Africa In America presents
African Diasporic Music & Dance
Locations
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Atlanta, GA
Oakland, CA
San Francisco, CA
St. Louis, MO
More cities to come!
Classes & Workshops
Rumba, Yambu, Guaguancó y Columbia
Temistocles (Temi) Betancourt
San Francisco, CA
Dancehall Fusion
Marconi Tsui
Oakland, CA
Latin Dance Grooves
Elizabeth Soberanes
San Francisco, CA
Beginners Salsa Footwork & partnerwork
Fernanda Cedeno
San Rafael, CA
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.
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.
view moreMeet the Masters
Youssouf Koumbassa
Traditional West African, Mande Rhythms
Susana Arenas
Salsa Rueda, Afro-Cuban
Tania Santiago
Afro-Brazilian
Blanche Brown
Haitian Folkloric
Musicians
Frankie Malloy
Traditional West African, Afro-Cuban, Hip Hop, Hip Hop Choreo, House, Afrobeats, Afro-Caribbean, Cuban Folkloric, Afro Contemporary, Urban Jazz, Afro Dance, Afro Fusion, Afro House, Mande Rhythms, Amapiano, Djembe, South African (Zulu), Traditional Guinea, Ballet Style West African Dance
Dr Eva Silot Bravo
Afro-Cuban, Hip Hop, Afro-Caribbean, Cuban Folkloric, Urban Jazz, Afro Dance, Zumba, Jazz, Afro-Brazilian, Flamenco, Pilates, Samba de Gafieira, Moving Meditation, Breakdance, Brazilian Modern, Afro-Cuban-Haitian, Contemporary Jazz, Jazz Funk, Brazilian, Bolero, Street Jazz, Caribbean Dance, Cuban Modern, Open Style Choreography, Bossa Nova, Timba, Traditional Yoruba, Carioca Funk, mambo
Mena Ramos
Salsa Rueda
Richmond Wiggins
Traditional West African
Viver Brasil
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
Ballet Folklorico de Stanford
Mexican Folkloric
Inessence Dance Co.
Bachata
Wontanara INC
Traditional West African, Mande Rhythms, Djembe, Traditional Guinea, Ballet Style West African Dance
Diamano Coura West African Dance Company
Traditional West African
Celebrate the Community
Jen Hanis
House, Traditional West African, Ballet Style West African Dance
Laurel Fanya
Afro-Cuban, Afrobeats, Cuban Folkloric, House, Afro Dance, Afro Fusion, Afro House, Samba, Brazilian Modern, Caribbean Dance, Haitian Folkloric, Contemporary, Traditional West African, Release Technique, Afro-Brazilian, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Peruvian, Salsa Suelta / Loose Salsa, Afro Contemporary, Afro-Cuban-Haitian, Cuban Modern, Traditional Congolese, Tahitian, Ndombolo, Coupé-décalé, Traditional Ivorian, Traditional Ghanaian, Amapiano, Djembe, Sabar-Serer
Stephanie Lam
Afrobeats, Hip Hop, House, Jazz, Locking, Afro Dance, Street Jazz, Open Style Choreography, Afro Fusion, Afro House
Ilana Andujar
Afro-Cuban