https://www.acerola-culture.de/participants daily 0.75 2018-09-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/t/5bae31d6f9619a3ac9b3ebfb/1507285651958/ Participants 2017 - Julia Samel (London) Julia first discovered Forró in 2001 whilst studying Capoeira in London. She was moved so much by the joy of dancing that she searched all over Brazil for more and eventually set up a Forró night in Manchester where she was living. She has been training and sharing her skills ever since, founding Forró Family with her brother, Andy, back in 2002. Julia runs regular weekly classes and courses in London and Brighton. Julia loves to incorporate different styles in her dance, focusing on close turns and sequences as well as footwork and connection. She welcomes anyone interested to move to the spirit of Brazil and believes everyone can dance. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/59d759abcf81e074506263d9/59d759f064b05fdde9d7e33f/1507285651958/22050814_10159457861470038_366829699_o.png Participants 2017 - Julia Samel (London) Julia first discovered Forró in 2001 whilst studying Capoeira in London. She was moved so much by the joy of dancing that she searched all over Brazil for more and eventually set up a Forró night in Manchester where she was living. She has been training and sharing her skills ever since, founding Forró Family with her brother, Andy, back in 2002. Julia runs regular weekly classes and courses in London and Brighton. Julia loves to incorporate different styles in her dance, focusing on close turns and sequences as well as footwork and connection. She welcomes anyone interested to move to the spirit of Brazil and believes everyone can dance. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/59d759abcf81e074506263d9/59d75ba212abd9e60b53a318/1507285939783/14330054_10157856545013125_7993148351841824364_n.jpg Participants 2017 - Rudolfo (Cologne) Rudolfo was born in Olinda, in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Even as a child Rudolfo Batista da Silva was passionate about the folklore, the culture but mostly about the dances of this region of the northeast of Brazil (Nordeste). During his childhood he participated in many of the typical parties called Festas Juninas, dancing in the cultural capitals of Pernambuco. At the age of 14 Rudolfo’s interest in Forró grew and he started learning the typical styles of the northeastern region. When he was 19 he was introduced to the Forró Universitário style, learning it and mixing it with his Forró Nordestino. In 2010 he moved to the city of Cologne in Germany, where he founded the group Forró de Colônia. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/59d759abcf81e074506263d9/59d75bdbcf81e07450627467/1507548621945/21752018_1443948782355810_4023459226383331074_n.jpg Participants 2017 - Marcinho (Bordeaux) Marcinho, born in Salvador-Brazil, met forró in 2003 going out to parties. One year later, he felt the need to get deeper in that culture and dance by studying the masters and contributors of traditional forró (Forró Pé-de-serra). During his improvement, he learned to sensitize himself with the music and transform it in movement. He always says, "I don't dance forró, it's the forró that makes me dance!" In 2006, he realized his gift for teaching and from that moment on he got engaged with the forrozeiros world. In 2007, he started to dedicate himself to Samba de Gafieira and it became his second passion in life. In 2013, he moved to Bordeaux-France to show to the French his culture and strengthen the forró movement in Europe. Since then, he has been teaching and sharing the culture of these wonderful dances. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/59d759abcf81e074506263d9/59d75b081f318db8c85e0090/1538142652752/18447342_1751643031518201_213366680264641906_n.jpg Participants 2017 - Aleksei (St. Petersburg) Sou de Sao Petersburgo, Russia. Sou professor de forró aqui. Sou organizador de Russian Forró Festival FORROARU. É o maior evento de forró na Russia. Ja foram cinco vezes. Eu comecei estudar o forro no ano 2007. Para me a musica foi primeira. Eu pratiquei a capoeira aqui. Uma vez eu ouvi a musica de forró e gostei demais. Eu nao sabia o que existe dança tmb. Sou depois duaz mezes uma brasileira mostrou para me passos basicos. Ela foi estudante na Univercidade em Sao Petersburgo. Nessa epoca ninguem nao sabia dançar o forró e eu comecei a estudar. No ano 2008 eu fui na primeira vez no Brasil. No fevereiro 2009 eu comecei dar aulas de forró. Eu fui primeiro forrozeiro da Russia.. E agora Sao Petersburgo ja tem o maior comunidade de forró na Russia. