Visit at:
Address:
Street Hisses Telles, 104 - Andaraí - Rio de Janeiro - RIO DE JANEIRO
The first dance performed was the Pilgrimage to the Bahia, in 1954, which
managed to rank third of all the samba schools in Rio de Janeiro thanks to
the elaborate and well planned samba routine that the fine members of the
Salgueiro School had done.
One of the things that make the Salgueiro so different is their samba style
dance stories. Some of the more popular and interesting dances the samba dancers
have performed include such names as Slave ship, Colorful historical trip
to Brazil, and Epic of the Samba. In each of these dances the judges favored
them with a 3rd or 4th place spot.
In 1960 the Salgueiro won the samba dance championship for the amazingly done Quilombo of the Palmares. As time passed, the elegant and cultural dances that the Salgueiro performed each year, won over the hearts of those in Brazil during Carnival. The samba dancers with this school continued to win championships in the following years of 1963, 1965, and 1969.
In 1971 the Salgueiro School of samba won the championship for a dance known as, Party for a Black King. The next decade brought two additional championship and many top awards. It is obvious why the samba dancers of the Salgueiro are so popular. The costumes and dances make the well thought out stories come alive.
As we travel into a more modern era the dances of the samba dancers continue
to dazzle and delight both Brazilian and International audiences. The Salgueiro
is a school that was born out of beautiful cultural tradition and a love for
the dancing women of Samba.
