Esse samaba e meio africando ! pessoas confundei samba brasileiro ficam falando mal,so que existe muitos sambas pelo mundo , mais o samba brasileiro e o mais conhecido !
Eso no es samba. Y no te comento nada más porque te tomas las críticas -digamos no positivas par ti- demasiado mal, y no quiero desequilibrar tu ánimo. Lo que haces es bonito, hay técnica, bla bla bla, pero no es samba ni la música es de samba.
Impressive how without the man I can recognize some steps from what one day was maxixe. I totally agree that you need to formalize to preserve. But Ballroom samba was formalized essentially by european dancers. And it is usually "sold" in shows as a Brazilian thing. This is some how disrespectful with peoples culture, specially when nothing is similar, not even the music
So history, it should be called international maxixe and not international Samba.
Cubans feel the same way about rumba. Ballroom (partner dancing) evolved separately from the local dances and then started bringing on steps from local courts (think French king's court in the 16th and 17th centuries) which then picked up the flavor of the local dances but had to be highly formalized. If you watch local dancers perform the local steps, to local music, there is very little consistency in the timing, specifics of the step or lead cues, so it is very difficult to teach.
My apologies, I meant 1600s and 1700s, not 16th and 17th century. Ballet and all it's offshoots developed the same way. Imagine you can lose your duchy because you messed up a step. How would you tell? It would have to be formalized. That's how partner dancing and even ballet evolved. It's like a local soccer match versus the World Cup. Rules are different because they HAVE TO BE. Before you get upset, learn the history.
OMG im so sick of all these ballroom peoples!! samba is samba, strictly Brazilian music.... and u people act like we are belittling their dance, no these people dance amazingly.....sadly it's just not samba, can't you guys be creative and use your own name??
it's not a matter of disrespecting the origin of samba, they're just trying to explain that this ballroom samba is way different than Brazilian samba, because most people misunderstood this fact. nobody's stupid, and don't ever question one's professionalism because it's wrong. perfecting ballroom is kind of hard, you know.
It is sad when people name any music samba. I do not know where she associated this to samba. If is the samename for different thing.This sounds to a African tribe soundt. I dont care how whatever specialist she is. She or whatever should to study samba. This is ridiculus.... lol Saamba de gafieira... Whatever...
love fluid movements and isolations :D yeah unfortuately there are 100s on youtube who don't dance and than they are experts in telling dancers what they don't do themselves! lol sad but true - we call them wanna be experts! cyber space dancers
why r these stupid people allowed to comment on here when they dont know what there talking about..this is great what your doing, this comes in our bronze and silver routines(HERE IN ENGLAND,HELLOOOOOO) whether it be for kids or adults....you stick to your way in brazil (, A LOT OF HIP MOVEMENT ,,GREAT, NEXT BIT PLEASE) WE LIKEOUR WAY YOU STICK WITH YOUR WAY.OR WHY DONT YOU LEARN INTERNATION LATIN..MIGHT DO YOUR COMMENTS SOME GOOD, ,we need whole bronze/silver ect routinesplease plea.......se
@cydneylola123 yes. In England, Poland, hell this is samba.lol I am amazed be called stupid. But Samba music isnt a African tribe sound. lmao...Isn't your way or my way....It is the only way the correct one. Sounds like you dont respect the origem of anything.
I used to teach ballroom samba and found the structure to be too rigid for my tastes. I am currently performing Latin fusion belly dance and couldn't be happier. You describe the technical aspects of this style well :)
WOW!!! I like it, She is very good teacher :), I will be very happy if someone could tell me what are the names of the steps? I think that the first one is a "whisks", but I'm not sure about the last one. Thaks :)
This international Samba shouldn't be called Samba, it doesn't look not even a little bit like the real Samba. That looks more like a Capoeira attempt or Axé, even the beat.
can anybody tell me what music/artist this is? I find it quite hypnotic. and yes I did read the comments on samba and /or not samba or samba gafieira. I love the rhythm of samba, even in this slight alteration of it. Beautiful music.....
It is very sad when people want to appropriate things, transforme them and keeping the same name. I am brazilian from south and it is an ......... to SAMBA. If I was from Rio where the samba come from?! I will be furius.Nothing personal, but if you decide public your dance movies and named them the way you want, you have to be open to listen and read criticism. And if many people show desappointment, you should think about. Maybe something is wrong.
@arajakurzeme Yes, ballroom dancers are aware that ballroom samba and authentic Brazilian samba are different. Just because the international ballroom style of samba is not like Brazilian samba does not mean it loses legitimacy as a dance form; in fact, this style of "samba" is widely studied throughout the globe as part of ballroom dancing. From Russia to the U.S.A., many dancers use exactly this style.
Why are people commenting about it's name? It clearly says 'Samba' and not 'Samba de grafieira'. So stop being so small-minded. The world is about sharing and bringing something new to the dancefloor.
3rd gafieira : kind of a mix of those to... you still have the feeling from samba no pé but know you can move around and then do some tricks and dance in pair...
i´m a ballroom/latin dancer and i know what i´m talking about... that is samba (not very well thaught thats a fact but...) you learn that when your starting the rythms,,,
dont be so squared and keep an open mind about things... you´ll live happier (;
you assholes... do your research first... there are 3 world recongized sambas...
1st: ´samba no pé´ ... its a rythm with very few steps almost standing steady in place but very demanding...
2nd: ´ ballroom samba ´ ... its something that were made by europeans that took the feeling from brazilian people but made it more soft because it was considered some sort of slave dance or whatever... and they couldn´t dance to that... or whatever...
Well...first off everyone...she is doing the international and american style basics ballroom samba. She is not doing brazilian samba. More specifically, she is repeating steps called whisks and voltas. However...her technique is not that good. She has the steps correct, but her hips are not quite correct especially in correlation to her whole body. Anyway...she did an ok representation, I instruct ballroom dance and the job was ok.
your so fucking stupid thats not samba music and thats not samba dance...and yes im from rio de janeiro BRAZIL and the unike thing that i can say about your stupid video is.
if you dont know abouth south america dances or music, please dont do nothing
But why is this a samba??? "International samba" looks nothing like brazilian samba and most of the time the dancers are actually dancing to salsa or some other latin beat.
