A samba class performs in Rio de Janeiro. There’s an expression here in Brazil: “Tudo acaba em samba.” Translated literally, the phrase means “Everything ends in samba.” That is to say, no matter what ...

(AP) With their gyrating hips and feet that move so fast they dissolve into a blur, samba instructor Carla Campos’ students are barely distinguishable from the swarms of scantily clad dancers in Rio ...

Skora has danced the samba for over a decade now, and she travels regularly to Greece to lead samba classes. "Everyone loves samba," she says. "Once people see they can do it, and they can relate to ...

NEW HAVEN >> Thelma Ladeira knew after her first dance class in Brazil at 5 years old that this was what she “was going to do for the rest of my life.” That was more than 30 years ago and Ladeira, now ...