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Brazilian Samba with Albena de Assis

This class will focus on the national dance of Brazil, one of the most energetic and exhilarating Latin dances! Come get your body moving! Open to all levels.

Albena grew up in Luanda, Angola where, as a child, she started studying ballet and modern dance at the National School of Dance. She later moved to Portugal to study Computer Engineering but continued her dance training in ballet with Fernando Lima. After moving to Toronto she started salsa dancing in 2001, studied with some of the best salsa and Afro-Cuban instructors in Toronto and taught as senior instructor for United Salseros for two years. In 2005 she founded AfroLatino Dance Company, a company dedicated to the performance and instruction of the dances of Afro and Latin origin, from her native Angola (kizomba, semba, afrohouse), to Cuba (salsa, Afro-Cuban, rumba), Brazil (samba) and more. 

*This workshop is free. Each participant must pre-register to ensure we meet physical distancing and contact tracing guidelines.

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African Dance with Pulga Muchochoma