Samba comes from Brasil and this international samba has no hint of the classic features, heart and soul of where its name comes from.
@Jovitinha - cars coming from (invented in) europe... Therefore, threre are no american cars, no japan cars - only european cars... right? And later invented "automobiles" does'nt look like first Benz's model... etc... etc...
You probably disagree - now, try apply the same logic to the ballroom-samba/brasil samba too... :) Brasilian samba coming from brasil - ballroom samba was "invented" later...
@jm496 A volkswagen beetle still looks like a volkswagen beetle. It's recognizable from it's original coz it's most famous for one thing - not its engine, not its brand name but its shape. This dance could have been called anything with a Spanish name, but samba, and no one would ever thought it could remotely have anything to do with samba.
By the way, I have no qualms about Monika's talent as a dancer, it's the name of that dance I'm questioning.
I am a Salsa and Samba Instructor and the steps Monica is doing in this video, including the swing; is purelu from SALSA moves, There is no a hint of Brazilian Samba in these steps....and by the way I am half-brazilian. half-cuban so I grew up with both rythms.
this is not samba, at least not have it here in Brazil. Every time I try to see the samba that you learn me down. Nothing to do with Brazil. Nothing to do with samba. False advertising. Word of Brazil, you are being deceived!
Hi, Monika! My goal is to learn ballroom style samba at some point as soon as I have some time. Thanks so much for posting videos on actual technique!
I am a Brazilian and have a classical and comtemporary formation of many dance styles including ballroom. I teach Brazilian Rhythms ( all types of Brazilian samba AND BALLROOM SAMBA ). So I would like to speak from All Brazilians and professional dancers that your dance is GREAT and right. Keep it up girl :)
Her samba is excellent. I really enjoyed it. I trained in ballroom style dance in the U.S.. I arrived in Brazil last year and discovered that Brazilian style samba is very different from international ballroom style. The styles (International and Brazilian style) are different and both are beautiful.
For your information, I'm a former Polish youth champion and current US Rising Star Champion and Open Finalist in both Latin and Ballroom!!!
I think you need to check your facts first before you make any comments about someones dance instructions... For your informations (you "blinds"), those steps I'm demonstrating are just few steps which are used to dance in Bronze- "SAMBA" NDCA and ISTD Syllabus... I think I know what I'm doing!
You are right! They must think first before commenting and look for the history of International Samba Latin. For them it's very easy to post comments while looking the ballroom dances but i hope they will try to undergo training so that they can realize how hard and beautiful the Samba Latin. Thank you and peace to everyone!:-)
And, okay this is International Style. But there is something that makes all Brazilians sad when we see it (being you or anyone else dancing): it lacks the main Samba features and soul.
Well, as you are someone well known for your work, I would like to ask something: could you use more Brazilian rythms, music and footsteps? This would bring at least a bit more of our country... I am open to sugest some material for it.
My Dear!!! I'm from the samba birth place, Rio de Janeiro - Brasil, as you should know. I'm afraid you don't know samba steps. If you did know you would be using them as preliminar work to teach samba. Let me teach something, when we teach a tradition like samba we must executer movements that belong to that culture otherwise you are inventing another thing.
You can do that of course as creative human beings you are. But, please don't call this samba, a mean be respect to the peaple that originaly created and developed it in Brazil. THIS IS NOT SAMBA!!!!!!!!!!!! FULL STOP.
@dancewithmonika I know that this a late reply but I just want to say you are a very good dancer. I am a dancer as well and the technique and steps you are demonstrating is exactly how I was taught. :)
@dancewithmonika just change the name to the video Monika... that is maybe NDCA and ISTD "Samba".... but not (just) "Samba"...
As a professional that you are, you know that this is not "Samba", but "Ballroom Samba" or however you call it... then don't call the video just "samba" because when we use a seach engine to look for REAL samba, we find your "special samba" and it is not fair with people that don't know the real samba... got it?
@felipelopezhill - Guys, don't be angry with the name or the style.. Both come from the past where on some European dancefloor, people were told that there is a new and exciting dance called Samba and it comes from Brazil. And it was long before International style itself was organized. Now the International dancers just follow the rules of burocracies - kids grew up learning this way. However, the cultures are open to the world, and many "Internationals" go and learn the Real Samba. I do!
@cry4dance - ..continued..: and I do recognize the steps now, where they are coming from, and what's the real feeling for them. I enjoy it a lot. I can't change how burocracy works, but I can change how I dance Samba.
@dancewithmonika - You are a beautiful dancer,and devoted teacher. but competitive dance is comparative. For instance, a couple who were in front of you in top 12 in US open Latin ranked only 217 at Blackpool (out of 260). Some dance students all over the world (especially in US) take lessons with coaches who took 1-st to 12-th place at the same Blackpool. So they have a different veiw on dancing cause they have more information about it.
in Brazil, there are two types of samba. the samba of the carnival parade, and the ballroom samba ("samba de gafieira"), which are completely different.
Besides this dance not be like of the two types of samba, neither the music is samba.
So why call it samba?
If it is not to be like the samba, find another name for this!
AAAAARG, damn people do you really never learn?????, ITS NOT BRASILIAN SAMBA, its INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM DANCESPORT SAMBA, fuck how many times does this need to be said to make you people understand, damn. Same name for diffrent thing.
@Raikara 01-A Well Raikara you are half correct. Thats because youre telling a half truth and I have to say: a half truth remains incorrect. The mistake is to believe that the BRASILIAN SAMBA does exist. In fact that expression is a pleonasm because Samba IS Brazilian, just to compare is the same thing to say the American White House or the British Big Ben even, to be more clear, the Bohemian Polka. By the same principle we can conclude that INTERNATIONAL SAMBA doesnt exist either
@Raikara 02-B presume that with INTERNATIONAL you intended to refer to the NDCAs classification of International Style Dances. However this group of styles receives its name because contains standard ways to perform Styles of distinct nationalities (Cha Cha, Rumba, Samba) which differs to the other group called American Style Dances which also contains Cha Cha, Rumba, Samba but these dances dont become Americans for this, just means that is the American way to dance.
