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Portuguese classes can be useful in many ways... When you have a teacher who is quite interested in music - and good Brasilian music! - and has had dance classes in different types of Brasilian dances, well you get some nice hints and explications... Here you have a selection of Brasilian dances, with histories and an origins making them very different one from another.

Forro - danced especially in the North East of Brazil: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPOoPKUQ48c

Samba de Carnaval - of which probably Recife or Salvador is the most known (Rio is the touristic one): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqLRVo4HrKQ&feature=related

Samba for two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulcXYjb4eBU&feature=related

Capoeira - the reminiscence of the slaves' dances to be found in Bahia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8xxgFpK-NM&feature=related