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The native inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil call themselves "carioca's." Carioca is actually a Tupi Indian or Tupian term (kara'i oca), roughly meaning "white house," or "house of whites" of the Portuguese peoples of Rio. The river near these houses became the Carioca river and so did all things related in Rio. The Carioca dance was a group dance with dancers holding hands (cordoes) and swaying to and fro to the Carioca or Samba music. The Carioca (ballroom dance) was first heard by the masses through a song in the |
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| 1933 movie "Flying Down To Rio" with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Rogers and Astaire appropriated an earlier version of the 'Fanchon and Marco Carioca dance routine' from Fanchon's same named Carioca stage show, mainly because of rehearsal issues with Fred and Ginger not having enough time to create an original. Astaire and Roger's version of the Carioca which has been modified over time, made Flying Down To Rio a huge success and Fred & Ginger a household name. It was hailed as the new ballroom dance, however it really never took off. One of the main reasons the dance didn't take off was the description of the dance steps were not included with the sheet music, which was becoming a popular process of not including them during the time. People had no clue how to do the dance except by taking dance lessons as the dance was to difficult to just pick up on their own. Also when the average public watched Fred and Ginger do the Carioca dance in the film, most couldn't see themselves doing it for fear of looking silly. The Carioca music is basically a Samba with the foreheads touching (Carioca Samba if you will) and is patterned after another Brazilian dance called the Machichi . When dancing the Ballroom Carioca, Rumba movements and Fox-trot variations are executed as well as the Samba. |
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Films / Movies |
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Ballets / Stage |
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| $1933 - Flying Down To Rio (Dance) | 1935 - Carioca Maravilhosa | 1933 - Fanchon & Marco's Carioca | ||
| 1935 - Carioca Maravilhosa | 1955 - Carioca Carnival (Rio) | |||
| 1936 - Noches Carioca | 1955 - Sinfonia Carioca | |||
| 1941 - Carioca Serenaders (Dance) | 1965 - Comédia Carioca | Publications |
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| $1942 - Saludo Amigos (Animated) | 1976 - Carioca tigre ??? | $ How To Be a Carioca (Goslin) | ||
| $1945 - Three Caballeros (Disney) | 1988 - Sweet Carioca ??? | |||
| 1955 - Carioca Carnival (Mardis Gras) | ||||
| 1955 - Sinfonia Carioca | ||||
| 1965 - Comédia Carioca | ||||
Other Related Dances of the time... |
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| Bossa Nova | Continental, the | Mambo | Piccolino | Samba |
| Carioca Samba | Fox-Trot | Maxixe | Tango | |
| Carioca Tango | Machichi (see Maxixe) | Novelette | Rumba | The Yam |
Dancers, Choreographers etc. |
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| Carmen Miranda | Mayta Palmera | n/a |
| Fanchon and Marco | ?Mesquitinha? | |
| Fred Astaire | Norberto Nardone (Choreo) | |
| Ginger Rogers | Original Carioca Dancers (1934) | |
| Hermes Pan (Choreo) | Theodore Rand | |
| Lina de Lucca (Choreo) | ||
Books, Magazine Articles on the dance... |
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| The Art Of Social Dancing | Hostetler, Lawrence | 1938 | Barnes |
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Ecos Da Folia: Uma Historia Social Do Carnival Carioca Entre 1880
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Cunha,Maria Pere | 2001 | Companhia Das Letras |
Musicians |
Writers |
Singers |
Poets / Writers |
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| Fernando Nazareth | John Thompson | Etta Moten | n/a | |||
| João Gilberto | Movita | |||||
| Perez Prado | ||||||
| Vincent Youman's [CD] | ||||||
Misc. Research Words that may be related ... to help your searches |
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| Fanchon | Rio | Samba | Danças Brasileiras | |
| Fred Astaire | Rumba | cordoes | ||
Other... |
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