@Raikara 03-C This miss-reading of the rules made the WDC avoid any linguistic impropriety excluding the word international. Now which the purpose to make you capable to teach to the people who never learn the difference between the Samba they dance and the Samba the demonstration is about I will put some words in Portuguese: O samba é um gênero musical, de onde deriva um tipo de dança, de raízes africanas surgido no Brasil e tido como o ritmo nacional por excelência.
@Raikara 04-D A partir de meados da década de 1940 e ao longo da década de 1950, o samba sofreu nova influência de ritmos latinos e americanos: surgiu o Samba de Gafieira (Samba como Dança de Salão), mais propriamente uma forma de tocar -- geralmente instrumental, influenciada pelas orquestras americanas, adequada para danças aos pares praticadas em salões públicos, gafieiras e cabarés -- do que um novo gênero.
@Raikara 05-E In other words: Samba is a lively, rhythmical dance of Brazilian origin in 2/4 time. There are two major streams of samba that differ: the modern ballroom samba and the traditional samba of Brazil. The ballroom samba has its origins in Brazil at the middle of the 20th century, more precisely 1940-50.However in Brazil the modern ballroom samba is known as Samba de Gafieira the gafieiras are the ballrooms where people dance ballroom samba (what a surprise).
@Raikara 06-F Therefore I repeat: if is Samba IS Brazilian and there are two kinds, samba and ballroom samba. Any other terms like INTERNATIONAL or BRASILIAN referring to Samba are at least a linguistic impropriety.
Dont be angry if someone need more time to learn, in the end nobody knows everything.
@Raikara You're right ! So call it as " INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM DANCESPORT SAMBA" and not just "SAMBA". International ballroon dancesport samba is DIFFERENT from Samba! So It's advisable change the name, because BALLROOM SAMBA has nothing to do with SAMBA (nothing is similar, not even the music)
@Raikara no such a thing as 'brazilian samba' and 'international samba'... samba is samba. Of course this is not what you're going to see during the Carnaval or in a Pagode party, it's not quite like the Gafieira (watch?v=jj2GrLegy4I too see what i'm talking about) but... well, samba is samba. She is not doing it wrong, quite the contrary, the technique is right... but it doesn't matter what u say, the song she's dancing is not samba. And I'm not saying this as a dancer but as a musician :)
@tieppofer musicians and dancers have different languages when it comes to their craft. A Bolero musically and a Bolero as a dance are two completely things. As a dancer, there are different styles of dance, modern jazz and classic jazz, both are jazz dance, but different. You may be right about there being only one Samba music, but there is more than one Samba dance.
I have seen some classes from Monika. She is a really good teacher and dancer! I am not questioning this. But i affirm, this dance is not based on samba. the principle of samba is the movement of your feet, not roll your waist. the movement of the waist and the butt is just a consequence of the steps. It is just one of the examples prooving that this dance is not samba.
No, my friend, i am not talking about the carnaval parade samba. im talking about the original samba, that came before the parade, historically. look at the samba dance video in my favourites and you will see that this ballroom has nothing from samba, just the name.
Some people are small minded. They think they know everything about dancing. But they forget, there is more than just their world of dancing.
Next time, look as it is a different style of dancing. Appreciate it, because if we all dance like you do, then there would be no point of dancing at all.
u are right about that there is differend styles but, the ones who upload the video should know better and write something more than just samba, thats why the missunderstanding among few..
yes I agree on that too, when I see that moves I refer to salsa basic and I am too live in europe, well you are right that move is samba whisk to you, salsa basic to me and something but not samba at all to others here . one thing is for sure, if you learn that move and go to a samba party among latin people, they will probobly say : thats not samba.
I agree with you ;) Samba & Salsa have the same rhythm. Samba has 1 n 2, 3 n 4 counts, while has Salsa 1 2 3 5 6 7 counts. You can dance salsa on samba music and vice versa. However we do our salsa basic differently (front to back). The figure in the demonstration movie in Salsa would be the "Paloma" (if written correctly).
Yes I'm crazy. Salsa, Latin/Ballroom, Streetdance and Breakdance. I dance it all. However here in the Netherlands Salsa (Cuban i think) and Samba (Ballroom) have nearly the same rithm. I know Salsa have Puerto Rician/ Colombian/ LA and Cali styles aswell. They don't match Samba for sure.
can you send me a link where i can hear this other samba you say? all this ballroom samba dance i saw, they are not dancing with samba i know. not even looks like, so, i presume those music are not based in samba rithm. And if you don't dance in samba rithm, it cannot be called samba dance.
You can dance salsa to just about any latin beat. Now while I'm not that familiar with Brazilian samba music, I can tell you that salsa works pretty well with just about any ballroom samba music.
WTF is that?? im brazilian and thats definetly not samba! get outta there, looser! go learn some samba before making a stupid video and putting it in youtube! GEE!
how u gonna call her a loser, spelled with one s by the way. No one called u a loser because you cant spell. This is ballroom samba so she is showing a form of samba. Sum brazillian u are. Have a nice day!
that sounds more like bellydance and samba but you dear are lost in some moves like ballroom dance and who knows......you are completly bud buuuuuuuuuu!sorry
And this contract and release thing she explains in her other videos seems quite antiquated because samba has not been danced with contraction since the 80s as far as i know
@wendybosch: In ballroom samba the foot rhythm is a little bit off the regular ,,1 and 2" way of counting. You also dance 3/4 and 1/4 of the beat. Only the bouncing action is always on "1", "and" or "2" as far as i know. It's extremely complicated, that's why it's possible that she is sometimes off beat (rarely). But I'm wondering abouther voltas. I learned them in a different way with bounce and hip rotation instead of just bouncing.
right!! ballroom samba foot and knee count is: &A1-&A2. &=1/2 of "one" or "two". A=1/2 of &. on '&' you lock the knee, on 'A' move the foot, on '1' or '2' load the knee (bend it in bounce). Monica seems not to be 'pronouncing' the "&", confusing it with 'A'. looks like going ahead of rhythm.
