Samba de Gafieira class & Flashmob training - Week 1

Saturday, Sep 12

6:00pm – 9:00pm

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18/20 spots left

BYOB/snacks

Cost: free

Schedule 5:45pm - Doors open 6pm - Samba de Gafieira class (open level) 7pm - Flashmob training 8-9pm - Practice & tea time Topic: Balanço, Gancho, Puladinho, Espelho

Flashmob choreography

Public transport: 8min walk from College Park Metro

Nearest parking: Downtown Parking Garage (4min walk, $2/hr, first hour free).

College Park Metro Garage: 12 min walk, free parking on weekends

Hey, our dear friend! We invite you to join the 10th edition of the International Samba Day Flashmob, organized by Natasha Lima and BSD Dance The challenge is to learn a short samba de gafieira choreography, perform it somewhere in DC, and record a video that will become part of a bigger video featuring samba no pé and samba de gafieira teams from all over the world! All videos will be released on Samba Day, December 2nd. Can you join if you have no previous gafieira experience? Definitely yes! We will learn all the steps, with an emphasis on social dancing, and combine them into the choreography. The schedule is pretty packed, but definitely doable: Week 1 (Sep 7–13): learning Balanço, Gancho, Puladinho, Espelho Week 2 (Sep 14–20): learning Cruzado, Romario, Quebrada Week 3 (Sep 21–27): learning Caminhada em tempo, Picadilho Week 4 (Oct 5–11): learning Elástico, Chapéu Week 5 (Oct 12–18): final rehearsal Week 6 (Oct 19–25): recording the video Participation is FREE! Training schedule - Tuesday 7:30-9:30pm, College Park - Friday 7:30-9:30pm, Dupont Circle - Saturday 6-8pm (+tea time), College Park Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gafieira.dc WhatsApp chat: DM Vasiliy for a link to join What is Samba de Gafieira? Samba de Gafieira is a popular Brazilian partner dance. It can be slow and romantic or fast and expressive, but always elegant and joyful. It can be danced to different types of music, including Bossa Nova, Pagode, Samba, MPB (Música Popular Brasileira), as well as non-Brazilian styles. Examples: https://youtu.be/c5zRw_UCgog https://youtu.be/_lmxvSlzM0U https://youtu.be/Y7ikQDDhJdA

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