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 ...

(AP) Swathed in nothing but a sprinkling of sequins and a puff of feathers, Rio de Janeiro’s samba group dancers are the star attractions of the world’s most iconic Carnival celebrations. But they’re ...

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 ...

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 ...

1 of 4 — Lilian Ouidragogo was one of the samba dancers who performed. 2 of 4 — Dancer Roberta Korsenowski poses with a festival attendee. Last year, BrasilFest’s organizers had to stop all the drums ...

Samba dancers, parkour, tributes to the Amazon and even Gisele! The 2016 Rio Olympics kicked off with an unforgettable production All of it. In its charting of the nation's rich cultural history, the ...

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 ...

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 ...