Oh my!
ijmedina 2 days ago
Aqui no Brasil é diferente....
everthown 1 month ago
WHATS THE NAME OF THIS SONG?????
danielle94609 2 months ago
Esse samaba e meio africando ! pessoas confundei samba brasileiro ficam falando mal,so que existe muitos sambas pelo mundo , mais o samba brasileiro e o mais conhecido !
farleanypicard 3 months ago
Great dancer! But this is nothing close to samba, not even the music THIS IS NOT SAMBA PPL!!!!
lababy3c3 3 months ago
ISTO NÃO É SAMBA!
natsoares10 3 months ago
Eso no es samba. Y no te comento nada más porque te tomas las críticas -digamos no positivas par ti- demasiado mal, y no quiero desequilibrar tu ánimo. Lo que haces es bonito, hay técnica, bla bla bla, pero no es samba ni la música es de samba.
josefa565 3 months ago
This is great! I just started taking ballroom lesson....You make this look soo simple!
minda00 5 months ago
Great Demo!
I like the song too :o)
What's the name & artist/band of the song?
chiquitacyborg 6 months ago
I like it Monika!!
ddjspicy 7 months ago
She sure moves very fluidly. May I have the next dance?
drafthorselover 7 months ago
Impressive how without the man I can recognize some steps from what one day was maxixe. I totally agree that you need to formalize to preserve. But Ballroom samba was formalized essentially by european dancers. And it is usually "sold" in shows as a Brazilian thing. This is some how disrespectful with peoples culture, specially when nothing is similar, not even the music
So history, it should be called international maxixe and not international Samba.
Yes it is beautiful and fun, but not samba
gustavpsi 8 months ago
Cubans feel the same way about rumba. Ballroom (partner dancing) evolved separately from the local dances and then started bringing on steps from local courts (think French king's court in the 16th and 17th centuries) which then picked up the flavor of the local dances but had to be highly formalized. If you watch local dancers perform the local steps, to local music, there is very little consistency in the timing, specifics of the step or lead cues, so it is very difficult to teach.
mambocoder 8 months ago
My apologies, I meant 1600s and 1700s, not 16th and 17th century. Ballet and all it's offshoots developed the same way. Imagine you can lose your duchy because you messed up a step. How would you tell? It would have to be formalized. That's how partner dancing and even ballet evolved. It's like a local soccer match versus the World Cup. Rules are different because they HAVE TO BE. Before you get upset, learn the history.
mambocoder 8 months ago
Too much arrogance here!!
Juana360 8 months ago
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I am Brazilian, I live in Rio de Janeiro
This is a shame for the dancers that they did not search for what is samba!
Who does not know samba should research and study the culture of each people.
You should study about samba, you should look for "Samba 3 performance" or "Samba No Pe" on youtube! This is the "gaff samba" in Rio de Janeiro! True!
Swing the hip is not samba, samba is on foot ... not in hip
le0liveira 9 months ago
i really can´t imagine this girl with a really Samba Batucada in Brasil hehehe
Cata403 10 months ago
i think your movements are beautifu! good job :)
scasa79 10 months ago
Is it weird if a dude does the hip movement like you did? Well not quite that extensive but you now...the wiggly thing :)
Norrin82 10 months ago
Esse samba nao e do Brasil !!!
cintiarod 11 months ago
isso nao eSamba
Micheli3040 11 months ago
OMG im so sick of all these ballroom peoples!! samba is samba, strictly Brazilian music.... and u people act like we are belittling their dance, no these people dance amazingly.....sadly it's just not samba, can't you guys be creative and use your own name??
anonymous10001000 11 months ago
it's not a matter of disrespecting the origin of samba, they're just trying to explain that this ballroom samba is way different than Brazilian samba, because most people misunderstood this fact. nobody's stupid, and don't ever question one's professionalism because it's wrong. perfecting ballroom is kind of hard, you know.
airhalynn101 1 year ago
@fyllipy Thanks
arajakurzeme 1 year ago
It is sad when people name any music samba. I do not know where she associated this to samba. If is the samename for different thing.This sounds to a African tribe soundt. I dont care how whatever specialist she is. She or whatever should to study samba. This is ridiculus.... lol Saamba de gafieira... Whatever...
arajakurzeme 1 year ago
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silviaclesio 1 year ago
love fluid movements and isolations :D yeah unfortuately there are 100s on youtube who don't dance and than they are experts in telling dancers what they don't do themselves! lol sad but true - we call them wanna be experts! cyber space dancers
IshtarBellydancer 1 year ago
why r these stupid people allowed to comment on here when they dont know what there talking about..this is great what your doing, this comes in our bronze and silver routines(HERE IN ENGLAND,HELLOOOOOO) whether it be for kids or adults....you stick to your way in brazil (, A LOT OF HIP MOVEMENT ,,GREAT, NEXT BIT PLEASE) WE LIKEOUR WAY YOU STICK WITH YOUR WAY.OR WHY DONT YOU LEARN INTERNATION LATIN..MIGHT DO YOUR COMMENTS SOME GOOD, ,we need whole bronze/silver ect routinesplease plea.......se
cydneylola123 1 year ago
@cydneylola123 yes. In England, Poland, hell this is samba.lol I am amazed be called stupid. But Samba music isnt a African tribe sound. lmao...Isn't your way or my way....It is the only way the correct one. Sounds like you dont respect the origem of anything.
arajakurzeme 1 year ago
I used to teach ballroom samba and found the structure to be too rigid for my tastes. I am currently performing Latin fusion belly dance and couldn't be happier. You describe the technical aspects of this style well :)
mintjewlep89 1 year ago
would you please share the name of this song & its artist instead of bickering over whether this is considered samba? thanks :)
Novelle26 1 year ago
I don't know what the hell is this but it's not samba. I'm brazilian, don't screw up our dance, thanks.
peideise 1 year ago
What`s the name of this song?!
tameeka182 1 year ago
WOW!!! I like it, She is very good teacher :), I will be very happy if someone could tell me what are the names of the steps? I think that the first one is a "whisks", but I'm not sure about the last one. Thaks :)
leipukanawila 1 year ago
Dance with a partner next time. :D
J0viiS 1 year ago
wow you these moves look way better than the dancing with the stars aerobic tape I got LOL.
imsatindoll 1 year ago
i would like to say thank you.
i've been looking for just a simple video to refresh my knowledge of the step, and i found it right here.
sonnet145 1 year ago
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she is not going with the beat O.o
armoprincess10 1 year ago
This international Samba shouldn't be called Samba, it doesn't look not even a little bit like the real Samba. That looks more like a Capoeira attempt or Axé, even the beat.
