Characterization of the Xote and Baião danced inside the São Paulo State
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https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-8918.2347Keywords:
Dancing. Folklore. Music. Culture. Diagram.Abstract
Ballroom dance and Forró are part of Brazilian culture, and Xote and Baião are part of Forró. The aim of this study was to diagramate the dances Xote and Baião tey are danced inside São Paulo State and to describe rhythmly these movements. It was observed and filmed several college couples dancing Xote and Baião for analysis and description of the movements of the dances, by a discursive way and by diagrams. It was identified two basic structures (“Lateral Basic Step” and “Forward and Back Basic Step”), and variation steps “Open” and “Change of places with Turn”, very used by couples.Downloads
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2009-03-06
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QUADROS JUNIOR, Antonio Carlos de; FONTES, Ellen Cristina; DIAS, Romualdo; VOLP, Catia Mary. Characterization of the Xote and Baião danced inside the São Paulo State. Movimento, [S. l.], v. 15, n. 3, p. 233–247, 2009. DOI: 10.22456/1982-8918.2347. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/Movimento/article/view/2347. Acesso em: 3 aug. 2026.
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