RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — 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 ...

HAYWARD -- In Brazil, the Rhythm of Samba is everywhere and in just weeks those same sounds will fill the air right here in the Bay Area at San Francisco's 45th annual Carnaval celebration and parade.

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 ...

A Los Angeles samba school brings a little taste of Brazil to the U.S., teaching the art of dance and percussion to anyone who wants to learn. This week, people around the world are celebrating the 40 ...

Dancing With the Stars pro dancer Mark Ballas always has one person in his corner: mom Shirley Ballas. After Mark, 39, and celebrity partner Whitney Leavitt took some heat from fans for their samba ...

THE FORBIDDEN DANCE BORN AS AN AFRO-BRAZILIAN FOLK DANCE, THE PRIMAL SAMBA HAS LONG BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH VOODOO AND MAGIC. SOUNDS LIKE THE PERFECT WAY TO CELEBRATE THE DAY OF THE DEAD. By Mary Kunz ...