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February 15, 2013

Dance teacher out to prove 'gringos' can samba, too

By JENNY BARCHFIELD
Associated Press

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Non-Brazilians shell out hundreds of dollars for the right to dress up in over-the-top costumes and dance in Rio’s samba school parades.

RIO DE JANEIRO — With their gyrating hips and feet that move so fast they dissolve into a blur, samba instructor Carla Campos' students are barely distinguishable from the swarms of scantily clad dancers in Rio de Janeiro's Carnival parades. What's make them different is where they come from: abroad.


 
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