Licazy 1 year ago
OMG,THIS VIDEO IS HORRIBLE.this look more like salsa move 2 me. ;O
tonyhawkx2 1 year ago
how come it doesn't like like the dance Carmen Miranda did? She was so graceful.
Also this doesn't look like the type the Barazilian Samba Schools do.
EarthaKit2 1 year ago
not bad..maybe
6AruneLele9 1 year ago
can anybody tell me what music/artist this is? I find it quite hypnotic. and yes I did read the comments on samba and /or not samba or samba gafieira. I love the rhythm of samba, even in this slight alteration of it. Beautiful music.....
marloef11 1 year ago
whast the first song called
bbycrook1 1 year ago
Parece salsa step!!!
javcm09 1 year ago
hot!!!:P
KRLEEQ 1 year ago
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mbardani 1 year ago
It is very sad when people want to appropriate things, transforme them and keeping the same name. I am brazilian from south and it is an ......... to SAMBA. If I was from Rio where the samba come from?! I will be furius.Nothing personal, but if you decide public your dance movies and named them the way you want, you have to be open to listen and read criticism. And if many people show desappointment, you should think about. Maybe something is wrong.
arajakurzeme 1 year ago
@arajakurzeme Yes, ballroom dancers are aware that ballroom samba and authentic Brazilian samba are different. Just because the international ballroom style of samba is not like Brazilian samba does not mean it loses legitimacy as a dance form; in fact, this style of "samba" is widely studied throughout the globe as part of ballroom dancing. From Russia to the U.S.A., many dancers use exactly this style.
JEKenny 11 months ago
Why are people commenting about it's name? It clearly says 'Samba' and not 'Samba de grafieira'. So stop being so small-minded. The world is about sharing and bringing something new to the dancefloor.
metroickha 1 year ago
something like what they did to tango...
3rd gafieira : kind of a mix of those to... you still have the feeling from samba no pé but know you can move around and then do some tricks and dance in pair...
i´m a ballroom/latin dancer and i know what i´m talking about... that is samba (not very well thaught thats a fact but...) you learn that when your starting the rythms,,,
dont be so squared and keep an open mind about things... you´ll live happier (;
spiderpig1337 1 year ago
you assholes... do your research first... there are 3 world recongized sambas...
1st: ´samba no pé´ ... its a rythm with very few steps almost standing steady in place but very demanding...
2nd: ´ ballroom samba ´ ... its something that were made by europeans that took the feeling from brazilian people but made it more soft because it was considered some sort of slave dance or whatever... and they couldn´t dance to that... or whatever...
spiderpig1337 1 year ago
Well...first off everyone...she is doing the international and american style basics ballroom samba. She is not doing brazilian samba. More specifically, she is repeating steps called whisks and voltas. However...her technique is not that good. She has the steps correct, but her hips are not quite correct especially in correlation to her whole body. Anyway...she did an ok representation, I instruct ballroom dance and the job was ok.
razakahn 1 year ago
this is not samba... is more like hindi music.
Oh my God !!!
MuhayLoco 2 years ago
if you assholes want brazillian samba look it the fuck up!!!
toddcronk 2 years ago
your so fucking stupid thats not samba music and thats not samba dance...and yes im from rio de janeiro BRAZIL and the unike thing that i can say about your stupid video is.
if you dont know abouth south america dances or music, please dont do nothing
pachukodeazcapo 2 years ago
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this is not traditional samba.
nanitess 2 years ago
Only change de name of video..... because this is the controversy.
tarciomeireles 2 years ago
Monika is a great dancer.
But why is this a samba??? "International samba" looks nothing like brazilian samba and most of the time the dancers are actually dancing to salsa or some other latin beat.
Samba comes from Brasil and this international samba has no hint of the classic features, heart and soul of where its name comes from.
So why is it called samba?
Jovitinha 2 years ago
@Jovitinha - cars coming from (invented in) europe... Therefore, threre are no american cars, no japan cars - only european cars... right? And later invented "automobiles" does'nt look like first Benz's model... etc... etc...
You probably disagree - now, try apply the same logic to the ballroom-samba/brasil samba too... :) Brasilian samba coming from brasil - ballroom samba was "invented" later...
jm496 1 year ago
@jm496 A volkswagen beetle still looks like a volkswagen beetle. It's recognizable from it's original coz it's most famous for one thing - not its engine, not its brand name but its shape. This dance could have been called anything with a Spanish name, but samba, and no one would ever thought it could remotely have anything to do with samba.
By the way, I have no qualms about Monika's talent as a dancer, it's the name of that dance I'm questioning.
Jovitinha 1 year ago
To all brazilians This is NOT samba de gafieira!
This is International samba from International Dancesport TOTALLY DIFFERENT but still a samba
Nonana 2 years ago 2
I am a Salsa and Samba Instructor and the steps Monica is doing in this video, including the swing; is purelu from SALSA moves, There is no a hint of Brazilian Samba in these steps....and by the way I am half-brazilian. half-cuban so I grew up with both rythms.
notelocreo 2 years ago
this is not samba, at least not have it here in Brazil. Every time I try to see the samba that you learn me down. Nothing to do with Brazil. Nothing to do with samba. False advertising. Word of Brazil, you are being deceived!
arthuracxc 2 years ago
Hi, Monika! My goal is to learn ballroom style samba at some point as soon as I have some time. Thanks so much for posting videos on actual technique!
