A Weekend of Dance, Wellness and Fun with Hip Brazil
Street Smart Brazil is proud to sponsor the amazing event: SENSUAL JOURNEY TO BRAZIL, AN EXUBERANT WEEKEND OF DANCE, WELLNESS AND FUN, OCT. 18, 19 & 20, 2013. Instructors are Alfred Kendrick (Shakira, Rihanna, Grammys), Vanessa Isaac (Director of Hip Brazil), Autumn Phillips (Circus du Soleil, Grammys), Nadra Ehrman (Soulflower Project/Hip Brazil Dancer) and special guests. Featuring a fabulous “Journey to Brazil Party” at EOS and a delicious Sunday brunch at Brasil Arts Café. Samba, Afro Fusion, Contemporary Dance, Yoga, Balance. Explore the joy of movement with Hip Brazil. This event will happen in the beautiful Santa Barbara, the American Riviera. Don’t miss this fabulous event. It will be amazing. Sign up TODAY!!!
Brazilian Music: The Grandfather of Samba
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Before there was the oh-so-famous samba, there was the jongo, which is an African “belly-bumping” (umbigada) dance that can be traced back to a Bantu people of modern-day Angola. The belly-bump, in Kimbundu (a Bantu language), is known as the “semba“, which is where the word “samba” comes from.
