Lambada keep on dancing Lambada. Many of the Caribbean music like Soca, Merengue, Salsa, and Zouk were used to dance the Lambada. Finally the dance recovered most of its original way and style, with less acrobatic moves, smoother, intimate and closer contact. Some people like Adílio Porto, Israel Szerman and Luís Florião (Brazilian teachers) regret that nowadays the dance changed its name to Zouk-Lambada in most parts of Brazil. This is mainly because of its musical orphanage. Brazilian Zouk is a group of closely related dance styles based on or evolved from the lambada dance style and is typically danced to
Maxixe (dance) Spanish tango, lundu, polka and habanera, and is danced to a rapid 2/4 time. Pianist Ernesto Nazareth composed many Brazilian tangos; he was known for blending folk influences into his tangos, polkas and waltzes. He resisted using folk terms for his compositions; he preferred "Brazilian Tango" to "maxixe". The maxixe was one of the dances that contributed to samba dance styles (such as samba de gafieira) and lambada. Vernon Castle said of the maxixe in his 1914 book "Modern Dancing", "The steps themselves are not difficult; on the contrary, they are childishly simple; it is the easiest dance of all