At a classical orchestra, a conductor’s raised hands often means the start of a performance. Tracing shapes in the air could point to how each beat must come, and one’s free fingers can often signal a ...

Since the pandemic, amateur musicians have flocked to the Brazilian percussion ensemble Miamibloco and built a community around samba in the process. After months of pandemic isolation, a lot of ...

Laisa Lima will lead Arranco's parade when they take part in the annual inter-school competition on the weekend.

Samba can’t be learned from a textbook alone. Brazil’s musical tradition is best understood first-hand and up close — close enough to feel the drumbeat reverberate inside you. “ It's like an ocean of ...

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The sound of drums fills the large room as dozens of dancers and musicians wearing green and yellow sunflowers trickle into the second-floor ballroom of the Eagle’s Lodge in Olympia. It’s a sunny, ...

The banner on the back wall of the old dance hall says in Portuguese: “While there is dance, we still have hope.” There’s plenty of that as the crowd of Cariocas (Rio locals) shake hips and move their ...

Moving to the beat of the samba drum, Drogheda launches the 2005 Samba Festival. Picture: Fran Caffrey/ Newsfile Like the cuckoo, the sound of the first samba drums heralded the arrival of summer to ...