Grantee Database
VIVER BRASIL DANCE COMPANY
Grant Year
2017-18
Grant Program
Arts Education - Artists in Schools
Award Amount
$13,500.00
Project Description
With support from the CAC, Viver Brasil will expand its community engagement program Samba in the Streets (SITS) to an in-school residency with Audubon Middle School and FoShay Learning Center. Aesthetic expression that offers a pathway to joy, resistance and resilience, SITS classes teach Afro-Brazilian culture through traditional orixa, social (samba de roda) and contemporary carnival (samba reggae/samba afro), dances, drum rhythms and songs.
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
