Kirill is the best samba dancer in the world. Even better than Troels (dancing with Ina). He is perfectly rhythmic samba and indeed bouncing (which Troeis is (almost) not. Kirill is very connected with and leading Valeria. Valeria is a top star. They are the best samba couple in the world.
They have a very good start for a great samba career, and very good basic. This is vitally impotent. And see Kirill bouncing. BEAUTUFULLYl This is samba. Music expression. An interesting thing is that they one day as they develop, consider opening up the routine, long thrilling sections with Valeria solo on the floor. Now the routine is a bit one-sided, over-packed with dancing close in hold, and needs "opening" up with variations with many seconds with the beautiful star Valeria solo. Expressing her music and beauty and fun solo.
This was a fantastic samba for their first showing. And that’s where it should’ve stayed together with their rumba. But instead of actively searching for their own identity, they’ve been clinging to these first dances. I don’t get it. I don’t think we’ll see anything interesting from them in the future. They look like they’ve begun to prematurely solidify
Супер танцор, мощный, выразительный, а нядом грубая тяжелая тетя., которая просто пытается догнать и успеть. А движение рук? Локта вылетают выше головы- это не просто ужасно- так не танцуют.
Hi! As a Brazilian I don't recognize these dances as samba. The rhythm of the music is not samba either. I did some research in the internet and discovered many interesting things about samba. I was very curious to find out why what they call "International Samba" has become so uncharacteristic compared to the real Brazilian samba. Samba was created in Brazil and its origin is the drumming brought by slaves of people of African origin, mixed with European rhythms such as Polka, Waltz, among others. Initially, the dance parties of slaves of people of African origin in the state of Bahia were called "samba". The first manifestations of samba date back to the 1910s. As a musical genre, samba is influenced by batuque, lundu or polka and is even associated with maxixe. "Samba de Gafieira", which is the original samba de salón in Brazil, is the result of several influences, so it's important to know each one of these influences to understand the creation of the original Samba de Gafieira, its basis, and then understand its evolution with over time: Lundu, Jongo, Partido Alto, Capoeira, Samba do Malandro, Maxixe and Waltz. I saw a video that made me understand that it was not the Europeans who robbed us, but that the white Brazilian elite that appropriated the samba of the blacks and glamorized samba by eliminating its African influence and that it was this glamorized version that the government and the Brazilian elite of the time passed on to the Europeans (I think it's because they considered the original samba vulgar to dance in European halls at the time). Therefore, it's not Walter Laird's fault either, since he frequented the salons of the Brazilian elite and not the environment where the original samba was danced (in the street and bars with the people, mainly where it was frequented by Brazilian black people). In my opinion, as samba is an Afro-Brazilian culture, its elements with African influence cannot be removed. In my opinion, after removing the African influences, the resulting samba that originated what is now called "International Samba" was more similar to the old maxixe than to the true Samba de Gafieira. There were two versions of maxixe: the original, which is more erotic, ill-behaved and sensual and danced by the lower classes, and the version adapted for the elites, which is a more well-behaved version (the one that was passed on to foreigners). As maxixe influenced samba, these two versions of maxixe probably also generated the two versions of samba de salón: a more sensual one and a more well-behaved one, and generated the mess we are currently witnessing. See what the true maxixe was like, bolder and considered more vulgar at the time: ua-cam.com/video/q78QC47iP_o/v-deo.html Wellington Lopes & Sheila Aquino Maxixe (ancestor os Samba Gafieira) - Paris 2013-01-05: ua-cam.com/video/bNg0FtDM0-E/v-deo.html (I think this could be the version influenced by the maxixe danced by the lower classes of Brazilian society in the early 20th century, as it's more daring and sensual than the "behaved" version danced by the elites). ua-cam.com/video/2v4gBd9GubA/v-deo.html "Behaved" version danced by the elites: ua-cam.com/video/10HT8s3f3jQ/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/GySJBN9Kdlw/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/PCKlzERLaRo/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/AFC8YjI8aMk/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/V4RAh8RcT8s/v-deo.html In the first half of the video below it shows the dances/songs that influenced "Samba de Gafieira" and in the second half it shows the real Brazilian ballroom samba (Samba de Gafieira) ua-cam.com/video/BBQ9Q8stm7E/v-deo.html. Video of Samba de Gafieira 1950s - ua-cam.com/video/OE-jabvtAHY/v-deo.html Below, videos of the modern Samba de Gafieira: ua-cam.com/video/V46va2-W27k/v-deo.html (Note: When the men are dancing alone, they dance the "Samba do Malandro") ua-cam.com/video/zTIeIdVbL_w/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/-7FiMNnVoKQ/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/_lmxvSlzM0U/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/esaWBiFXIss/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/gxalWz6ECaY/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/KNJud2zFf3o/v-deo.html There are specific songs for dancing Gafieira Samba, because the rhythm and speed are different from the carnival samba. ua-cam.com/video/OE02BM3tKes/v-deo.html www.youtube.com/@GafieiraPraDancar/videos These UA-cam channels teach you how to dance Gafieira Samba: www.youtube.com/@CanaldoSambadeGafieira/videos www.youtube.com/@tematicoscosta/search?query=gafieira
Kirill is the best samba dancer in the world. Even better than Troels (dancing with Ina).
