Is there an actual set of dance steps for Bosa Nova music?

If you are lucky, Terrance will provide an answer to your question. However, the bossa nova went on to become samba. Listen to some modern sambas and then go back to revisit a bossa nova you like. You'll hear the similarities in the rhythm. If I heard a song at a social dance I knew to be a bossa, I would dance the little bit of samba I know.

Bossa Nova.. as Jonathan said, the music is still around, but a short lived popularity from a dance perspective.

Most of the studios put together a " step " list of 10 variations, and yes, the basic is similar to samba, except, its danced in closed position ( like Kizomba ).It has strong similarities to the current club style of Bachata , which also uses a compact type of whisk .The Hip action is much more pronounced in B.Nova .

Most dances that are in closed position, are very intrusive for beginners ( B/room not so much )hence their survival rate is often short lived , or, go to an underground situation.

And, I dont know of any opportunities dance wise.

Bossa Nova wasn't replaced by Samba. As a music form, it's alive and well. It just so happens that it never caught on in ballroom circles. There may very well be a dance -- perhaps not officially -- but certainly the people of Brazil (and elsewhere) do something when Bossa music is playing. It is most likely a toned-down, mellower version of Samba.

We have plans to feature a dance called Bossa Nova on BallroomDancers.com sometime in the, let's say, "intermediate" future... After full silver demo videos and full bronze teaching videos are finished. Those familiar with Nightclub Two-Step will recognize it as a cross between that and Samba. (Call it "Nightclub Samba"). It will be a spot dance, using the Whisk (see Samba fig #2A) as the basic pattern, to the counts 1, a2, 1, a2, with a toned-down bounce action.

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Jonathan Atkinson
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