If you see Anderson Silva fighting at UFC, you’d never imagine that he, with all that strength and virility, would dance graciously. For Marisa Monte not only imagined but put him to dance in the music video of "Ainda Bem," of her new album. The unusual partnership is making the rounds: the video released on the Internet has had more than 630 000 hits.
* But the question on everyone’s minds is: why would Marisa have chosen precisely Anderson Silva? It is the singer herself who answers: "’Ainda Bem’ speaks of luck and happiness of a meeting. I thought a dance would be the perfect image to give shape to this idea. I thought to call someone who, like me, likes to dance, but isn’t a professional dancer. That’s when I remembered champion Anderson Silva. I had seen him a sensational ‘Michael Jackson’ style entrance he did in a fight some time ago. I was fascinated by the fact that he is ‘The Champion’ and have dancing feet and the contrast that this suggests: strength and delicacy, lightness and weight. I made the invitation, and he graciously accepted. Recording took place during an afternoon in a studio in Rio. We hadn’t rehearsed together and danced very freely," she said. Just look at the photos of the making of.
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