Dance styles: Samba, Samba Reggae, Ijexa & Maracatu - Teachers from Sol Samba & special guests.
Class: 7.30-9pm open to all levels, starting at basic level working up into coreographies.
Location: South Oxford Community Centre, Lake St.
To join or for more information contact Sarah at dance@solsamba.co.uk or on 07854669717.
Dance Teachers
Sarah Hyams
Sarah is the main dance coordinator and teacher with Sol Samba, providing a welcoming and fun class for beginners and improvers in Samba and Samba Reggae.
She has been passionate about Samba for many years and has performed in carnivals and festivals throughout the UK. In February 2008 she went to Salvador, Bahia, where she trained in Samba Reggae. She has also worked and paraded with in Schools and youth groups.
Sol Samba dancers’ further development is encouraged by organising master classes with guest teachers, trips to London and maybe even to Brazil!
Sarah also runs Dance Education workshops.
Mariana Pihno
Mariana is the producer of cultural interchange programs between Brazil and the UK with Creative Partnerships and has performed in Greece, Algeria , Germany , Scotland and Brazil.
Mariana has been highly trained in Brazil and is an expert in Maracatu, Samba reggae, Coco and Samba. Her classes are very fun, and she successfully passes on her passion for dance and Brazilian culture onto her students.
In Brazil, She trained with Mabel (Bale Popular do Recife ), Vania Reis (Fundacao – Salvador ) , Joaquim Lino (Olodum) & Ney (Maracatu Nacao Pernambuco) and performed as Float Highlight with GRES Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel and performed with Caprichosos de Pilares and Porto da Pedra.
In the UK she has worked as a choreographer for BBC Strictly African, Festa! @ Young Vic as well as codirecting Umbela Arts Maracatu Estrela do Norte, Eri Okan, Maco and with Umbela Brasil Dance group. She has performed at Glastonbury, WOMAD, Notting Hill, Rio and Olinda carnivals.
For more info on Mariana see: www.myspace.com/sambacaramba
Laércio dos Anjos Borges
Mestre Laércio was born in Salvador da Bahia, the heartland of the Afro-Brazilian culture. Here he dedicated his life to the study and preservation of the African originated dance forms that continue to exist in Brazil. He is a master of Capoeira Angola, but first and foremost he is a dancer, with expertise in many of Bahia’s contemporary and traditional styles. Based in Berlin, Laércio now spends much of his time travelling Europe as a performer and teacher, passing on his knowledge with energy and humour.
To join or for more information contact Sarah at dance@solsamba.co.uk or on 07854669717.
