Dancing The Queens Returns!
We are looking forward to celebrating the orixá queens in song, dance, rhythm and story with our wise griot Egbomi Cici and our Co-Artistic Directors Linda Yudin & Mestra Vera Passos on Sunday, May 21 from 10am-1pm!
In previous years, the community has learned about these divine feminine Orixás: Oia Iansã, Nanã, Iemanjá and Oxum❤️!
Oia Iansã is a deity associated with winds, lightning, and storms. Oia Iansã is considered to be a powerful and unpredictable force, capable of bringing change and transformation and possesses a deep relationship with the ancestors.
Nanã is of the marshes, swamps and raw matter. Her colors are dark blue and lavender. Nanã is the primordial mother that birthed Obalúayé and Oxumaré.
Iemanjá is the energy of total consciousness. She rules the mind, thoughts, and intellect. She connects different continents and cultures. Her movements are calm, slow, and nurturing. Iemanjá is related to the second, sacral chakra and the heart chakra. She is the mother of humanity, Mother of all.
Oxum is the essence of perfumes and the brilliance of gold. She is mysterious and secretive. Her movements are very elegant and graceful, and she emanates love and sensuality wherever she goes. She corresponds to the second chakra, the sacral area and reproductive organs, as well as the heart chakra, and is the essence of fecundity.
We look forward too celebrating with you the 6th annual Dancing the Queens!
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Reminders:
$55 Pre Registration
$60 Day of Workshop May 21st
Location: Pieter Performance Space
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Get to know our leaders:
❤️ Vera Passos is a Co-Artistic Director of Viver Brasil in Los Angeles and the Founder/Artistic Director of Casa de Cultura SoMovimento in Salvador, Bahia. Vera is a choreographer, master teacher, dancer, and producer whose profound and indigenous relationship with Afro-Brazilian movement and music richly infuses her teaching and choreography.
❤️ Linda Yudin, is the Co-Founding Artistic Director of Viver Brasil! With an eye toward maintaining “a living bridge relationship” between Los Angeles and Salvador, Bahia, Ms. Yudin continues to develop the company’s commitment to upholding Afro-Brazilian dance and cultural aesthetics through international cultural exchange and dedication to the development of a new generation of artistic voices who will further the legacy of Viver Brasil as choreographers, composers, performers, and teaching artists.
❤️Egbomi Cici is storyteller and vessel of knowledge about Afro-Brazilian history and culture including its dances, songs and mythic legends. With enormous pleasure, we always welcome our wise elder, Egbomi Cici with love and respect for her generosity of spirit and knowledge!