Bolero & Samba Workshop: Applied Brazilian Dance Fundamentals!

This workshop applies fundamentals of Brazilian dance to bolero and samba partner dances that influenced Brazilian Zouk. Fundamentals techniques can help improve the connection, musicality, balance, creativity and many other aspects of any other partnering dance. Each class is one hour and 15 minutes, with a 10 minute break in between. Technical dance expertise provided by professional Brazilian instructors: Gui Prada and Gustavo Martins, and the very special guest from Brazil, Kelly Reis! SUNDAY: 2:30 Pm Bolero III: Musicality, Creativity and Frame with Chapeu -hat- (Gustavo) Understanding musical phrases. The beauty of the dance is that the artist becomes the art by itself. But this is just possible when there is a connection with the music. Understanding the musical phrasing is the basic step into becoming art. We will use information from both previous classes (Basics and “S”). Chapeu (hat), is the chosen step to apply these fundamentals. Variations of it will be taught, also. Controlling and changing the beat based on the music. Samba III: Creativity and foot works with balanco variations (Kelly) 3:50 Balanco is a basic step from samba, one of the first steps that changes the beat. After 5 classes of Brazilian dances, we will learn how to enjoy the freedom and styling using balanco as foundation for all these changes. All Brazilian dancers are cross trained. They learn different styles of dance, and most of them -regardless if they will develop a career teaching just one style- start learning Brazilian Partner dances such as Bolero, Samba, and Soltinho. These foundation is present in every pro performance and getting a chance to dive into this wonderful world, improve your comprehension of this magnificent universe. It’s the first time that Nerds do Samba is co-organizing an event in the US, and the very first time that Gui, Gustavo and Kelly will teach together a workshop based on their beliefs and fundamentals. It will be a weekend full of joy and evolution. I’m counting down to see Y’all there! Not enough? Want to dive deeper? Schedule a private with one of the instructors. They have some limited free spots to schedule during the weekend. Join us and fall in love with the Brazilian culture! *****