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CANCELLED Master Class on Orixá inspired dance/Silvestre Technique

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Monday, March 27, 2017
6:15 pm - 7:45 pm
Vera Passos Santana

The Orixás are divinities venerated in the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé religious practice. They are regarded as ancestors as well as forces of nature. The dancing body physicalizes the laws and legends of these African-rooted energies. Silvestre Technique gives an "opportunity ...to study and investigate of the unification of symbols that express aspects of the Universe - cosmologically and physically. For the process of discovery, possibilities of movement connect with intuition, expression, and balance." +++ Vera Passos Santana is an instructor, choreographer and accomplished dancer. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Dance from the University Federal of Bahia. She starting her training with modern dance in Salvador, Bahia, and became involved with other forms of dance - such as Classical Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary and Traditional dance. Through these, she came into contact with the dance company, Balé Folclórico da Bahia, and became a company member. Passos began studying the demanding Silvestre Technique with creator Rosangela Silvestre in 1992, and soon became the protégé of Silvestre. Since 2002, Ms. Passos has taught the technique at the Escola de Dança Cultural Foundation in Bahia, Brazil, in the preparatory dance program to both dancers-in-training, and to professional dance students.