Samba (Brazilian dance) by many Samba schools in Brazil. Pagode-like events have dated back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with the emergence of urban Samba in Rio de Janeiro. Samba Axé is a solo dance that started in 1992 during the Brazilian Carnival season in Bahia when the Axé rhythm replaced the Lambada. For years it became the major type of dance for the North east of Brazil during the holiday months. The dance is completely choreographed and the movements tend to mimic the lyrics. It's a very energetic kind of dance that mixes elements of Samba no pé and
Lambada the Kaoma company was Braz Dos Santos, who has become the most celebrated lambada dancer in the world today [Los Angeles Zouk Congress 2016 lifetime Achievement Award World's Best Lambazouk Dancer], and his brother Didi Dos Santos. After Olivier Lamotte d'Incamps bought the musical rights of about 300 lambada songs, he took the dancers back to France, and created the Kaoma band. They were part of lambada's worldwide known style, reaching all the way to Japan and Vietnam, where the dance is still popular. The French group Kaoma recorded a number one worldwide summer hit "Lambada", sung in Portuguese by