Samba Dance Classes
learn samba, have fun
... keep fit
Our samba dance classes are taken by the best teachers in the UK. Most classes are accompanied by live bateria for real Rio excitement and inspiration.
Tuesdays @ Camden
7:30pm beginners
7:30pm intermediate
7:30pm advanced
Note NEW VENUE
Haverstock School,
Chalk Farm
Thursdays @ Brixton
8:00pm beginners
8:00pm intermediate/adv.
Brixton Recreation Centre
Check times here, call 020 3291 2390, or text DANCE to 07757 699292
With Paraiso Card: £7 on the door. Discounts & Concessions when you pay online.
Without Paraiso Card: £8.
click here for more about Paraiso Card and discounts
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What to wear:
Samba is aerobic, so wear something loose & comfortable. Tshirt, tracksuit or pants, trainers - that sort of thing.
REVIEW
The Times
Shoes are not required to take part in this electrifying slice of Brazilian exuberance (which can also be seen on the Paraiso Samba float at the Notting Hill Carnival). Not to be confused with ballroom samba, Henrique da Silva's straight-out-of-Rio brand of movement leads students though a full-on aerobic warm-up before we are all made to form up in orderly lines and weave what appear to be simple steps into sequences which became more tricky while the pounding rhythms of the nine-piece bateria (drum orchestra) grew relentlessly faster. Breathtaking, in at least two senses.
RM 03/08/02
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Bateria workshop
Try this if you have any energy left!
Like the Rio samba schools, Paraiso has a 'samba enredo' (samba theme song) composed each year to portray the carnival theme.
