Beginners Samba Class Saturday, May 31 from 5 - 6:30 pm The Samba for Beginners class starts with a 30 minute warm up that exercises basic isolation of the body, followed by stretching and strengthening exercises. After the warm up the instructor, Danielle Lima, introduces students to samba no pé (basic samba step) andpasso marcado (simple choreographies) typical of the Rio Carnaval. The whole class happens in the sound of the upbeat and irresistible Brazilian music. The cost is $18 per person. Danielle Lima was born in Rio de Janeiro, and grew up performing with Beija-Flor de Nilópolis, one of Brazil’s most famous samba schools. Danielle Lima is also a Certified Teachers Artist of the program Dancing Classrooms from American Ballroom Theater, Certified YOGA Instructor at YOGA Effects in NYC, and Karma Kids Yoga certified teacher and has been teaching dance professionally for over 7 years. For more information, visit: meetup/BrazilianPortuguese/. Learn more about Samba here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba/. Djoniba Dance 126 East 13th Street (at 4th Ave) New York, NY 10003
Posted on: Tue, 20 May 2014 18:46:53 +0000