conjunto in portuguese means group or grouping - in a sambódromo competition, the group's cohesion, collaboration, and the uniformity of the performance is very important.

this grade is the school's performance evaluated on 'wholeness' and how the dancers are parading as a group and in relation to one another, it is about synchronization and working as a group - conjunto is about moving at the same rate of speed and timing, as if the group were one - not many.

the challenge lies in the fluidity of different performance types while parading as a whole.