He is perfectly rhythmic samba and indeed bouncing (which Troeis is (almost) not.
Kirill is very connected with and leading Valeria.
Valeria is a top star. They are the best samba couple in the world.
Their routines are not complex enough nor made with Valeria in mind, and they should be. She’s the x-factor in the partnership
They have a very good start for a great samba career, and very good basic. This is vitally impotent. And see Kirill bouncing. BEAUTUFULLYl This is samba. Music expression. An interesting thing is that they one day as they develop, consider opening up the routine, long thrilling sections with Valeria solo on the floor. Now the routine is a bit one-sided, over-packed with dancing close in hold, and needs "opening" up with variations with many seconds with the beautiful star Valeria solo. Expressing her music and beauty and fun solo.
This was a fantastic samba for their first showing. And that’s where it should’ve stayed together with their rumba. But instead of actively searching for their own identity, they’ve been clinging to these first dances. I don’t get it. I don’t think we’ll see anything interesting from them in the future. They look like they’ve begun to prematurely solidify
Супер танцор, мощный, выразительный, а нядом грубая тяжелая тетя., которая просто пытается догнать и успеть. А движение рук? Локта вылетают выше головы- это не просто ужасно- так не танцуют.
Hi! As a Brazilian I don't recognize these dances as samba. The rhythm of the music is not samba either.
I did some research in the internet and discovered many interesting things about samba. I was very curious to find out why what they call "International Samba" has become so uncharacteristic compared to the real Brazilian samba.
Samba was created in Brazil and its origin is the drumming brought by slaves of people of African origin, mixed with European rhythms such as Polka, Waltz, among others. Initially, the dance parties of slaves of people of African origin in the state of Bahia were called "samba".
The first manifestations of samba date back to the 1910s. As a musical genre, samba is influenced by batuque, lundu or polka and is even associated with maxixe.
"Samba de Gafieira", which is the original samba de salón in Brazil, is the result of several influences, so it's important to know each one of these influences to understand the creation of the original Samba de Gafieira, its basis, and then understand its evolution with over time: Lundu, Jongo, Partido Alto, Capoeira, Samba do Malandro, Maxixe and Waltz.
I saw a video that made me understand that it was not the Europeans who robbed us, but that the white Brazilian elite that appropriated the samba of the blacks and glamorized samba by eliminating its African influence and that it was this glamorized version that the government and the Brazilian elite of the time passed on to the Europeans (I think it's because they considered the original samba vulgar to dance in European halls at the time). Therefore, it's not Walter Laird's fault either, since he frequented the salons of the Brazilian elite and not the environment where the original samba was danced (in the street and bars with the people, mainly where it was frequented by Brazilian black people).
In my opinion, as samba is an Afro-Brazilian culture, its elements with African influence cannot be removed. In my opinion, after removing the African influences, the resulting samba that originated what is now called "International Samba" was more similar to the old maxixe than to the true Samba de Gafieira.
There were two versions of maxixe: the original, which is more erotic, ill-behaved and sensual and danced by the lower classes, and the version adapted for the elites, which is a more well-behaved version (the one that was passed on to foreigners). As maxixe influenced samba, these two versions of maxixe probably also generated the two versions of samba de salón: a more sensual one and a more well-behaved one, and generated the mess we are currently witnessing.
See what the true maxixe was like, bolder and considered more vulgar at the time:
ua-cam.com/video/q78QC47iP_o/v-deo.html
Wellington Lopes & Sheila Aquino Maxixe (ancestor os Samba Gafieira) - Paris 2013-01-05: ua-cam.com/video/bNg0FtDM0-E/v-deo.html (I think this could be the version influenced by the maxixe danced by the lower classes of Brazilian society in the early 20th century, as it's more daring and sensual than the "behaved" version danced by the elites).
ua-cam.com/video/2v4gBd9GubA/v-deo.html
"Behaved" version danced by the elites:
ua-cam.com/video/10HT8s3f3jQ/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/GySJBN9Kdlw/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/PCKlzERLaRo/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/AFC8YjI8aMk/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/V4RAh8RcT8s/v-deo.html
In the first half of the video below it shows the dances/songs that influenced "Samba de Gafieira" and in the second half it shows the real Brazilian ballroom samba (Samba de Gafieira)
ua-cam.com/video/BBQ9Q8stm7E/v-deo.html.
Video of Samba de Gafieira 1950s - ua-cam.com/video/OE-jabvtAHY/v-deo.html
Below, videos of the modern Samba de Gafieira:
ua-cam.com/video/V46va2-W27k/v-deo.html (Note: When the men are dancing alone, they dance the "Samba do Malandro")
ua-cam.com/video/zTIeIdVbL_w/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/-7FiMNnVoKQ/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/_lmxvSlzM0U/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/esaWBiFXIss/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/gxalWz6ECaY/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/KNJud2zFf3o/v-deo.html
There are specific songs for dancing Gafieira Samba, because the rhythm and speed are different from the carnival samba.
ua-cam.com/video/OE02BM3tKes/v-deo.html
www.youtube.com/@GafieiraPraDancar/videos
These UA-cam channels teach you how to dance Gafieira Samba:
www.youtube.com/@CanaldoSambadeGafieira/videos
www.youtube.com/@tematicoscosta/search?query=gafieira