Grantee Database
VIVER BRASIL DANCE COMPANY
Grant Year
2017-18
Grant Program
Organizational Development
Award Amount
$5,000.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, Viver Brasil Dance Company’s Executive Director will work with a fiscal management consultant to set up financial management activities in house, instead of outsourcing these activities to Pentacle Danceworks Inc., NYC, as has been done for the last four years.
Organization Summary
Samba in the Streets, VB’s free community engagement program teaches Afro-Brazilian traditional dances modeled on Blocos Afro, Afro-Brazilian parading organizations that introduce communities to Afro-Brazilian history through traditional and contemporary dance and music. Cooking Samba, VB’s signature family program is a narrated 45-minute show that include the royal orixa dances, riveting capoeira, joyful samba and Bahian carnaval with live music and an interactive dance workshop. Community Class, is a weekly Afro-Brazilian technique dance class led by founding artistic directors Linda Yudin and Luiz Badaro accompanied by live music. Dancing at the Source is a 15-day cultural immersion program to Salvador, Bahia, Brazil where participants experience: daily Afro-Brazilian dance, music, and culture classes taught by experienced faculty who are master cultural workers, that reflects VB’s role as a bridge between the U.S. and Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Organization
Viver Brasil Dance Company
Address
2141 N Gower Street
Los Angeles
90068
County
Los Angeles
Region
South – Los Angeles & Orange
Phone
(323) 804-1466
Congressional District
28th Congressional District
State Assembly District
State Assembly District 43
State Senate District
State Senate District 26
