RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It’s a life of stark contrast: By day, Diana Prado is a supervisor at an insurance company’s drably lit call center cramped with blue cubicles. But when night falls, she dazzles ...

THEY are the gorgeous, glittering Samba dancers who steal the show at the greatest party on the planet. The queens and muses who light up the jaw-dropping, heart-pounding Rio Carnival are once again ...

If you're thinking, "how is that possible," you're not alone. By Sam Reed Every February, half a million people flock to Rio de Janeiro for Carnival, Brazil’s annual new year celebration, to see Samba ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s Carnival, long a symbol of youth, beauty and sex, added a mature twist early Tuesday by giving two women in their 40s a chance to dance nearly nude at the head of their samba ...

In this photo taken Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, "passista," or samba dancer Diana Prado performs in a carnival parade at central station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A call center supervisor by day the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Allie Mac Kay was live from North Hollywood ...

Percussion-based music echoed in the streets as dancers and musicians from the Evanston Escola de Samba invited people to clap along with the beat. Dancers wearing bright pink, blue and orange ...

Through dance and music, Samba N’ Motion and Bola da Vez stitch together historical and cultural events of Brazil. Both groups were formed by Ana Laidley (center), and they will perform at the UCLA ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Carnival always breathes life into the economy of Vila Vintem, a favela on Rio de Janeiro's west side, but this year the pulse is even stronger with its Unidos de Padre Miguel ...

Two amateur Jacksonville ballroom dancers — one a senior, the other a teen — recently won top honors in the U.S. Dance Championships in Orlando. Linda Dennis, 71, won the five-dance Pro/Am ...

(AP) Swathed in nothing but a sprinkling of sequins and a puff of feathers, Rio de Janeiro’s samba group dancers are the star attractions of the world’s most iconic Carnival celebrations. But they’re ...