhythm of Samba

Answer 10

1 ah 2 - slow, quick, quick
1 ah 2 and 3 ah 4 - slow, quick, quick, and, slow, quick, quick
1 and ah 2 - slow, quick, quick, slow

Question 11

Basic Steps in Samba

Answer 11

1. Rhythm Bounce
2. Stationary Samba
3. Whisk
4. Side Samba Walk
5. Promenade Samba Walk
6. Shadow
7. Volta
8. Batucada
9. Criss-cross

Question 12

Basic Rhythm of Samba (1 ah 2)

Answer 12

slow, quick, quick

Question 13

Basic Rhythm of Samba (1 ah 2 and 3 ah 4)

Answer 13

slow, quick, quick, and, slow, quick, quick

Question 14

Basic Rhythm of Samba (1 and ah 2)

Answer 14

slow, quick, quick, slow