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Evolução da Carnaval - Rio Carnival Parades Criteria
Parade Evolution - Evolução
At this section, we will rapidly summarize another very important judging criterion of the carnaval parade contests in Rio de Janeiro: evolução in Portuguese, or parade evolution. The evolution concept within carnaval show members of a Samba-School involve essential aspects to the parade, like wing integration, harmony, elegance, choreography and the singing of the theme-samba. Let´s take now a quick look at other aspects of this concept.
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Evolução is the way the dance is presented, as well as its progression during the parade. Members from the samba-school have to be creative, stimulating, and vibrating all through the Sambadrome runway. They cannot leave blank spaces (known as buracos) which are not a good view for who is watching the parade. The buracos, as well as members squeezing, must be avoided in the wings and in the trims.
As you can see below, there are no blank spaces or "buracos" at the parade. This shows a good coordination and Evolução Score.
Photo Credit; Agencia FOTO BR / Alex Vidal
Passistas (samba dancers) shall pay attention to their performances, since mixing one wing to another is also a score losing. Integration of one wing to another makes each of them losing identity as well as the beauty of each wing, since they are separated by different colors and different costumes.
Some wings have natural blanks, like comissão de frente-opening wing, mestre-sala and porta-bandeira, in addition to special choreographies.
Below the Baianas in the Carnival of Rio, also have to watch out for this criterion to avoid losing points
Photo Credit; Agencia FOTO BR / Alex Vidal
Another important aspect to observe is the synchronicity in the singing during the parade. This issue is a vital element to be considered for the harmony evaluation, that is, the group needs to sing in a single tone. School members shall sing the samba together with the lead singer.
The rehearsals for Evolução criterion aim at nobody singing out of the samba rhythm, and following the drums rhythm, otherwise, the Samba-School may lose scores. In case there is a sound system interruption, the incident is not considered as score problem by the jury, since it´s caused by the organization of the parade and not the samba-school itself. If this happens, the samba-school must feel motivated enough to sing even without the leading voice of the amplifiers. The drums must help as well maintaining the rhythm and the show.
