Question by JPSUNDERU: Where can I learn salsa or samba professionally in Brazil?
I am moving to Brazil next year and want to become a salsa/samba teacher in the future. Where can I go for classes in salsa/samba that will let me work towards certification/a teaching certificate? I do not know Portuguese, are there any places that teach in English? If you know any places please let me know the internet link too. Thanks!
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Answer by cisne n.egro
Here in Brazil who that to learn to dance samba is going to a School of Samba, but the samba schools are not properly schools.
Formerly to dance samba was crime, the police repressed the execution of the samba, that a music was considered of marginal. When the police arrived all leave running and they jumped the wall of the schools, because the police cannot enter in schools for not putting in danger the children. For not suffering more persecution they founded “Schools of Samba” that are recreational associations where is going to dance and to participate in the carnival parade.
This here is a school and dance university in Rio de Janeiro, to enter at the university you will have to render proof.
http://www.escolaangelvianna.com.br/novo/default.asp
Escola e Faculdade Angel Vianna.
Rua Jornalista Orlando Dantas, 2
Botafogo – Rio de Janeiro
Tel.: (21) 2551-0099
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You can always try the internet if you cant find anything
You are moving to the corrupt crappy country of Brazil where life is cheap, and Arturo Gatti was murdered???? You have got to be sick in the head. It is more corrupt than Mexico.
Have fun!!!!
Look this is the best teacher of samba and other dances of Brazil http://www.carlinhosdejesus.com.br
Where in Brazil? You have lots of schools of samba, almoast everywhere, but you have to know portuguese.
Salsa is a Central American rhythm. Samba is old fashioned, people don´t play it anymore… A good place to learn brazilian musics is the north-east, with its beautiful cities and very interesting culture… An example of Brazilian music…:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDIEQ3u4CRw&feature=PlayList&p=F01489E33BC4620A&index=20
I live in Sao Paulo… If you come here, you can visit the Paulista Avenue and Ibirapuera Park, as well as the Atlantic coast. Brazil is huge, cities are “massive”. I recommend the north-east for its beauty… Rio is not so good, because there is those shanty-towns that make the beautiful city ugly, kkk…
So long.