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/59d759abcf81e074506263d9/59d75a61cd0f68e30c07a238/1507548453106/Schanzenzelt+2016+-+Forroxodo%CC%81.jpg Participants 2017 - Forroxodó (Hamburg) Forroxodó was founded 2014 in Hamburg by Brazilian and French musicians togehter with lead-singer Ivoneide Targino, from Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte. Animated by their passion for music from the north-east, and their desire to interpret, re-arrange or compose forró music in a mostly traditional style, the 5-piece group has regularly brought energetic forró at Hamburg downtown Cascadas Club and at the festivals (Altonale Festival, Circus Festival). Sanfoneiro Vincent Mermillod (fr.), Percussionist and cavaquinho player Remy de Souza Santos (br.,fr.), guitarist Mo Jonas (br.), and Zabumbeiro Fernando Moreira (br.) complete the quintet. Forroxodó invites you all to join for exciting forrós, poetic xotes and lively cocos and xaxados! https://www.acerola-culture.de/teachers-2018 daily 0.75 2019-10-14 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/t/5da46bdbff3f1e0b334d0750/1569493080845/ Teachers 2018 - Aleksei Articulado Kirillov (St. Petersburg) Sou de Sao Petersburgo, Russia. Sou professor de forró aqui. Sou organizador de Russian Forró Festival FORROARU. É o maior evento de forró na Russia. Ja foram cinco vezes. Eu comecei estudar o forro no ano 2007. Para me a musica foi primeira. Eu pratiquei a capoeira aqui. Uma vez eu ouvi a musica de forró e gostei demais. Eu nao sabia o que existe dança tmb. Sou depois duaz mezes uma brasileira mostrou para me passos basicos. Ela foi estudante na Univercidade em Sao Petersburgo. Nessa epoca ninguem nao sabia dançar o forró e eu comecei a estudar. No ano 2008 eu fui na primeira vez no Brasil. No fevereiro 2009 eu comecei dar aulas de forró. Eu fui primeiro forrozeiro da Russia.. E agora Sao Petersburgo ja tem o maior comunidade de forró na Russia. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bae31eb71c10b08c07d251d/5bae3223e2c483d0105c3599/1569493080845/18447342_1751643031518201_213366680264641906_n.jpg Teachers 2018 - Aleksei Articulado Kirillov (St. Petersburg) Sou de Sao Petersburgo, Russia. Sou professor de forró aqui. Sou organizador de Russian Forró Festival FORROARU. É o maior evento de forró na Russia. Ja foram cinco vezes. Eu comecei estudar o forro no ano 2007. Para me a musica foi primeira. Eu pratiquei a capoeira aqui. Uma vez eu ouvi a musica de forró e gostei demais. Eu nao sabia o que existe dança tmb. Sou depois duaz mezes uma brasileira mostrou para me passos basicos. Ela foi estudante na Univercidade em Sao Petersburgo. Nessa epoca ninguem nao sabia dançar o forró e eu comecei a estudar. No ano 2008 eu fui na primeira vez no Brasil. No fevereiro 2009 eu comecei dar aulas de forró. Eu fui primeiro forrozeiro da Russia.. E agora Sao Petersburgo ja tem o maior comunidade de forró na Russia. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bae31eb71c10b08c07d251d/5bae328ce2c483d0105c3aee/1538401657856/sarah_2.png Teachers 2018 - Sarah Lein (Cologne) In 2011 Sarah started dancing Forró in the group of Forró de Colônia and immediately fell in love with the dance, the music and the Brazilian culture in general. As an assistant for many different Forró teachers, she gained experience in teaching diverse types and styles of Forró and since 2015 she gives regular classes with Rudolfo in Cologne, Germany. Since then she was invited to teach in festivals all over the world including Europe, United States and Japan and teaches her own regular class in Forró de Colônia. With her university graduation in exercise science, and the experience of more than 15 years in professional figure skating, she has the best references in teaching techniques of balance and body control, as well as posture and elegance in dancing. Connect with Sarah. