Dancing brings joy! Last day of Afro-Brazilian dance class in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, featuring a few of Bahia's top master teachers and percussionists. Dancers were participants of Viver Brasil 2012 Bahia Travel Program, co-led by Artistic Director / Dance Ethnologist Linda Yudin.
Teachers seen here and their dance styles, in order of appearance, are:
1. Amilton Lino - Afro-Contemporanea
2. Sivaldo Tavares da Silva - Orixa dance movement and samba reggae
3. Tatiana Campelo - Afro
4. Amelia Conrado - Frevo
5. Vania Oliveira - Samba Afro / Samba (with singing by Gilmar Sampaio)
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