THURSDAY
8:30pm - 10:00pm
Open Level

Class Description:
The class starts with a gentle warm up which exercises basic isolations, basic postures, and a slow stretching routine oriented to improving flexibility and the balance of the body; all these, followed by a dynamic cardiovascular workout using step by step sensual movements of Samba, Samba Reggae, Samba Rock and Funk, Pagode from Rio de Janeiro and Bahia, Sao Paulo, mixing traditional Brazilian dances with contemporary stiles.
This weekly class brings energy and awakens your sensuality, joy to your soul and puts a smile in your face.

Requirement:
Dance or exercises attire.

Samba

orn in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Danielle Lima started dancing at the age of 7 at the Dance School Centro de Rio de Janeiro, brazil. There she studied ballet, jazz, tap, modern, national and international folklore dance. At the time Danielle was part of G.R.E.S. Beija-Flor the largest samba school of Rio. There she performed for several years.

Danielle appeared in numerous television shows in Brazil such as Xuxa, and Domingao do Faustao. In 1998 with The Rio Dance Company, she performed contemporary pieces in the Opera O Guarani. Danielle, committed to maintain her cultural roots, continued performing traditional folkloric dance with Rodry Baiano Dance Group where she was lead dancer.

In the year 2000, Danielle joined the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus; there she worked with Choreographer Tony Stevens for over 3 years. Later Danielle relocated in New York City; Danielle Lima taught ethnics dance workshops in the Harlem YMCA. Lima joined Djoniba Dance & Drum Centre as a teacher of Brazilian Samba in early 2004. Danielle's creative choreographic approach for teaching includes a mixture of fitness, traditional and contemporary Samba from Rio and Bahia. In 2005 she founded the Brasileirando Dance Group; a company that focuses on disseminating the Brazilian folkloric and contemporary dances; Brasileirando has performed at the Lincoln Center, Socrates Park 20th Anniversary, The SOHO's Art Parade in New York City and in the Dance Conference in Saint Louis.

Danielle Lima is, also, Certified Teachers Artist of the program Dancing Classrooms from American Ballroom Theater and a Certified YOGA Instructor at YOGA Effects in NYC.