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bae31eb71c10b08c07d251d/5bae36a2ec212d07ae60062d/1539084996065/dede.png Teachers 2018 - Dedé Teles Born and raised in Brazil, Dedé's story with forró began still in his childhood, when he and his father used to listen to forró music, what became their road trip ritual. However, it was only in 2016 that Dedé started dancing forró, and in the Forró de Domingo Festival 2016 in Stuttgart he fell in love with this dance. Since then he started teaching a beginners couse in the Let´s Forró group in Kaiserslautern, visiting several festivals and, in 2017, taking some classes now and then with the outstanding Dhiego Luiz (in Heidelberg at the time). Since then he was invited to teach workshops in several countries in Europe, in Brazil and in Israel; and to teach in festivals all over Europe. Currently he is working towards his certification as a ballroom dance teacher, in which he focus on lightness and connection techniques. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bae31eb71c10b08c07d251d/5bae36e1f9619a3ac9b426f8/1538143990668/tau.png Teachers 2018 - Tau Macedo https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bae31eb71c10b08c07d251d/5d8c8d980632804908e35ad7/1569493015864/for_web_Rafael.png Teachers 2018 - Rafael Wilker Rafael Wilker started dancing in 2011. Specializing in Forró, over the past 8 years he has also been learning Samba, Bolero, Zouk, WCS and Bachata in order to add new techniques and enrich his dance. In 2012, he started teaching at Pé Descalço Eldorado, one of the largest Forró schools in Brazil. Rafael brings to his Forró classes a variety of techniques that focus on teaching movement variations with and without a partner, fluency, precision of movement, dance figures, movements that explore dynamism, incorporating the senses, musicality and improvisation. Rafael has given workshops in various cities and states in Brazil and at festivals in Japan, Russia and many European countries. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bae31eb71c10b08c07d251d/5d8c906c4b1bc70967f4cee9/1571055896726/for_web_CnG.png Teachers 2018 - Getúlio Ramalho & Charlotte Brohmeyer Getúlio Ramalho began his artistic career in 2000, in Belo Horizonte-MG. He studied contemporary dance and circus throughout his career. He is known for his outgoing and sensual style of dance, always prioritizing the communication between partners and not the combination of steps. Currently, he works as a dance teacher in Brazil and abroad. Charlotte Brohmeyer is thrilled by movement. She works as a dancer and choreographer and teaches Contemporary Dance, Contact Improvisation, Pilates and Forró. She experienced Forró as a very refreshing and creative dance style. In addition to enjoying the movement and the music itself, she puts focus on the technique and precision in her lessons. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bae31eb71c10b08c07d251d/5d8c90a5facc592fdb1820cd/1571056061038/for_web_Bruna.png Teachers 2018 - Felipe Garcia Abreu This guy travels the world to convey his beautiful dance style, which he learned in Brazil, Bahia. Now he gives some workshops at the festival and lets us share his great experience. So let us experience these side of Forró. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bae31eb71c10b08c07d251d/5d8cb40ac404a769007cc39b/1571056603945/for_web_Bruna_Valmir.png Teachers 2018 - Valmir Coelho & Bruna Almedia Yes, this incredible couple will give some workshops at the festival. Both follow the style of forró Pé Descalço. Watch them dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c33sqgUUJKg&t=19s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrrExgr4Nh0 https://www.acerola-culture.de/artists-2018 daily 0.75 2019-10-14 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/t/5da46d84ff3f1e0b334d15e5/1538402093285/ Artists 2018 - Elton Raville (Düsseldorf) Friday, October 26 Social Facebook Page Music Album (Spotify) Album (YouTube) Videos Live in Berlin, 2018 Amsterdam, 2017 London, 2017 Köln, 2017 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bb1e31208522984f2e218f6/5bb1e3299140b7c5222f418b/1538402093285/elton.png Artists 2018 - Elton Raville (Düsseldorf) Friday, October 26 Social Facebook Page Music Album (Spotify) Album (YouTube) Videos Live in Berlin, 2018 Amsterdam, 2017 London, 2017 Köln, 2017 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bb1e31208522984f2e218f6/5d8ccff1abc7b7098a96e79e/1571056682609/for_web_Caina.png Artists 2018 - Cainâ Araújo + Band Cainã Araújo the talent of the northeastern forró. Singer, composer and poet, that’s how we can define Cainã Araújo. He began playing accordion at the age of nine. At 14 he also played professionally. In 2015 he started his solo career. 