EducArte

EducArte at Levine: Brazilian Samba Dance Class
2024-02-01 20:00 - 21:00, 2024-01-25 20:00 - 21:00, 2024-01-18 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Levine Music (Silver Spring campus), 900 Wayne Ave 2nd floor, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, United States
Samba is one of Brazil’s most recognized dance styles, full of energy and charisma! Join this weekly in-person samba dance class, which builds up the fundamentals of technique and groove, including samba steps, body isolations, and hip work. This class will prepare you to perform samba with a live music ensemble.
Ilheuma Zezeh is a renowned Brazilian samba teacher, choreographer, and professional performer. Originally from São Paulo, Brazil, Zezeh is a former carnival queen of the Unidos do Peruche samba school located in São Paulo. She has taught and danced professionally for over 30 years in a number of countries including Brazil, the United States, and elsewhere. Zezeh’s teaching philosophy explores mental and physical well-being, self expression, and positivity.
EducArte at Levine welcomes all levels, from beginners to advanced, semi-professionals, and dance instructors. No auditions required. The dance class meets for 1 hour a week to work on technique, repertoire, and performance. All students will have the opportunity to perform periodically with the EducArte at Levine percussion ensemble, if they choose to.
Semester tuition and drop-ins classes available. Register for the semester ($250) on Levine’s websiteor purchase a $20 drop-in at the door.
Scholarships are also available to students. Please fill out this form to be considered for a scholarship.
Questions about payments or registration? Contact Levine student services at sservices@levinemusic.org or (202) 686.8000.

EducArte at Levine: Brazilian Bateria Samba Drumming Class
2024-02-01 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-01-25 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-01-18 18:30 - 20:00 | Levine Music (Silver Spring campus), 900 Wayne Ave 2nd floor, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, United States
Have you been mesmerized by the energy and cohesion of the carnival street percussion groups of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil? Join this weekly Brazilian bateria class to learn the fundamentals of samba percussion technique and repertoire. A bateria is the percussion ensemble driving the groove of the whole samba band.
EducArte’s percussion director and Rio de Janeiro native André Coelho leads the bateria classes. André has played in many carnival groups, such as Carmelitas, Céu na Terra, Cacique de Ramos, Orquestra Voadora, Prata Preta, and Tá Pirando. Classes are also taught by Levine faculty member Christopher Payne, a multi-faceted drummer and percussionist who fuses ethnic hand percussion, orchestral percussion, and drum set to create music across a multitude of genres.
EducArte at Levine welcomes all levels, from beginners to advanced, semi-professionals, and music teachers. No auditions are required. The bateria class meets for 1.5 hours a week to work on technique and repertoire and to rehearse for group performances. All students will have the opportunity to perform periodically if they choose to.
Please see our online bateria demonstration videos here.
Semester tuition and drop-in classes available. Register for the semester ($325) on Levine’s website or purchase a $20 drop-in at the door.
Scholarships are also available to students. Please fill out this form to be considered for a scholarship.
Questions about payments or registration? Contact Levine student services at sservices@levinemusic.org or (202) 686.8000.

