de Quadros Junior, Antonio Carlos [UNESP]Fontes, Ellen CristinaDias, Romualdo [UNESP]Volp, Catia Mary2013-09-302014-05-202013-09-302014-05-202009-01-01Movimento. Porto Alegre: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Escola Educ Fisica, v. 15, n. 3, p. 233-247, 2009.0104-754Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/20809Ballroom dance and Forro are part of Brazilian culture, and Xote and Baiao are part of Forro. The aim of this study was to diagramate the dances Xote and Baiao they are danced inside São Paulo State and to describe rhythmly these movements. It was observed and filmed several college couples dancing Xote and Baiao for analysis and description of the movements of the dances, by a discursive way and by diagrams. It was identified two basic structures ("Lateral Basic Step" and "Forward and Back Basic Step"), and variation steps "Open" and "Change of places with Turn", very used by couples.233-247porDancingFolkloreMusicCultureDiagramArtigoWOS:000269262500011Acesso aberto0401143132924259