BostonBallroomGirl 2 years ago
this is also samba created BY Brazilians! so now ur insulting ur own country. good job
coryindahousizzle 2 years ago
No, this isn't samba created by Brazilians, so he wasn't insulting his country; just giving it a bad name by being a moronic dick.
moneymail002 2 years ago
Hello Monika :)
I am a Brazilian and have a classical and comtemporary formation of many dance styles including ballroom. I teach Brazilian Rhythms ( all types of Brazilian samba AND BALLROOM SAMBA ). So I would like to speak from All Brazilians and professional dancers that your dance is GREAT and right. Keep it up girl :)
1ashamsa 2 years ago 2
Her samba is excellent. I really enjoyed it. I trained in ballroom style dance in the U.S.. I arrived in Brazil last year and discovered that Brazilian style samba is very different from international ballroom style. The styles (International and Brazilian style) are different and both are beautiful.
Chinetta1 2 years ago 3
To those who think I'm a beginner.
For your information, I'm a former Polish youth champion and current US Rising Star Champion and Open Finalist in both Latin and Ballroom!!!
I think you need to check your facts first before you make any comments about someones dance instructions... For your informations (you "blinds"), those steps I'm demonstrating are just few steps which are used to dance in Bronze- "SAMBA" NDCA and ISTD Syllabus... I think I know what I'm doing!
dancewithmonika 2 years ago 28
You are right! They must think first before commenting and look for the history of International Samba Latin. For them it's very easy to post comments while looking the ballroom dances but i hope they will try to undergo training so that they can realize how hard and beautiful the Samba Latin. Thank you and peace to everyone!:-)
tropicalfusion8 2 years ago
you are a great teacher! very good on techniques and explanations. i like all your videos. and thanks for sharing! God bless!
tropicalfusion8 2 years ago
Hi, Monika!
You are doing a great job!
And, okay this is International Style. But there is something that makes all Brazilians sad when we see it (being you or anyone else dancing): it lacks the main Samba features and soul.
Well, as you are someone well known for your work, I would like to ask something: could you use more Brazilian rythms, music and footsteps? This would bring at least a bit more of our country... I am open to sugest some material for it.
and sorry, no much space to write.
giuvic 2 years ago
@dancewithmonika jestes kapitalna!! :) chodzę na kurs tańca i Twoje filmiki są doskonałym uzupełnieniem! pozdrowienia z Krakowa :)
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My Dear!!! I'm from the samba birth place, Rio de Janeiro - Brasil, as you should know. I'm afraid you don't know samba steps. If you did know you would be using them as preliminar work to teach samba. Let me teach something, when we teach a tradition like samba we must executer movements that belong to that culture otherwise you are inventing another thing.
danyfern321 1 year ago
You can do that of course as creative human beings you are. But, please don't call this samba, a mean be respect to the peaple that originaly created and developed it in Brazil. THIS IS NOT SAMBA!!!!!!!!!!!! FULL STOP.
danyfern321 1 year ago
@dancewithmonika I know that this a late reply but I just want to say you are a very good dancer. I am a dancer as well and the technique and steps you are demonstrating is exactly how I was taught. :)
1moi2 1 year ago
@dancewithmonika just change the name to the video Monika... that is maybe NDCA and ISTD "Samba".... but not (just) "Samba"...
As a professional that you are, you know that this is not "Samba", but "Ballroom Samba" or however you call it... then don't call the video just "samba" because when we use a seach engine to look for REAL samba, we find your "special samba" and it is not fair with people that don't know the real samba... got it?
felipelopezhill 7 months ago
@felipelopezhill - Guys, don't be angry with the name or the style.. Both come from the past where on some European dancefloor, people were told that there is a new and exciting dance called Samba and it comes from Brazil. And it was long before International style itself was organized. Now the International dancers just follow the rules of burocracies - kids grew up learning this way. However, the cultures are open to the world, and many "Internationals" go and learn the Real Samba. I do!
cry4dance 4 months ago
@cry4dance - ..continued..: and I do recognize the steps now, where they are coming from, and what's the real feeling for them. I enjoy it a lot. I can't change how burocracy works, but I can change how I dance Samba.
cry4dance 4 months ago
@dancewithmonika - You are a beautiful dancer,and devoted teacher. but competitive dance is comparative. For instance, a couple who were in front of you in top 12 in US open Latin ranked only 217 at Blackpool (out of 260). Some dance students all over the world (especially in US) take lessons with coaches who took 1-st to 12-th place at the same Blackpool. So they have a different veiw on dancing cause they have more information about it.
cry4dance 4 months ago
genteeeeeeeeeeee!! pelamor.. que que ela ta fazendo?? isso não é samba!! nem o ritmo nem a dança!! e ela ta se achando ainda, a professora!
angelikapsi 2 years ago
hahahha
this is NOT samba!!!
somebody please help her!!
09fjaril 2 years ago
in Brazil, there are two types of samba. the samba of the carnival parade, and the ballroom samba ("samba de gafieira"), which are completely different.
Besides this dance not be like of the two types of samba, neither the music is samba.
So why call it samba?
If it is not to be like the samba, find another name for this!
jaquelinetdl 2 years ago 2
You obviously have the wrong idea about what the term "ballroom samba" means internationally.
moneymail002 2 years ago
That's not samba AT ALL!! Please tell Monika not to screw people teaching that... dance?
felipelopezhill 2 years ago
AAAAARG, damn people do you really never learn?????, ITS NOT BRASILIAN SAMBA, its INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM DANCESPORT SAMBA, fuck how many times does this need to be said to make you people understand, damn. Same name for diffrent thing.
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@Raikara 01-A Well Raikara you are half correct. Thats because youre telling a half truth and I have to say: a half truth remains incorrect. The mistake is to believe that the BRASILIAN SAMBA does exist. In fact that expression is a pleonasm because Samba IS Brazilian, just to compare is the same thing to say the American White House or the British Big Ben even, to be more clear, the Bohemian Polka. By the same principle we can conclude that INTERNATIONAL SAMBA doesnt exist either
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@Raikara 02-B presume that with INTERNATIONAL you intended to refer to the NDCAs classification of International Style Dances. However this group of styles receives its name because contains standard ways to perform Styles of distinct nationalities (Cha Cha, Rumba, Samba) which differs to the other group called American Style Dances which also contains Cha Cha, Rumba, Samba but these dances dont become Americans for this, just means that is the American way to dance.
