This three-week workshop will cover the fundamentals of Rio-style samba, including footwork, posture/technique and improvisation. Students will be taught a choreography during the workshop combining the different elements taught in each class. Live percussion will be provided by the Republic of Swing Bateria. The cost is £3 per class.
The workshop will run at Essentials Nightclub from 6:15 to 7:30 pm on the following days:
Sunday, 27 April
Sunday, 4 May
Sunday, 11 May
Please note that dance class scheduled for 13 April has been cancelled. Regular Sunday dance classes will resume in late June.
For all enquiries about the workshop, contact Rebekah on 07989 835 728 or rebekah.fowler@gmail.com.
Essentials Nightclub,
8 Minshull St,
(off Portland St nr Piccadilly)
Manchester city centre.
M1 3EF [map]
About the Instructor
Ever since she first heard the pounding beat of the surdo drum and witnessed the hypnotic hip-sway of the Brazilian samba dancer, Rebekah Fowler has spent the last ten years of her life studying the Afro-Brazilian dance and cultural traditions found in Bahia and beyond. Her areas of interest include
Traditional Bahian samba-de-roda (circle samba)Rio-style samba (as seen in the ever-popular Carnaval of Rio de Janeiro)
Devotional dances of the orixás , dança afro (a uniquely Brazilian synthesis of Traditional African and contemporary Western dance forms)
Popular Bahian street dances such as samba reggae and pagode.
In the US as well as Manchester, Rebekah has worked in dance studios, schools and community centres teaching Brazilian dance to a variety of ages and abilities. In San Antonio and Austin ( Texas), she worked as a dancer and choreographer for the Ilê Bahia de San Antonio Performance Ensemble and the Brazilian percussion band Sambaxé. She has also studied capoeira with Grupo Capoeira Brazil.
In addition to training in America , she has also studied Afro-Brazilian dance in Salvador, Brazil, with members of the world-renowned Balé Folclorico da Bahia, Rosangela Silvestre and DanceBrazil.
