HAYWARD -- In Brazil, the Rhythm of Samba is everywhere and in just weeks those same sounds will fill the air right here in the Bay Area at San Francisco's 45th annual Carnaval celebration and parade.

For the first time since the Cuban conga (1938), it looks as though the U.S. is taking up a new ballroom dance. The new dance is the Brazilian samba* notable alike for its breezy tempo and its lilting ...

Those who have experienced Brazilian culture have loved it, especially Carnaval, a long-awaited celebration in February. For members of Handphibians, a Madison-based pagode band, and Ótimo Dance, a ...

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 ...

The small section of downtown Vancouver, 700 block of Granville Street, cut off from traffic, was good enough set up a free stage for yet another cultural event that hits Vancouver in every August.