Samba de Gafieira workshops with Isaac & Carina from Rio

Il Malandrino in collaboration with La maison de l’Amérique Latine & Sambacana presents:

SAMBA de GAFIEIRA dance workshops & practices with Isaac & Carina from Rio de Janeiro.

Discover (or improve) this typical Brazilian partner dance with 2 professional teachers from Rio 

Friday 26 January 2018
• 19h-20h15: Dance class for absolute beginners
Discover this partner dance’s musicality & basic steps.
• 20h15-21h30: Dance class for beginners, inter I & II
Partner work, steps & variations.
• 21h30-22h30: Dance practice open to all assisted by 2 teachers.

Saturday 27 January 2018
• 14h-15h15: Dance class open to all (beg, inter I & II)-
Men & women working separately to improve their Samba de Gafieira (balance, bodyweight, axe & styling exercices).
• 15h15-16h30: Dance class for intermediates I & II-
Partner work, steps and variations.
• 16h30-18h: Dance practice open to all assisted by 2 teachers.

Prices:
• 20€: Friday total beginners’ workshop + 1 dance practice + 1 soft drink
• 25€: 1 workshop + 1 practice + 1 soft drink 
• 40€: 2 workshops + 1 practice + 1 soft drink 
• 50€: 3 workshops + 1 practice + 1 soft drink
• 60€: full pass (4 workshops + 2 practices + 2 soft drinks)
• 8€: practice only or 5€ for an extra practice

Drinks available at the bar

Contacts & reservations (workshops/ private class):
Alessandra Lucentini, Malandrino asbl: info@chorabruxelas.be
+32 496 03 43 05,
Facebook: Roda de Choro de Bruxelles

Sambacana: Facebook group: Sambacana Brussels, sambacana.brussels@gmail.com

Isaac & Carina are also available for private classes (25/01-01/02). Contact: stagedanse@gmail.com

A few words on the dance:
Samba de Gafieira, originally from Rio de Janeiro, is danced with partners on Brazilian rhythms such as Samba, Choro, Bossa Nova, MPB. It borrowed its name from the “Gafieiras”, or places where couples practiced the popular Brazilian folkdances of the early 20th century. Mixing Afro-Brazilian and European influences, this dance leaves room for musical interpretation. It consists of codified steps, alternating tempo and contra-tempo. The leader constantly seeks to surprise his partner while still maintaining harmony between them.

A few words on the teachers: 
Isaac has worked with famous teachers and taught in their schools in Rio de Janeiro, such as Sheila & Chocolate, Carlos Bolacha and Carlinhos de Jesus. He teaches different dances (Samba de gafieira, Samba no pé, Bolero & Forro) and for all age groups. For instance, he was a professor at the school of “Mangueira” for the “Velha Guarda”. He choreographed and danced in various shows, concerts and even for the DVD of Alcione. He featured in the carnival in the “comissão de frente” of famous samba schools such as Salgueiro, Portela and São Clemente. 

Isaac Douglas & Carina Oliveira have been dancing Samba de Gafieira since they were 12 years old (2001). In 2005, they met through mutual artistic projects in dance companies, shows and presentations. Their longstanding partnership was officialized in 2015 when they toured in Europe and Japan to teach their specialty: Samba de Gafieira. They took part in dance congresses—both in Brazil and the rest of the world. In Rio de Janeiro, they organize dance classes and parties of Samba de Gafieira, including rythms such as Forro and Bolero, located mainly in the Western part of Rio.

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