Rio Carnival is one of the biggest ... All the main samba competitions between rival dance schools and parades take place in the Sambadrome – a purpose-built parade area created for the Carnival ...

"She can dance more samba than many Brazilians," says ... starting a new business - a carnival agency called Experience Carnival Rio to chaperone tourists to the Sambadrome and try to make sure ...

Rio Carnival is considered the largest in the world ... which have become known as the birthplace of samba music. In its infancy, the dance form was banned because it was considered “rudimentary.” ...

Performers wear elaborate, colourful costumes and dance to lively samba music. The world famous carnival sees partygoers lining the streets of Rio's Copacabana and Ipanema beaches to dance ...

US Paralympic snowboarder Amy Purdy delighted the crowd with a dance partner she had kept ... paying ticket holders after London 2012. The Rio public – the Cariocas – turned out in force creating a ...

feathers do indeed dance both down on the streets and high above Rio. During the fabled celebrations of Carnival, exotic costumes topped off by feathered headdresses and colorful boas flutter ...

Maria Rodrigues, a Tokyo-based costume maker, was one of several Brazilian performers who joined Tokyo's Asakusa Samba ...

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance is kicking off its 54th season with "Black Orpheus." The performance includes two different works ...

The annual “Party with a Purpose,” hosted by The Foundation for Palm Springs Unified School District and the PSUSD Alumni ...

A couple had their baby’s name rejected by a court over concerns it would cause “future embarrassment to the child”.

The other clip takes us to the bustling Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, where we are introduced to the music, dance and spectacle of their famous, annual carnival. The third clip is set on ...

Whether you choose summer sun in Rio de Janeiro or winter snow in the ... a T+L A-List advisor. “This is when carnival rehearsals kick off in full force, but at the same time, all the locals ...