Dance Brazil News

 
Nite Trax: DJ Rekha brings the 'Basement' beats to Non Stop Bhangra
San Francisco Bay Guardian
I have played all over the US and in Brazil, Sweden, New Zealand. I've done a bunch of music festivals and performed at cultural spaces including the Kennedy Center in DC." Rekha brings her Basement Bhangra spin -- which includes a good bit of hip-hop ...

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Boston Globe
Nimbaya! beats the odds - and the drums
Boston Globe
In an unusual departure from tradition, Nimbaya! consists of only women - not just the dancers, but also the musicians. The troupe's very existence stands as a rebuke to the ancient custom that reserves drumming for men, and regards a woman on djembe ...

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UTM presents black culture of Brazil
UTM Pacer
Also, Hill talked about other art forms that are important to African heritage in Brazil. They practice a type of dance called Capoeira. This is where slaves disguised fighting moves in dance to stay fit and practice fighting. The dancing style is very ...

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TheChronicleHerald.ca
New Work: 'A different story' for all
TheChronicleHerald.ca
I don't want the performance to look perfect; I want the dancers to take risks." The dancers come from a variety of cultural backgrounds (Colombia, China, Canada, Austria, the United States and Brazil) and they have a lot of shared background as far as ...

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Spare Times: For Children, for Feb. 10-16
New York Times
With 15 performers from Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, this show at the New Victory Theater combines capoeira, acrobatics, samba and soccer-inspired street dance in a high-energy celebration of South American culture. (Through Feb. 26.) Friday at 7 pm; ...

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Transformative power of the tango
Worcester Telegram
With a good grasp on the tango, she is now also studying capoeira, a dance-oriented martial art from Brazil. Mr. Hakim is also in the process of being licensed as a money manager and is in the finalizing formation of his company, Empowerment Capital ...


 
News of the world in photos: Mount Etna erupts
Seattle Post Intelligencer
First lady Michelle Obama does the interlude dance during a Let's Move event with children from Iowa schools, Thursday at the Wells Fargo Arena in De Moines during her three day national tour celebrating the second anniversary of Let's Move.

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