"It was love at first sight": How Sasha from Sydney trained from a samba beginner to the Rio carnival

Sasha Ponomareva from Sydney shared with SBS Russian her story of love for the Brazilian samba. Sasha started dancing samba to get through a painful heartbreak. Two years later, she performed in the official part of the carnival in Rio de Janeiro, with an international team of dancers from around the world.

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Supplied by Sasha Ponomareva

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