“Gata Brasileira” (Brazilian Babe)
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“Gata Brasileira” (Brazilian Babe)
Z-Mail Zumba with Karla H April 4-10, 2011 Hello Lovely Ladies, Check out the new format for Z-Mail! I’m a page designer in addition to being an editor and writer at the Durango Herald, so I couldn’t resist adding a little Zumba-style flavor to my weekly e-mails. I thought it would be fun to highlight a “regular” student each week who is making progress on wellness goals through Zumba. Let’s inspire each other! This is the power of group fitness. Z Student of Zee Week Class Schedule This Week Monday: 6:30-7:30 p.m. @ Durango Rec Center Tuesday: 12-1 p.m. @ Durango Dance Thursday: 12-1 p.m. @ Durango Dance Saturday: 11 a.m.-12 p.m. @ Durango Rec Center Sunday: 11 a.m.-12 p.m. @ Durango Dance H Durango Community Recreation Center: 2700 Main Ave.; just north of fairgrounds complex H Durango Dance: 1120 Main Ave.; northeast corner of 11th & Main. The cost is $10 drop-in or $75 for book of 10 class tickets; exact cash or checks, please. Bring a friend & get free playlist CD! New Song & Video Link This week we’ll warm up with a slow, sassy Axé song called “Gata Brasiliera” (Brazilian Babe). Click here to see the video: http://www. youtube.com/watch?v=zADmdabLyr4&feature=player_embedded Learn about Axé and read the Portugese translation below. Cultural Notes Axé (say ah-SHAY) is a popular music genre originating in the state of Bahia in Brazil approximately in 1986, fusing different Afro-Caribbean genres. The term axé comes from the Yoruba peoples of Western Africa. It is the name they gave to the life force; the concept is similar to the Eastern idea of qi, or chi. Axé dance movements are a fusion of styles: samba, hip-hop, African dance and capoeira (a Brazilian martial arts/dance form). ZQuote of Zee Week: “Oh, I can do this. The videos were hard, but I can follow you. This is easy!” – BP employee attending her first live Zumba class Mary Lou Murray The tall, lovely, red-headed Mary Lou is a veteran of Power Dance and tap, but decided to try Zumba because she has “rebar in her back,” she said with a laugh. Mary Lou is an accountant and artist. She takes Zumba at Durango Dance because Latin dance challenges her, and helps loosen up her lower back. Since starting the class in November, she has lost at least a half-inch around her waist. She is 55. “I never lie about my age,” she said. Dance has always been a part of her fitness routine. “You have to take care of your body. You have to use it.” To encourage people to try Zumba, or stick with it, she would tell them to not to be too self-conscious. “The camaraderie is great. You don’t have to be perfect. The more you let it rip, the more fun you have.” “Gata Brasileira” (Brazilian Babe) Vejam que cenario, que monumental. Quebradeira brasileira, charme especial. Filha do vento bagunçou meu pensamento. Que swing. Que swing. Que beleza. Look what a wonderful landscape, what a monument Great Brazilian swing, a girl with special charm. Child of the wind, you confused my mind What a nice swing you have, what a nice swing you have. Very good. Balança o corpo feito um furacao. Chego a ter falta de fôlego, palpitação. Me dê um beijo, e eu te abro minha vida como cartas sobre a mesa. Shake your body like a hurricane. I even lose my breath, my heart just pounds Give me a kiss, and I’ll open my heart to you like cards laid on the table. Linda, saiba que você chegou aqui pra iluminar meu samba. Veio forte, meio sem querer. Abusou da sorte, me deixou de perna bamba. Pretty girl, I want you to know that you’ve come just to make my samba lively You’ve come razing all around, but almost without any intention You make fun of your luck, I am trembling for you Ja está claro. vejo o dia amanhecer, mas a esperança não morreu ainda. Não me canso, quero te querer, a gata brasileira linda. Muito mais que linda. The sky is already bright, I watch as it dawns, but I didn’t give up hope. I’d never give up on loving you. I want to love you beautiful Brazilian babe. You’re more than beautiful. Eu quero ouvir o grito da galera... Vem comigo que vai ser legal. Eu quero ouvir o grito da galera... Da gata brasileira, patrimônio federal. I wanna hear the crowd saying it out loud Come with me, this is gonna be so great I wanna hear the crowd saying it out loud Brazilian babe, heritage of the nation E muito brilho pr’uma pessoa só. a sua imagem tem o significado da beleza. eu quero todo mundo, ê. No movimento, ô. Too much glow for just one girl Her image is the picture of the beauty I wanna hear everybody saying, ê Dancing to the move, ô Malhe bum, malhe bum, malhe bum... Keep on exercising the booty... :) Elevando o pensamento, pra manter a chama acesa. Já tô completamente enfeitiçado por essa mulher. é um objeto de cobiça, todo mundo quer. Uma maravilha como essa ninguem nunca viu é a gata brasileira, patrimonio do brasil Raise your spirit up to keep our flame burning I’m totally under the spell of this girl already She’s an object of temptation, everybody wants her Such a marvelous pretty thing, no one has ever seen She’s the Brazilian babe, heritage of Brazil. Facebook: “Zumba With Karla” Watch more videos here! Phone: 769-4154 E-mail: [email protected]