From the streets of Rio de Janiro to a community hall in the Welsh capital of Cardiff, the energetic rhythm of Samba drumming is playing an unexpected role in the lives of people living with Parkinson ...

At a classical orchestra, a conductor’s raised hands often means the start of a performance. Tracing shapes in the air could point to how each beat must come, and one’s free fingers can often signal a ...

Researchers at Cardiff University are hoping to launch a study to discover if there is clinical evidence that drumming classes are improving the lives of Parkinson’s disease patients. A special samba ...

Year after year, carnival in Rio makes one thing perfectly clear: samba moves people. The pounding drums elicit exuberant movement and ecstatic displays of emotion. But what is it that makes this ...

Since the pandemic, amateur musicians have flocked to the Brazilian percussion ensemble Miamibloco and built a community around samba in the process. After months of pandemic isolation, a lot of ...

BRATTLEBORO — Sambaganza invites everyone to join in the lively percussion rhythms of Brazilian Carnival. If you love samba, drumming, joyful music, and the occasional parade, you’ll find it all here.

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 ...

Experience the energy and power of Afro Brazilian percussion in this hands on Samba Reggae pop up workshop. This session is open to beginners and anyone curious about rhythm music and Brazilian ...

The sound of drums fills the large room as dozens of dancers and musicians wearing green and yellow sunflowers trickle into the second-floor ballroom of the Eagle’s Lodge in Olympia. It’s a sunny, ...

The banner on the back wall of the old dance hall says in Portuguese: “While there is dance, we still have hope.” There’s plenty of that as the crowd of Cariocas (Rio locals) shake hips and move their ...