2018 the success recognized - With the release of the CD “Coração Matuto” Cainã conquered the public opinion and his songs played in the radio stations of the city. Defending the culture of the traditional forró Cainã left, in 2018, for a new chapter in his repertoire. After participating in a contest in the city of Itaúnas - Espírito Santo, he was invited to show his trajectory outside Brazil. And it was with heart and soul that he went to Europe, where he now resides, and has presented his new authorial work entitled Estrada do Meu Peito (2019). In Europe he has played in several festivals such as Forró London (England), Ai que Bom Festival (Paris), Tome Forró (Germany) and Forró Roma (Italy). In addition, he played in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Russia, Czech Republic and Poland. And as he likes to say: Viva o forró, meu povo!!! Long Live Forró! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bb1e31208522984f2e218f6/5bb1e708f4e1fcbd8b2eec69/1569509092262/forroxodo.png Artists 2018 - Forroxodó (Hamburg) Forroxodó was founded 2014 in Hamburg by Brazilian and French musicians togehter with lead-singer Ivoneide Targino, from Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte. Animated by their passion for music from the north-east, and their desire to interpret, re-arrange or compose forró music in a mostly traditional style, the 5-piece group has regularly brought energetic forró at Hamburg downtown Cascadas Club and at the festivals (Altonale Festival, Circus Festival). Sanfoneiro Vincent Mermillod (fr.), Percussionist and cavaquinho player Remy de Souza Santos (br.,fr.), guitarist Mo Jonas (br.), and Zabumbeiro Fernando Moreira (br.) complete the quintet. Forroxodó invites you all to join for exciting forrós, poetic xotes and lively cocos and xaxados! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bb1e31208522984f2e218f6/5d8cd0a77529ad074712458e/1571056958365/for_web_mistura.png Artists 2018 - Mistura Fina The band, featuring Valdir Jovenal (singer), Fabiano Lima (zabunda), Charles William (acordeon), and Leozinho (triangolo) will rock the beautiful Tangoloft Berlin on Friday evening (25.10). They play lovely Forró with the styles of Xanxado, Baião, Xote and Ritmos do Nordeste. Both the band and the venue have been real Berlin institutions for a long time! And please note, it could be the last time for dancing Forró at Tangoloft Berlin, if you have heard the current debate! So let us support them and experience this side of Forró. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bb1e31208522984f2e218f6/5bb1e61c4785d387b9eea56a/1570035581328/swinguerio.png Artists 2018 - DJ Swingueiro (Portugal) Luciano Alves, aka Dj Swingueiro é oriundo de São Paulo e trabalha na difusão da cultura brasileira pelo mundo. Dj de Pista na cena do Forró e músico, acompanha alguns artistas e vive atualmente em Lisboa, onde desenvolve projetos onde a música brasileira é o foco do seu trabalho. Facebook page https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bb1e31208522984f2e218f6/5bb1e68b15fcc09a9840c2ab/1539769538725/forroquin.png Artists 2018 - Forró Viramundo invites Charles William A new Berlin resident Forró Band shows a different artistic conception to the Forro scene. Influenced by the Brazilian popular culture of Pernambuco (Coco de Roda, Forro de Rabeca, Cavalo Marinho e as Bandas De Pífano) and also by the Forró Pé de Serra, Forró Viramundo brings the swinged music and the dancing tradition to the stage. In the repertory not only classic songs of Luiz Gonzaga and Gordurinha, but also new music instrumental of Dominguinhos, Mestrinho and Hermeto Pascoal. Not only great for dancing, but also for listening and watching. Band: Bass/Voice – Trigo Santana Percussion/Voice – Valdir Juvenal Accordeom/Voice – Charles William Flute – Paulo Cedraz Guitar – Carlos Corona Percussion – Amoy Ribas —Deutsch— Eine neue Berliner Forro Band zeigt eine andere künstlerische Konzeption als die Forro-Szene. Beeinflusst von der Brasilianischen Volkskultur von Pernambuco (Coco de Roda, Forro de Rabeca, Cavalo Marinho und Pífano Band) und auch vom Forró Pé de Serra bringt Forró Viramundo