About Samba de Gafieira
Samba de Gafieira (also called Gafieira) is a partner dance to various Brazilian samba musical rhythms. Unlike street and club forms of Brazilian samba, it evolved as a ballroom dance (dança de salão, literally, "salon dance").
Samba de Gafieira differs from the ballroom Samba, danced in International Latin and American Rhythm ballroom dance styles.
Gafieira is usually a pair dance, although in artistic performances it is not uncommon to add solo variations, including steps of Samba no Pé.
From the Wikipedia article “Samba de Gafieira”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Samba de Gafieira is associated with Brazil and dates to 1930. Explore related traditions below or compare it with the most popular dance styles in the United States.