Frevo + Brazilian carnival dance classes at The REACH at the Kennedy Center
2024-01-27 10:30 - 15:00 | Kennedy Center, 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC, 20566, United States
Esquenta de Carnaval – Warm up for Brazilian Carnaval
Join the Brazilian—American Cultural Center (bacc dc.org) in this warmup for February’s Carnaval! Whether you are going to Carnaval or not this is a fun opportunity to immerse yourselves in the dances of Brazilian Carnaval. Through dance we will make a journey from the north to the south of Brazil exploring the signature dances of Carnaval. We start in Recife, a city in the Northeast of Brazil with frevo, the highly energetic dance that features the signature multi colored umbrella. Next stop is Salvador da Bahia where we will explore Dança Afro—the dance of the Bahian Carnaval Afro-Blocos like Olodum and Ilê Aiyê. Our final stop is Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, known for their Carnaval parades that feature samba. As a big treat, DC’s own Vava United Samba School, in residence at the Brazilian—American Cultural Center, will play live both for the samba class and the final post class roundup.
Frevo
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Instructor: Kate Spanos
Dance frevo and experience Recife’s effervescent and high-energy street carnival! Kate Spanos of EducArte will teach you easy and fun frevo steps with a focus on musicality and improvisation. Using the Mexe Com Tudo frevo teaching method, this class is designed for beginners. Wear comfortable shoes. All ages and experience levels are welcome!
Dança Afro
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
Instructor: Flávia Nascimento
Afro-Brazilian Dance is a rhythmic embodiment of African oral traditions. It expresses ritual drama and homage to the gods and to nature. The classes incorporate Orixás, Samba de Roda, Samba Reggae,Samba Afro. Afro Brazilian -Contemporary and exposure to Brazilian culture and a means of self-expression and physical exercise. The Afro Brazilian Dance also highlights the day to day experience African people’s lives, representing moments such as harvesting, cutting cane, preparing flour, and hunting; or rites and traditions such as the arrival of a king, the crowning of a leader, and death. Agility and release of head, shoulders, arms, torso and hips are common points of movements that range in intensity of energy, slowness and sensuality. Knees bent and feet strongly beating time show the connection to the land. Participants may dance without shoes.
Rio Style Samba
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Instructor: Dee Hale
Samba is an energetic Brazilian dance that is recognized around the world from Rio de Janeiro to Washington DC. This class will be geared toward beginners but can be enjoyed by all levels. We will cover the basic steps of samba for the less experienced; while more advanced dancers can explore variations to help them dive into their samba. Foundational footwork, hip work, and arm movements will be covered, and we’ll make some fun combinations of movements. We work at varying musical tempos, some fast and some slower. Samba helps to lift stamina, improve coordination, and give participants a way to explore Brazilian culture through music. More experienced dancers can also increase the variety of movements they play with during samba. There is no partnering in this technique. Samba is a social dance made to share with others so let’s have fun together.
Carnaval Roundup!
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Carnaval roundup—join the Carnaval party! Vava United School of Samba will bring Rio style Carnaval to us live so that you can practice your moves. There will also be a Bahian touch with Afro bloco rhythms. Join the fun!

Holiday performance (private event)
2023-12-24 16:00 - 20:00, 2023-12-05 17:30 - 20:30
Private event. Want to hire us to perform or teach a workshop? Contact us.

Pablo's Baile at Bossa Bistro
2023-12-21 21:00 - 23:30, 2023-11-16 21:00 - 23:30 | Bossa Bistro, 2463 18th Street NW, Washington, DC, 20009, United States
Pablo Regis
Pablo’s Baile happens every month at Bossa Bistro! An electrifying mix of percussion, passion, and Brazilian Portuguese, Pablo’s Baile showcases the best of live Brazilian dance music, including samba and forró.
The evening will start with a samba dance class with Ilheuma Zezeh (downstairs) at 9PM. Live music by Pablo’s Baile will start at 10PM.
Pablo’s Baile was featured in Washington City Paper! Check it out: City Lights—Pablo’s Baile Brings Brazil to Adams Morgan.
$10 at the door

Brazilian Carnival Dance Class: Frevo & Samba
2023-12-16 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-11-18 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-11-04 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-10-21 13:00 - 15:00 | Old Parish House of College Park, 4711 Knox Rd, College Park, MD, 20740, United States
Join us for our two-part Brazilian carnival dance class, featuring frevo and samba! You are welcome to come to one or both parts. Also, stay for our bateria (samba percussion ensemble) rehearsal with André Coelho at 3PM! This event is open to the public. All levels are welcome to participate.
Frevo with Kate: 1-2PM
Learn the basics of Recife’s carnival dance, frevo! Dancer and dance scholar Kate Spanos will demonstrate and teach frevo dance using the methodology of Mexe Com Tudo (Otávio Bastos) of Recife. Learn more about frevo and Mexe Com Tudo here.
Samba with Ilheuma Zezeh: 2-3PM
Learn samba from Ilheuma Zezeh, Brazilian dancer, teacher, choreographer, performer, and healer from São Paulo with a mission to bring more joy to the world through art. Ilheuma will demonstrate and teach the basics of samba dance.
Registration for the full semester of lessons (9 total) is $120. Scholarships are available to those for whom cost is prohibitive (contact us for more information).
$20 drop-ins are also available.

The event is a program of College Park-based arts non-profit EducArte. Special thanks to our event sponsor, the College Park Arts Exchange.

