--- product_id: 13793246 title: "Dance Today! Samba, with Quenia Ribeiro - Active Lifestyle Makeover: Full Brazilian samba classes, samba dance instruction, how-to, choreography" brand: "quenia ribeiro" price: "€ 39.93" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.com.cy/products/13793246-dance-today-samba-with-quenia-ribeiro-active-lifestyle-makeover-full store_origin: CY region: Cyprus --- # Dance Today! Samba, with Quenia Ribeiro - Active Lifestyle Makeover: Full Brazilian samba classes, samba dance instruction, how-to, choreography **Brand:** quenia ribeiro **Price:** € 39.93 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Dance Today! Samba, with Quenia Ribeiro - Active Lifestyle Makeover: Full Brazilian samba classes, samba dance instruction, how-to, choreography by quenia ribeiro - **How much does it cost?** € 39.93 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.cy](https://www.desertcart.com.cy/products/13793246-dance-today-samba-with-quenia-ribeiro-active-lifestyle-makeover-full) ## Best For - quenia ribeiro enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted quenia ribeiro brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Learn two fun and elegant samba dances with Quenia Ribeiro and Quenia's band, Grupo Ribeiro! Samba is the most internationally recognized music and dance form from Brazil. Samba dance is a patchwork of many cultural elements pieced together from Africa, Europe, and the indigenous people of Brazil. Developed in Bahia and brought to Rio De Janeiro by people of African descent, Samba dance spread to all levels of Brazilian society. There are many different styles of Samba music and dance in Brazil. In this instructional DVD Quenia Ribeiro teaches the sexy, and exciting Samba from Rio De Janeiro. She demonstrates the basic footwork of Samba and then she breaks the movements down into concise and understandable steps. The next section in the DVD focuses on 2 choreographed routines. This style of Brazilian dance is most commonly referred to as Samba No Pe. Carnaval is celebrated preceding Lent. The Escolas De Samba, or Samba schools are community based organizations that create the music, samba dance, costumes and floats for the Carnaval parade. In addition to the musicians (bateria), the parade is comprised of alas or wings. Many wings follow choreographed Brazilian dance routines similar to the ones demonstrated in this samba video / DVD. ## Images ![Dance Today! Samba, with Quenia Ribeiro - Active Lifestyle Makeover: Full Brazilian samba classes, samba dance instruction, how-to, choreography - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91EZFStyniL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Learn to Samba the Rio way *by Y***L on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 10, 2007* This DVD does exactly what it says it will do...teach you to samba the rio way. There are no warm-ups or cool downs. There are 2 demonstrations and 2 samba lessons. Samba 1 is demonstrated 2x and samba 2 is demonstrated 1x. I suppose that after you learn the steps, you can just do the demos over and over again until you break a sweat. My complaint here is that she didn't design this DVD as a workout tape but as a learning tool only. That said:Samba 1 gives the basic flat footed samba (samba no pe)and teaches you how to dance on the beat. This is the samba that they do in Rio at carnival, which is different from samba in Bahia. She goes over each step many times and it culminates in a routine. Lots of hips. Samba 2 is the almost the same routine but it is the 2/4 samba on the balls of your feet, like you were wearing high heel shoes. It is more performance or samba with attitude or in Diva mode as she says. The steps are faster and the choreopgraphy a bit more complicated. My only complaint is that she DOES NOT do mirror image to you so you will always be going in the opposite direction she is. Confusing when trying to learn a step. In real dance classes, the teacher faces the mirror so she can show you the steps from YOUR prespective.Now in all fairness, I haven't done the DVD yet, just viewed it. But it looks like great fun. About the music. There are 3 musicians with one having a whistle. That's all you really need to samba. The music is great and is the same for Sambas 1 & 2. The DVD also include 3 samba demonstrations by the teacher. Fantastic. I'm sure that after you learn to samba you can free style dance with her. This DVD probally works best on hard wood floors. I have carpet and wear slippery socks when I do dance tapes. If you love Samba you will like this. I'll add more to the review when I do it!***UPDATE*** I did the DVD last night. If you have carpet don't get this DVD. You need hard wood or linoleum floors. My BIGGEST COMPLAINT is that she doesn't do mirror image to you. She does everything to her right. Which means you are going to your right, her left. Too confusing, so I did all of the steps to my left. There were one or two steps that I couldn't figure out going in the opposite direction. Also, I've taken samba before so the steps were somewhat easy. If you've never done samba before, coupled with the right, left thing and the rhythm thing, you will be probably get lost. You'll need to do it several times going in the same direction she does. I won't be doing this DVD again until I get rid of my carpet. Also next time I do it, I'll add a warm up. Next time, if someone does one of these tapes. they should do it with more people like a class setting. Samba is such a social dance. This DVD would have been more fun if she had been teaching a class with free style at the end.I gave it 5 stars because all in all it's a great effort!! Love the music. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A real instructional video, a type of master class for samba *by H***O on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 25, 2007* I use this video as an adjunct to my workout at home. I DO have carpet, which sucks, and have purchased a portable tap floor for just this sort of thing, which I do barefoot.About the DVD, Quenia is fantastic, she's a real dance teacher, and she has grace. I love that she has a woman's body and grace, because samba and Brasilian culture is about sensuality.Although Quenia looks like she isn't even breaking a sweat, you might, and the previous reviewer was right, it can be hard on your knees. I got a charlie horse the first day after and I did a ballet stretching program after. It's a surprisingly complicated way to move your body simply. If that makes any sense.This is a real treasure, nobody else in this town knows how to samba (everybody here does salsa)...and I feel privileged to get a real lesson. VERY glad I took the time to research this (and saw free video clips on a different site, so I could pick the right DVD). ### ⭐⭐⭐ Looks good but hard to follow *by T***2 on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 18, 2008* I am giving this DVD a relatively low rating because the instructor is always facing you, thus making it difficult to follow the choreography, as you are left to figure out what side you should move to and what foot to start with. It's mostly ok when the simple steps are demonstrated in isolation, but extremely confusing when trying to follow the choreography. I found myself spending too much time concentrating on trying to follow her routine but in the opposite direction so to say, i.e. when her cues tell to step left she actually steps to my right etc. As a beginner with no background in dance, I wish the instructor would turn around with her back to the student at least sometimes so that I could just copy exactly what she is doing. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.cy/products/13793246-dance-today-samba-with-quenia-ribeiro-active-lifestyle-makeover-full](https://www.desertcart.com.cy/products/13793246-dance-today-samba-with-quenia-ribeiro-active-lifestyle-makeover-full) --- *Product available on Desertcart Cyprus* *Store origin: CY* *Last updated: 2026-04-24*