Carioca (disambiguation) — Carioca may refer to:* Carioca, a name for the inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro ** Carioca also refers to the Rio de Janeiro dialect of Portuguese * Carioca (dance), Fred Astaire s dance in the movie Flying Down to Rio ** Carioca (song), the song… … Wikipedia
Dance in film — This is a list of movies featuring recognizable dance forms, demonstrating them, shedding light on their origin, or being the base of a plot. This article is not about Dance film or Dance for camera which are separate genres. It is also not about … Wikipedia
carioca — n. lively Brazilian dance similar to the samba; music for carioca dance … English contemporary dictionary
Carioca (song) — Carioca is a 1933 popular song composed by Vincent Youmans with lyrics by Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn. It was introduced by Alice Gentle, Movita Castenada and Etta Moten and danced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their first screen dance duet … Wikipedia
dance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Motion to music Nouns 1. dance, dancing; ball, formal, tea dance, thé dansant, cotillion, promenade, dinner dance; masquerade, masked ball, bal masqué, fancy dress ball. Informal, drag, hop, prom, mixer … English dictionary for students
dance music — noun 1. a genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancing • Syn: ↑danceroom music, ↑ballroom music • Hypernyms: ↑popular music, ↑popular music genre 2. music to dance to • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
carioca — /kar ee oh keuh/, n. 1. a modification of the samba. 2. the music for this dance. [1930 35; after CARIOCA] * * * … Universalium
carioca — car•i•o•ca [[t]ˌkær iˈoʊ kə[/t]] n. pl. cas mad a dance based on the samba • Etymology: 1930–35; after Carioca … From formal English to slang
Dance Styles — I m not a particularly good dancer, being part of that generation for which dancing involves shuffling one s feet about randomly while gyrating in provocative ways. I do manage to keep my feet off my wife s, though (well, most of the time). This… … Phrontistery dictionary
carioca — /kæriˈoʊkə/ (say karee ohkuh) noun 1. a Brazilian dance. 2. a piece of music to which it may be danced. {Portuguese, from Tupi cari white + oca house; the Portuguese word meant first an inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro and then the dance which… …
