African and South American strands of music and dance made its way into Brazil, with the Fado being no exception, especially Portugal the distinctive music of fado can be heard in Lisbon and Coimbra even today. The Fado ORIGINALLY known as the Brazilian Fado was a mixture of dances and song from Brazil in the late 1700s from a mixture of dances, namely the Spanish Fandango, Lundu (Baia) and the Fofa when this new music reached Portugal these dances and song came to a head with the Black sailors and formed the Fado. There were many different variations of the Brazilian Fado including the Portuguese Fado which is pretty much the main version of today, the Lulu Fado and Lundu.
The singer of the Fado originally performed sitting down, but today stands.
The fado music is said to be liked by a few and detested by many, but once listened too, a certain kind of appreciation appears to the ear. Salazar actually made the dance become much more public during his dictatorship through his demands that it only be performed in Vaudeville houses called revistas. The steps of the Fado are said to be a hop, a skip and a kick in 2/4 time with the soul of the dance being of despair (Coimbra - trovas being opposite).
The Fado and its variations again became popular in the early 1900's along with all the Ragtime and early Jazz dances. The music is kinda bluesy with a sad feel or the Portuguese Fado (said to be from Lisbon) versions with an even more mournful strain to it.
1923 - O Fado
1972 - Fado de la liberté, Le
1947 - Fado do Emigrante
1948 - Fado, História d'uma Cantadeira
1953 - O Mar e o Fado
1957 - Fado Lisboeta
1962 - Um Fado e Três Canções
1964 - Fado Corrido
1994 - Fado Lusitano
1994 - Fado majeur et mineur
Aeroplane Waltz
Charleston
Hippohop
LuLu Fado
Shiver Shake
Apache Dance
Chicken Flip
Honey Bug
Maxixe
Slow Drag
Argentine Ardor
Collegiate
Hooche Cooche
Mooch and Sugar
Syncopated Canter
Arizona Anguish
Collegiate Foxtrot
Horsetrot
Necktie Waltz
Tango
Bacchanalian waltz
Collegiate Shag
Hug-Me-Tight
One Step
Terripan Toddle
Boll Weevil Wiggle
Dewey Dip
Innovation
Ostrich Stretch
Texas Tommy
Boston Dip
Dizzy Drag
Jazzarimba
Pavlova Gavotte
Toddle
Break Away
Fado Foxtrot
Kangaroo Canter
Peabody
Turkey Trot
Bunny Hug
Foxtrot
Kangaroo Waltz
Pickaninny Dandle
Two-Step
Buzzard Lope
Fuzzy-Wuzzy
Kitchen Sink
Pollywog Wiggle
Varsity Drag
Cabbage Clutch
Gaby Glide
Lambeth Walk
Puppy Snuggle
Walkin' The Dog
Camel Walk
Gilda Glide
Lame Duck
Quickstep
Waltz
Cantor Waltz
Grizzly Bear
Lemon Squeeze
Salome dance
Wiggle-de-Wiggle
Cartel Waltz
Grizzly Glide
Lindy Hop
Shadow Dance
March
Castle Walk
Hesitation Waltz
Love Dance
Shimmy
Skirt Dance
Maurice Tango
Whirlwind Waltz
Black Bottom
Baltimore Buzz
Bambuca
Yankee Prance
Dixie Stomp
Doin' The Raccoon
The Dopey
Lundu
Collegiate Glide
College Polka
Fandango
Portuguese Fado
Spanish Dance
Arna Deck & Leon Van Dell
Vernon and Irene Castle
Salazar
Maurice Mouvet
A History of the Portuguese Fado
Paul Vernon
1999
Ashgate Publishing
Brazil Fado
Megan
1979
Omaha Magic Theatre
Fado, dança do Brasil, cantar de Lisboa: o fim de um mito
José Ramos Tinhorão
n/a
Editorial Caminho
Ballrooms