Travel Channel to Premiere "Dance the World" One-Hour Special Featuring Award-Winning Dancer Jaycee Gossett Mastering The Samba at Carnival in Salvador, Brazil

CHEVY CHASE, Md., July 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On Monday, July 11 at 10:00 p.m., ET/PT, Travel Channel will premiere the original one-hour special Dance the World, featuring award-winning dancer Jaycee Gossett as she discovers the roots of the Samba in Salvador, Brazil.  Determined to absorb the city's authenticity, New Jersey-born Gossett investigates the challenge of learning the Bahian-style Samba. Highlights from the premiere event include:

• Observing her dance instructors, Slleyk and Mariana, Gossett discovers that this Samba looks nothing like the structured westernized version she learned on the ballroom floor – it is loose and free, steeped in African influence, and involves hip movements that she's never seen before.

• Gossett journeys to a local club to learn Brazil's latest social dance craze — Forro — and spends the evening line dancing and spinning in the arms of strangers to immerse herself in the Brazilian experience.

• Gossett meets with Vanessa, a Capoeira instructor, on a local beach to learn about this cross between martial arts and dance. Gossett learns that Capoeira shares a close connection with the Samba — both were developed and practiced by slaves looking to escape oppression.

• Gossett has trouble mastering the feeling and attitude behind the Samba so her instructors take her to their hometown to dance the streets with the locals.   She is able to better understand the dance and is invited to perform in front of three million people at one of the biggest parties on earth – Carnival.

For sneak peeks of Dance the World, please visit:  

Dance the World: Amazing Asses

Dance the World: New York Street Samba

Dance the World: Beautiful Brazil

ABOUT ZERO POINT ZERO PRODUCTION, INC.:

Jaycee Gossett and Bob Emmett created & Co-Executive Produced Dance the World with Zero Point Zero Production, a television/digital content production company founded in 2003 by Executive Producers Chris Collins and Lydia Tenaglia, with Managing Director Joe Caterini coming aboard in 2009.  

Since its inception, Zero Point Zero has produced over 300 hours of nationally airing television programs, including the critically acclaimed and award-winning shows Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and Diary of a Foodie.  

To learn about Jaycee Gossett Dance, visit facebook.com/JayceeGossettDance or find her on Twitter @JayceeGossett.

To learn about Zero Point Zero Production, visit zeropointzero.com

SOURCE Dance the World