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@Raikara 03-C This miss-reading of the rules made the WDC avoid any linguistic impropriety excluding the word international. Now which the purpose to make you capable to teach to the people who never learn the difference between the Samba they dance and the Samba the demonstration is about I will put some words in Portuguese: O samba é um gênero musical, de onde deriva um tipo de dança, de raízes africanas surgido no Brasil e tido como o ritmo nacional por excelência.
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@Raikara 04-D A partir de meados da década de 1940 e ao longo da década de 1950, o samba sofreu nova influência de ritmos latinos e americanos: surgiu o Samba de Gafieira (Samba como Dança de Salão), mais propriamente uma forma de tocar -- geralmente instrumental, influenciada pelas orquestras americanas, adequada para danças aos pares praticadas em salões públicos, gafieiras e cabarés -- do que um novo gênero.
mbardani 1 year ago
@Raikara 05-E In other words: Samba is a lively, rhythmical dance of Brazilian origin in 2/4 time. There are two major streams of samba that differ: the modern ballroom samba and the traditional samba of Brazil. The ballroom samba has its origins in Brazil at the middle of the 20th century, more precisely 1940-50.However in Brazil the modern ballroom samba is known as Samba de Gafieira the gafieiras are the ballrooms where people dance ballroom samba (what a surprise).
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@Raikara 06-F Therefore I repeat: if is Samba IS Brazilian and there are two kinds, samba and ballroom samba. Any other terms like INTERNATIONAL or BRASILIAN referring to Samba are at least a linguistic impropriety.
Dont be angry if someone need more time to learn, in the end nobody knows everything.
mbardani 1 year ago
@Raikara really? then the solution is simple: call the video "INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM DANCESPORT SAMBA Demonstration" and not just "SAMBA"
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@Raikara You're right ! So call it as " INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM DANCESPORT SAMBA" and not just "SAMBA". International ballroon dancesport samba is DIFFERENT from Samba! So It's advisable change the name, because BALLROOM SAMBA has nothing to do with SAMBA (nothing is similar, not even the music)
BSBcty 6 months ago
@Raikara no such a thing as 'brazilian samba' and 'international samba'... samba is samba. Of course this is not what you're going to see during the Carnaval or in a Pagode party, it's not quite like the Gafieira (watch?v=jj2GrLegy4I too see what i'm talking about) but... well, samba is samba. She is not doing it wrong, quite the contrary, the technique is right... but it doesn't matter what u say, the song she's dancing is not samba. And I'm not saying this as a dancer but as a musician :)
tieppofer 4 months ago
@tieppofer musicians and dancers have different languages when it comes to their craft. A Bolero musically and a Bolero as a dance are two completely things. As a dancer, there are different styles of dance, modern jazz and classic jazz, both are jazz dance, but different. You may be right about there being only one Samba music, but there is more than one Samba dance.
PaigeInman 3 weeks ago
she is not in music!
slovakmirko 2 years ago 4
Its probably a problem with youtube (audio and video out of sync). You can notice that on a lot of other dance clips, too.
fenris1980 2 years ago
I don't think the probelm is that she is a beginner -
I actually don't think she is - it's just something else that she is dancing.
lufalco 2 years ago
nn mi sembra che vada a tempo ....
mariantoniettacarluc 2 years ago
Gennnnnnnte isso envergonha a cultura do samba, nao chega nem a beirar o ritmo...Ridiculo....
crizim25 2 years ago
I have seen some classes from Monika. She is a really good teacher and dancer! I am not questioning this. But i affirm, this dance is not based on samba. the principle of samba is the movement of your feet, not roll your waist. the movement of the waist and the butt is just a consequence of the steps. It is just one of the examples prooving that this dance is not samba.
nnelsinho 2 years ago
She dancing not in the music.She is very beginer.....
Sal2kas 2 years ago
This is definetly NOT samba!
Not the dance neither the music!
Look for "Samba gafieira" at youtube and you'll see that it is very different from this mecanical dance!
If this is a new dance based in samba, find another name for it.
nnelsinho 2 years ago
actually this is samba. its the ballroom samba tho. lol the samba ur looking for is in february with the almost naked ppl lol
c00l0ser1121 2 years ago
No, my friend, i am not talking about the carnaval parade samba. im talking about the original samba, that came before the parade, historically. look at the samba dance video in my favourites and you will see that this ballroom has nothing from samba, just the name.
nnelsinho 2 years ago
What was that? Could anybody tell me, please? That was surely not Samba.
ramosphysics2008 2 years ago
Ballroom Samba. Different from the Brazilian one. Inspired actually by the Brazilian one :P
Wintella 2 years ago
Some people are small minded. They think they know everything about dancing. But they forget, there is more than just their world of dancing.
Next time, look as it is a different style of dancing. Appreciate it, because if we all dance like you do, then there would be no point of dancing at all.
metroickha 3 years ago
u are right about that there is differend styles but, the ones who upload the video should know better and write something more than just samba, thats why the missunderstanding among few..
tsoutsos 3 years ago
Yes, and that's why I wrote "...more than just their world ..."
Samba here in Europe looks exactly like what the demonstration video shows. So to me, the name is correct. The figure she shows is "Samba Whisk".
metroickha 3 years ago
yes I agree on that too, when I see that moves I refer to salsa basic and I am too live in europe, well you are right that move is samba whisk to you, salsa basic to me and something but not samba at all to others here . one thing is for sure, if you learn that move and go to a samba party among latin people, they will probobly say : thats not samba.
tsoutsos 3 years ago
I agree with you ;) Samba & Salsa have the same rhythm. Samba has 1 n 2, 3 n 4 counts, while has Salsa 1 2 3 5 6 7 counts. You can dance salsa on samba music and vice versa. However we do our salsa basic differently (front to back). The figure in the demonstration movie in Salsa would be the "Paloma" (if written correctly).
metroickha 3 years ago
are you crazy?? samba and salsa the same rithm?? in what planet?
