Africa In America presents
African Diasporic Music & Dance
Locations
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Atlanta, GA
Chicago, IL
Fremont, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Minneapolis, MN
New York, NY
Oakland, CA
San Diego, CA
San Francisco, CA
San Jose, CA
Seattle, WA
St. Louis, MO
More cities to come!
Classes & Workshops
Samba Reggae
Samba Reggae is a music and dance genre created in Salvador, Bahia by Afro-Brazilians during the 1970s. It arose in the context of the Black Pride Movement (Movimento Negro) in response to Black Brazilians not being allowed to participate in the Rio samba schools and parades. A mixture of Brazilian samba with Jamaican reggae, Samba Reggae music and dance was born.
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Musicians
los angeles, CA, USA
Viver Brasil, a Los Angeles based company founded in 1997 under the artistic direction of Linda Yudin and Luiz Badaró, captivates audiences with its irrepressible blend of bold Afro-Brazilian dance theater and exuberant physicality, power, and passion drawn from orixa movement and rhythms, samba, forró, dança afro and bloco afro styles.
view moreViver Brasil, a Los Angeles based company founded in 1997 under the artistic direction of Linda Yudin and Luiz Badaró, captivates audiences with its irrepressible blend of bold Afro-Brazilian dance theater and exuberant physicality, power, and passion drawn from orixa movement and rhythms, samba, forró, dança afro and bloco afro styles.
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Dance Companies
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Inayah Baaqee
Cardio Dance, Dance Fitness, Afro-Cuban, Haitian Folkloric, Samba, Traditional West African, Afro-Brazilian, Afro Dance, Traditional Congolese
Bahiya Movement
Traditional West African, Jazz, Hip Hop, Afro Fusion
Juliana Liang
Salsa, Cardio Dance, Zumba, Latin Fusion, Afro-Cuban, Samba, Reggaeton, Contemporary, Jazz, Brazilian Modern, Contemporary Jazz, Jazz Funk, Bossa Nova, Modern, Caribbean Dance, Cuban Modern, Timba, Salsa Rueda, Hip Hop, Contact Improvisation, Samba de Gafieira, Forró, Sensual, Argentine Tango, Malonga con Traspié, Bachata, Experiential Practice, Zapateado, Cueca, Salsa on 2
Sara Colitz
Twerk, Afro-Cuban, Haitian Folkloric, Traditional West African, Afro-Brazilian, Sassy Jazz, Modern, Release Technique, Contact Improvisation, Sensual, Experiential Practice, Stripper Dance