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Intermediate

Samba De Janeiro

Choreographed by Liam Hrycan🇬🇧
Music: Samba De Janeiro by Bellini
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Created: 12/30/1999
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36 Count, 4 Wall
9/27/2025
If danced to "Samba De Janeiro", on wall 2, omit steps 33-36. At the end of wall 2, dance steps 1-16, changing steps 13-16 into a right grapevine with left stomp beside right. Continue with wall 3, omitting steps 33-36. On wall 4, add two stomps (right then left) to the end of the wall after step 36. Then continue dance as scripted.
However, if danced to any other standard phrased 4/4 piece of music (e.g., Maria by Ricky Martin) then omit steps 33-36 making the dance a standard 32 step dance
RIGHT BACK ROCK/RECOVER, RIGHT STEP, LEFT SHUFFLE, RIGHT ROCK/RECOVER, RIGHT BACK SHUFFLE
1-2
Rock right foot back, recover weight onto left foot
3
Step right foot forward
4&5
Left shuffle
6-7
Rock right foot forward, recover weight back onto left foot
8&9
Back right shuffle
BACKWARD ROLLING TURN (1½-LEFT), RIGHT VINE WITH RIGHT CHASSE
10
Step left foot back a ½ turn left
11
Step right foot forward a ½ turn left
12
Step left foot back a ½ turn left
Steps 10 to 12 complete a 1½ turn backwards over left shoulder, slightly to the left
13-14
Step right foot to right side slightly forward, step left foot behind right
15&16
Right chasse
LEFT CROSS ROCK/RECOVER, LEFT SIDE STEP (¼-LEFT), RIGHT SHUFFLE, LEFT STEP/&-½ PIVOT LEFT/RIGHT STEP
17-18
Cross rock left foot over right, recover weight back onto left foot
19
Step left foot to left side a ¼ turn left
20&21
Right shuffle
22
Step left foot forward
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Quick pivot ½ turn left on ball of left foot
23
Step right foot forward
LEFT SHUFFLE, RIGHT ROCK/RECOVER, TRIPLE STEP (½-RIGHT), LEFT STEP/½ PIVOT RIGHT/&-½ PIVOT RIGHT/LEFT BACK STEP
24&25
Left shuffle
26-27
Rock right foot forward, recover weight back onto left foot
28&29
Triple step ½ turn right, stepping-right, left, right
30-31
Step left foot forward, pivot ½ turn right (weight ends on right foot)
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Quick pivot ½ turn right on ball of right foot
32
Step left foot back
ROCKING CHAIR STEPS-RIGHT BACK ROCK/RECOVER, RIGHT FORWARD ROCK/RECOVER
33-34
Rock right foot back, recover weight onto left foot
35-36
Rock right foot forward, recover weight back onto left foot
REPEAT