Samba

Each celebrity (roughly between 10-12 contestants per season on average) is paired with an award winning professional dancer, who teaches these rookie celebrities various dances such as the Waltz, Samba, Cha-cha, or Jive to name a few. Each week the couple performs their dance on live television with the hopes to score highly with the three judges and gain votes from the viewers, and continue on to the next week. The goal for both celebrity contestants…

Sports has become symbolic in representing national competencies where countries battle for national supremacy through international competitions (Carter 2002). Symbolically, national identity as well as national sentiments can be manifested through major sports events. In places like Catalonia in Spain, Brittany in France, or Taiwan, sports has been used to provide a sense of cultural independence. Success in particular sports has symbolically linked specific sports to specific places. For…

Richest Celebrities-Lionel Messi Lionel Andres ‘Leo’ Messi was born on 24th June 1987. He is an Argentine football player and plays for Spanish club Barcelona and is highly paid richest celebrities. He plays for Argentina national team. He also has a Spanish citizenship, which means he can play as an EU player. People usually say that he is the world’s best foot ball player. Messi received FIFA world player of the year at the age of 22 and several Ballon d’Or. Messi learned football by Furkan…

that she “hates jazz”. Sebastian is also looking to the past for inspiration but does not seem to look at all to the future for new ideas. Unlike Mia, he does not seem to be working forward. He does not have a steady job and he is obsessed with the “Samba Tapas” space that he wanted for his jazz club. Even his wardrobe is in the past. He wears suits and shirts from the 50’s. All of these choices were purposely made by Damien Chazelle and his crew. They consciously followed the “Dual Focus”…

Dorival Caymmi and Luiz Gonzaga are both known for making and speaking to Bahian and nordestino (Northeastern) personalities. Luiz Gonzaga and Dorival Caymmi are the two specialists who used Northeastern territorial sounds and impacts into Brazilian music. The utilization of Northwestern moved these two specialists in global notoriety. In spite of the fact that they originated from the same Northeastern locale, they spoke to unmistakable societies from the district. Dorival Caymmi and Luiz…

2009). The food, music and religion was also shaped by the traditions of Africans and the indigenous people (Freyre 1986). Brazil is known for the samba dance and its carnivals, which are famous world over. The carnivals are popular with tourists and millions of them visit Brazil every year to sample the culture. Brazil has many different genres of music. Samba, Choro, Bossa Nova, and sertanejo are some of the most popular…

This involves courage and the development of self. To truly belong means being able to be ourselves. Within the Ballroom Dancing community, there is a clear indication that there are people who do not belong. These people may try to belong, although they seek to break free of the conformity to the strict rules and regulations and fulfil their own individual dance style. Or characters may choose not to belong in an attempt to hide away, and although being part of the Ballroom Dancing world, they…

On Wednesday, April 20th, I attended a small formal concert at Webster Hall. It was the annual Hunter College USG Spring Fling event; last year featured a performance by Fetty Wap, A very popular up and coming hip-hop artist. This year, Hunter students had the pleasure of seeing Oxymorons, the opening act and Waka Flaka Flame, the main performer. Waka Flaka Flame is a hip-hop artist who has been active in the scene since 2008. He is known for his popular hits “No hands”, “Round of Applause” and…

performers now slowly increase their volume and intensity once again, and the clarinetist plays an atonal scale upward and downward repeatedly, breaking it up in to sections and playing in random directions of up and down. The drummer then enters a samba rhythm during the scales, then the clarinetist soon follow the drummer…

Latin America is an area on the map that is denoted as the countries that speak Spanish and Portuguese within the Americas. This area encloses 20 states starting from the border of North America to the end of South America. This region was first known as the home of a group of people who had one of the most advanced civilizations, the Aztecs, Incas and Mayans. This was before the arrival of the Europeans during the end of the 15th and peak of the 16th centuries. There were many vital events…