Weekly music lessons at ABRACE
2023-12-09 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-12-02 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-11-18 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-11-11 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-11-04 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-10-28 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-10-21 10:00 - 12:00 | McLean High School, 1633 Davidson Rd, McLean, VA, 22101, United States
In partnership with the Associação Brasileira de Cultura e Educação (ABRACE, Brazilian Association of Culture and Education), EducArte offers free weekly music lessons on Saturday mornings for Portuguese-speaking children. Our instructors teach students the basics of Brazilian music, including music theory, history, and practice. All classes are conducted in Portuguese to promote and maintain Brazilian arts, culture, and linguistic heritage language of participating families.
For ABRACE members only. To learn more about ABRACE, visit abracebrasil.org.
Learn more about EducArte’s music program with ABRACE here.
Funders and sponsors:

Guitar and violin concert (private event)
2023-12-05 13:30 - 16:00

Brazilian Bateria Class
2023-12-02 15:00 - 16:30 | Old Parish House of College Park, 4711 Knox Rd, College Park, MD, 20740, United States
Celebrate Dia do Samba
Learn from Brazilian samba master percussionist André Coelho from Rio de Janeiro! André will demonstrate and teach each of the essential Brazilian samba percussion instruments. We will have some percussion instruments available for participants to use, but please bring your own instruments if you have any.
This is a regularly occurring Brazilian percussion ensemble practice. All levels are welcome to participate.
Also, come early for our Brazilian carnival dance (frevo + samba) classes with Kate Spanos and Ilheuma Zezeh at 1-3PM!
Registration for the full semester of lessons (9 total) is $120. Scholarships are available to those for whom cost is prohibitive (contact us for more information).
$20 drop-ins are also available.

The event is a program of College Park-based arts non-profit EducArte. Special thanks to our event sponsor, the College Park Arts Exchange.
Thanks also to our instrument sponsor, Contemporânea. EducArte exclusively uses Contemporânea instruments at our Brazilian percussion events.

Brazilian Carnival Dance Class: Frevo & Samba
2023-12-02 13:00 - 15:00 | Old Parish House of College Park, 4711 Knox Rd, College Park, MD, 20740, United States
Celebrate Dia do Samba
Join us for our two-part Brazilian carnival dance class, featuring frevo and samba! You are welcome to come to one or both parts. Also, stay for our bateria (samba percussion ensemble) rehearsal with André Coelho at 3PM! This event is open to the public. All levels are welcome to participate.
Frevo with Kate: 1-2PM
Learn the basics of Recife’s carnival dance, frevo! Dancer and dance scholar Kate Spanos will demonstrate and teach frevo dance using the methodology of Mexe Com Tudo (Otávio Bastos) of Recife. Learn more about frevo and Mexe Com Tudo here.
Samba with Ilheuma Zezeh: 2-3PM
Learn samba from Ilheuma Zezeh, Brazilian dancer, teacher, choreographer, performer, and healer from São Paulo with a mission to bring more joy to the world through art. Ilheuma will demonstrate and teach the basics of samba dance.
Registration for the full semester of lessons (9 total) is $120. Scholarships are available to those for whom cost is prohibitive (contact us for more information).
$20 drop-ins are also available.

The event is a program of College Park-based arts non-profit EducArte. Special thanks to our event sponsor, the College Park Arts Exchange.

Brazilian Bateria Class
2023-11-18 15:00 - 16:30, 2023-11-04 15:00 - 16:30, 2023-10-21 15:00 - 16:30 | Old Parish House of College Park, 4711 Knox Rd, College Park, MD, 20740, United States
Learn from Brazilian samba master percussionist André Coelho from Rio de Janeiro! André will demonstrate and teach each of the essential Brazilian samba percussion instruments. We will have some percussion instruments available for participants to use, but please bring your own instruments if you have any.
This is a regularly occurring Brazilian percussion ensemble practice. All levels are welcome to participate.
Also, come early for our Brazilian carnival dance (frevo + samba) classes with Kate Spanos and Ilheuma Zezeh at 1-3PM!
Registration for the full semester of lessons (9 total) is $120. Scholarships are available to those for whom cost is prohibitive (contact us for more information).
$20 drop-ins are also available.

The event is a program of College Park-based arts non-profit EducArte. Special thanks to our event sponsor, the College Park Arts Exchange.
Thanks also to our instrument sponsor, Contemporânea. EducArte exclusively uses Contemporânea instruments at our Brazilian percussion events.

Brazilian samba and choro performance (private event)
2023-11-02 20:45 - 21:45

Brazilian jazz performance (private event)
2023-11-01 17:30 - 19:00
