Impact Hub Philly
1227 N 4th St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
Come out for a day of Brazilian Drum and Dance workshops in Philadelphia, PA, open to the community.
• Lecture: 40 years of Ilê Aiyê (12-12:45pm) - FREE
• Brazilian Drum Workshop (1:00-2:30pm) - $15
• Samba Dance Workshop (2:45-4pm) - $15
A focus on the musical foundations Ilê Aiyê, specifically Samba Afro. Participants should bring their own Brazilian drum; i.e. surdo, repique, caixa, timbau. Some instruments will also be provided.
SAMBA DANCE WORKSHOP:
An introduction to Samba no Pé (basic samba step) and passo marcado (simple choreographies), typical of the Rio Carnaval. This workshop is open to all levels. Accompanied by live Brazilian percussion.
ABOUT THE LECTURE:
Ilê Aiyê (www.ileaiye.org.br) was founded in 1974, in Liberdade, the largest Afro-Brazilian neighborhood in Brazil, and was among the first “bloco afro” or black samba organizations in Salvador, Bahia to pioneer the genres called samba afro and samba reggae. This distinctive style fuses samba with sacred Afro-Brazilian rhythms like Ijexá, as well as music styles from throughout the Americas and Africa such as merengue, hip-hop, and soukous.
A Yoruba term meaning, “House of Life,” Ilê Aiyê was created as a means of raising consciousness of the black Brazilian community through various education initiatives, and has become a renowned element of Bahian Carnaval, with thousands of Afro-Brazilian members and hundreds of drummers & dancers parading through the streets singing about African and Afro-Brazilian culture, history, and religion.
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