Samba Workshop with Sashya Jay

This workshop is perfect for dancers who are serious about their samba and for dancers who are beginning their samba journey! * * Join us for an evening full of drills, basics and creative sequences. EARLY BIRD prices until September 16th is on $32 per person. AFTER September 16th, the price is $40 per person. * * Wear workout clothes, water, towel and your dance shoes, heels or just sneakers! North Carolina is so fortunate to have an artist, dancer and teacher of this caliber share her knowledge and talent! SASHYA JAY Sashya Jay is Australia’s most recognised Brazilian Samba Creative Director and Performing Artist. She is an internationally acclaimed Choreographer, Passista and Samba Professora endorsed by Carlinhos Salgueiro. Director of Rio Projekt, Samba Internacional and the Australia Samba Congress. Sashya is an official Passista (professional Samba dancer) for three of Rio’s top Samba schools: Paraiso do Tuiuti, Academicos do Salgueiro and Império Serrano and she parades annually in the elite division of Rio Carnaval. Sashya is one of only 4 artists worldwide officially accredited by Carlinhos Salgueiro (Rio’s famous King of Samba) to teach his signature style. She is amongst the stellar line-up of Samba Instructors at the annual Brasil Samba Congress in Rio and the International Samba Congress in Los Angeles. She runs regular courses and teaches workshops across Australia and internationally. Sashya has choreographed an impressive array of stage shows as well as live and televised performances across Australia. She won the “Best Choreography” award at the Sydney Mardi Gras 2015 and Runner Up the following year. In 2016, Sashya also choreographed the Brazilian performances for the official “Welcome Home” events for the Australian Olympic Team in Sydney and Melbourne and the half-time performance for the Cronulla Sharks “Rio Round”. Sashya has featured at major Brazilian events in Australia for over a decade, with nationally televised appearances on Channel 7, Channel 10, Channel 9 and shows such as The X Factor. She has also performed with renowned artists such as Carlinhos Salgueiro, Evelyn Bastos, Kellyn Rosa, Sergio Mendes, Jason Derulo, James Arthur, Todd McKenney and Chong Lim. Sashya’s forte in Brazilian Samba has evolved through immersing herself in the culture as well as training and performing with the top Samba artists and aficionados in Brasil, the USA and Australia since 2005. BRAZILIAN APPREARANCES INCLUDE: Globo Television (Brasil’s largest national TV network) interview and feature on Samba Internacional. Globo Television interview and feature on Paraiso do Tuiuit for Rio Carnaval 2018. Dancing With The Stars, Brasil filmed at Imperio Serrano in February 2018. Rio Carnaval Champions parade 2018 with Paraiso do Tuiuti and Salgueiro. Performances at the top league Samba schools including Salgueiro, Tuiuti, Imperio Serrano, Portela and Mocidade in 2017 and 2018. AUSTRALIAN APPEARANCES INCLUDE: Camilla With Love “From Rio With Love” 2017 fashion collection campaign. Official Rio 2016 “welcome home” events for the Australian Olympic team. Official “welcome home” celebrations for the Australian Paralympic Team. Channel 7 “Road To Rio” 2016 coverage and events. Australian Olympic team official Rio 2016 uniform unveiling. Channel 7 national announcement of their media rights to the 2016 Olympics. Channel 7 unveiling of the official FIFA World Cup 2014 Match Ball, The Adidas Brazuca. Fox 8 launch of the The Adidas Brazuca. Major print media across Australia for the Rio 2016 Olympics.  CURRENT PROJECTS: Samba Internacional Launched in 2016, Samba Internactional is an organisation that fosters the integrity of Brazilian Samba and carnaval culture globally through tours to Rio, a Samba school and Vlog. The Rio carnaval tours give participants from around the world the opportunity to have an authentic, grassroots experience of Samba and carnaval culture. Based in Sydney, Australia and New York City, the Samba School provides cultural classes and workshops in Brazilian dance. Samba International’s Vlog and social media networks offer valuable English language access to information, education and interviews with artists, aficionados and Brazilian locals directly from the source of the culture. Samba Internacional has received high praise from the global Samba community and industry leaders in Brasil for its groundbreaking work. Australia Samba Congress The inaugural Australia Samba Congress (April 2018) is a groundbreaking event for Brazilian arts and culture. The first event of its kind in Australia, the ASC is part of an international series of congress events in Brasil, the USA and Canada. The ASC's mission is threefold; to promote the essence of Samba, to foster the integrity of Brazilian performing arts culture and to bridge the geographical gap between Australia and Brasil through education and exposure to authentic Brazilian culture. The event offers two days of Brazilian dance workshops, legitimate cultural education and inspirational performances by eight of Brasil’s leading artists. RIO PROJEKT Rio Projekt, is a collective of international artists and official Passistas from Rio’s top Samba league. Inspired by Sashya’s intensive work in Brazil, as an ensemble Rio Projekt is aligned with the pulse of Rio’s ever evolving artistic culture, from the rawness of the streets to the glamour of carnaval. BACKGROUND Sashya has trained and studied with Brazil’s top artists and aficionados including Carlinhos Salgueiro, Evelyn Bastos, Alex Coutinho, Carlinhos de Jesus, Gabriel Castro, Uillana Adaes, Rosangela Silvestre, Luana Bandieira, Kellyn Rosa, Mayara Lima, Patrick Carvalho da Silva, Vitor Art, Mayombe Masai, Rafaela Bastos, Egili Oliveira, Millene Figueiredo, Carolane Silva, Rafaela Dias, Ana Lucia and Aninha Malandra, to name a few. She has also trained with a host of leading choreographers worldwide and her dance repertoire includes a variety of genres. In addition to Brasil and Australia, she has performed in various countries including Cuba, China and Fiji. Sashya is also renowned for her extensive background in the music industry and as a promoter and tour manager working with artists such as Coldplay, Will.I.Am, The Roots, Pharrell Williams, John Legend, Kanye West, Beck, De La Soul, Jurassic 5 and U2 to name a few.