In this Jan. 27, 2020 photo, performers wait next to a image of Saint Sebastian, patron saint of the Rio de Janeiro, for the start of the rehearsal at the Paraiso de Tuiuti samba school, in Rio de ...

It’s a life of stark contrast: By day, Diana Prado is a supervisor at an insurance company’s drably lit call center cramped with blue cubicles. But when night falls, she dazzles as a scantily clad ...

Percussion-based music echoed in the streets as dancers and musicians from the Evanston Escola de Samba invited people to clap along with the beat. Dancers wearing bright pink, blue and orange ...

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 ...

This week, hundreds and thousands of people are flooding the streets of Brazil to celebrate Carnival with lavish costumes, floats, dances, and music. Carnival dates back to the 18th century and ...

Two amateur Jacksonville ballroom dancers — one a senior, the other a teen — recently won top honors in the U.S. Dance Championships in Orlando. Linda Dennis, 71, won the five-dance Pro/Am ...

DORAL — A woman dancing in a giant champagne glass. Samba Dancers. Parachutist landing on the first fairway to start each days' competition. A ball-filled bubble bath for couples and kids. Lots of ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - At rehearsal for the Paraiso de Tuiuti samba school, a dancer poses for photos with admiring onlookers while wearing the bright yellow uniform and sky-high heels of the school’s ...