nnelsinho 2 years ago
Yes I'm crazy. Salsa, Latin/Ballroom, Streetdance and Breakdance. I dance it all. However here in the Netherlands Salsa (Cuban i think) and Samba (Ballroom) have nearly the same rithm. I know Salsa have Puerto Rician/ Colombian/ LA and Cali styles aswell. They don't match Samba for sure.
metroickha 2 years ago
can you send me a link where i can hear this other samba you say? all this ballroom samba dance i saw, they are not dancing with samba i know. not even looks like, so, i presume those music are not based in samba rithm. And if you don't dance in samba rithm, it cannot be called samba dance.
nnelsinho 2 years ago
You can dance salsa to just about any latin beat. Now while I'm not that familiar with Brazilian samba music, I can tell you that salsa works pretty well with just about any ballroom samba music.
moneymail002 2 years ago
this is ballroom dancing--samba, n she dance quite well
natma1019 3 years ago
this definatly isn't samba, even the music, maybe this is ballroom samba
luball416 3 years ago
this is not samba
misterbadguy23 3 years ago
Does anyone know the name of this song?
koockaburra 3 years ago
WTF is that?? im brazilian and thats definetly not samba! get outta there, looser! go learn some samba before making a stupid video and putting it in youtube! GEE!
maricruz00 3 years ago
how u gonna call her a loser, spelled with one s by the way. No one called u a loser because you cant spell. This is ballroom samba so she is showing a form of samba. Sum brazillian u are. Have a nice day!
0cally 3 years ago
Algum maluco inventou essa dança e deu o nome de samba pra ganhar dinheiro em cima de gente que sonha em dançar samba.
Absurdo!!
Todo vídeo desse que eu vejo eu xingo dizendo que eles são loucos de chamar essa porcaria de samba
nnelsinho 2 years ago
É um novo ritmo; SUMBA... mistura de samba com rumba. kkkkkkkk
ditunis 2 years ago
this is not samba but a sort of ballroom dancing
Yemanja0308 3 years ago
What is this song I love it!!
Aditi000 3 years ago
that sounds more like bellydance and samba but you dear are lost in some moves like ballroom dance and who knows......you are completly bud buuuuuuuuuu!sorry
Jafrabellydance 3 years ago
what more, there is no technique...
BonarSiC 3 years ago
Do you hear the music Monika? There is smth like rhythm ....
And where is your bouncing?
BonarSiC 3 years ago
I do hear the music hun! It's just we have a problem with Sync of the video and the sound!
dancewithmonika 2 years ago 3
And this contract and release thing she explains in her other videos seems quite antiquated because samba has not been danced with contraction since the 80s as far as i know
NikolasK88 3 years ago
Why says everybody that this is no 'real samba'?! There is no 'real samba'. There are just different kinds of samba.
There is cheese, but you have also different kinds of cheese. But it's still cheese.
Stop arguing if it's a samba or not.
annekepoort 3 years ago 3
Yup this is not brazilian samba. Read the tags, this is ballroom dance type of samba. You could say it's the american social dancing style.
l3ty18 3 years ago
In fact, it looks more like a rumba, and this music is not samba.
Montezum 3 years ago 2
samba???? where????
sla26 3 years ago
THIS IS NOT SAMBA!!!!
pecosito18 3 years ago
wonderful dance!!!!!!!!!!!
agnieszeq63 3 years ago
What's the name of the song?
wensingkasper 3 years ago
Wendy, denk je nou echt dat een danslerares niet weet hoe ze tellen moet en dat jij het beter weet? Pfft!
koockaburra 3 years ago
By the way... if you guys are learning samba like this... you are paying too much!!!
GiuC39 3 years ago 2
search for this video: Carlinhos de Jesus - A Cara do Rio
because THIS IS REAL SAMBA.
GiuC39 3 years ago
hey... and this is not bad neither: Samba no pe (solo) demo Claudio Gomes
I'm brazilian. Trust me.
GiuC39 3 years ago
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fuck the Brazilian samba... all they do is shake a fat ass nothing more.
this looks like real samba..
although her rythm is a bit off
counterstrike83 3 years ago
tHEY DON'T HAVE FAT BOOTY OK..ITS CALL THICKNESS get it right...thickness wat white females don't have,, and dats why u think they fat
Jimjer2007 3 years ago
The count for samba is:
one, a two, three and four, five and six, seven and eight.. she uses the wrong count, what looks like she is not in the samba rythm..
wendybosch 3 years ago 2
you are absolutely right wendy! it soemhow disturbs me to see this... really!
maxtris 3 years ago
@wendybosch: In ballroom samba the foot rhythm is a little bit off the regular ,,1 and 2" way of counting. You also dance 3/4 and 1/4 of the beat. Only the bouncing action is always on "1", "and" or "2" as far as i know. It's extremely complicated, that's why it's possible that she is sometimes off beat (rarely). But I'm wondering abouther voltas. I learned them in a different way with bounce and hip rotation instead of just bouncing.
NikolasK88 3 years ago 2
because voltas should has bounce and hip rotation ...
BonarSiC 3 years ago
right!! ballroom samba foot and knee count is: &A1-&A2. &=1/2 of "one" or "two". A=1/2 of &. on '&' you lock the knee, on 'A' move the foot, on '1' or '2' load the knee (bend it in bounce). Monica seems not to be 'pronouncing' the "&", confusing it with 'A'. looks like going ahead of rhythm.
cry4dance 3 years ago
WTF are yiu talking about guys? THIS IS ABSOLUTELY SAMBA! I've learned the same steps! Exactly the same and it was samba!
koockaburra 3 years ago
Absolutely SAMBA! I recognize the steps from my own lessons a couple of years ago.
koockaburra 3 years ago
its a samba!!!
dalina85 3 years ago
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THIS IS NOT SAMBA!
thefybrasilgirl 3 years ago
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Samba??!! I dont think so.
laurakrig 3 years ago
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Oh my God!!! Not is samba!!!
fcamacho64 3 years ago
does anyone know the count on this? Seems as if she anticipates the downbeat, but perhaps the first step is on "and?"
xandra000007 3 years ago
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boring
kenetm 3 years ago
Where can I find this song? Please help!! Thanx
Eperturmix89 4 years ago
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