Music Axé, dancing to the rhythm of seduction

Axe is a musical movement that is very popular throughout Latin America. It had its beginnings in the Brazilian state of Bahía, in the early 1980s but became much more popular in the following decade.

Why is the Axé music? In all axé choreography, sensual and provocative movements are made with the shoulders, pelvis and hips. These movements, in turn, are fused with the basic steps of other musical movements such as the reggae, samba and frevo Achieving a spectacular combination!

-Interesting fact: more and more people are replacing their aerobics en Gyms traditional (with bicycle, elliptical and treadmill) by axé music classes . After just a few classes, they feel much more cheerful and energized!

The term Axé was not originally used to refer to a musical genre. Axé was a religious greeting that was used in Brazil both in the candombe and the Umbanda and its meaning was: "positive energy".

In what way did the term "Axé" begin to be attributed to the new musical movement? The expression "Axé Music”Was modeled by a journalist, with the purpose of describing the new musical rhythm that began to expand emphatically by Brazil towards the nineties.

-Some of the most popular representatives of Axé music: