Dance Moderno

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| name = Dance Moderno

| type = studio

| artist = Sérgio Mendes

| cover = Dance Moderno.jpeg

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| released = 1961

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| genre = Bossa nova

| length = 29:06

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| next_title = Quiet Nights

| next_year = 1963

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Dance Moderno is the first album by Sérgio Mendes.{{cite web |title=Dance Moderno - Sergio Mendes |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dance-moderno-mw0001890672 |website=AllMusic |access-date=6 September 2024 |language=en}} It is purely an instrumental album, featuring his first band, the Sexteto Bossa Rio.{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Phillips |first2=Tom |title=Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes dies aged 83 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/sep/06/brazilian-musician-sergio-mendes-dies-aged-83 |access-date=6 September 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=6 September 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Kaufman |first1=Gil |title=Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian Bossa Nova Giant and Bandleader Dies at 83 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/sergio-mendes-dead-brazilian-bossa-nova-bandleader-dies-obituary-1235768688/ |access-date=6 September 2024 |work=Billboard |date=6 September 2024}}