die typische Musik und die Tanztradition auf die Bühne. Im Repertoire nicht nur klassische Lieder von Luiz Gonzaga und Gordurinha, sondern auch neue Instrumentalmusik von Dominguinhos, Mestrinho, Hermeto Pascoal. Nicht nur genial zum Tanzen, sondern auch zum Zuhören und Schauen. Band: Bass/Voice – Trigo Santana Percussion/Voice – Valdir Juvenal Accordeom/Voice – Charles William Flute – Paulo Cedraz Guitar – Carlos Corona Percussion – Amoy Ribas https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bb1e31208522984f2e218f6/5bb32e7f71c10b346176333b/1569509145619/RodrigoDaMatta_1_pb.jpg Artists 2018 - DA MATTA https://www.acerola-culture.de/homepage daily 0.75 2020-02-22 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/t/5e514d331408117e3b50732b/1582386488241/HP_box_new.png Homepage - Acerola Culture is an initiative to bring the color of Latin American dance culture to Berlin. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/t/5d5564d6bfb11a0001c96432/1565878998763/OPandeiro_Logo.png Homepage - Coming to Berlin in 2020! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/t/5d5563d1c29885000126f25c/1565877317569/Malandro_Logo_white.png Homepage https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/t/5d55658ba89d53000193d6e1/1565877656472/ Homepage https://www.acerola-culture.de/festivals daily 0.75 2019-08-15 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/t/5d5560b84a22c100013dd220/1565869089536/ Festivals https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5d54043348dec30001e032db/5d542c7771cdd60001b3f696/1565869089536/Malandro_Logo_white.png Festivals https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5d54043348dec30001e032db/5d5409ee07b9b3000101fe09/1565876408985/OPandeiro_Logo.png Festivals https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5d54043348dec30001e032db/5d542c7709de0f00010f5062/1565870644188/Mariposa_Logo.png Festivals https://www.acerola-culture.de/festivals-1 daily 0.75 2019-08-14 https://www.acerola-culture.de/festivals-1/2019/10/25/malandro-forro-festival-berlin-66xr3 monthly 0.5 2019-08-15 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/t/5d544b351eca540001120592/1565806178946/2017_Malandro.jpg Festivals - Malandro Forró 2017 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/59d759abcf81e074506263d9/59d75bdbcf81e07450627467/1507548621945/21752018_1443948782355810_4023459226383331074_n.jpg Festivals - Malandro Forró 2017 - Marcinho (Bordeaux) Marcinho, born in Salvador-Brazil, met forró in 2003 going out to parties. One year later, he felt the need to get deeper in that culture and dance by studying the masters and contributors of traditional forró (Forró Pé-de-serra). During his improvement, he learned to sensitize himself with the music and transform it in movement. He always says, "I don't dance forró, it's the forró that makes me dance!" In 2006, he realized his gift for teaching and from that moment on he got engaged with the forrozeiros world. In 2007, he started to dedicate himself to Samba de Gafieira and it became his second passion in life. In 2013, he moved to Bordeaux-France to show to the French his culture and strengthen the forró movement in Europe. Since then, he has been teaching and sharing the culture of these wonderful dances. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/59d759abcf81e074506263d9/59d75ba212abd9e60b53a318/1507285939783/14330054_10157856545013125_7993148351841824364_n.jpg Festivals - Malandro Forró 2017 - Rudolfo (Cologne) Rudolfo was born in Olinda, in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Even as a child Rudolfo Batista da Silva was passionate about the folklore, the culture but mostly about the dances of this region of the northeast of Brazil (Nordeste). During his childhood he participated in many of the typical parties called Festas Juninas, dancing in the cultural capitals of Pernambuco. At the age of 14 Rudolfo’s interest in Forró grew and he started learning the typical styles of the northeastern region. When he was 19 he was introduced to the Forró Universitário style, learning it and mixing it with his Forró Nordestino. In 2010 he moved to the city of Cologne in Germany, where he founded the group Forró de Colônia. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/59d759abcf81e074506263d9/59d75b081f318db8c85e0090/1538142652752/18447342_1751643031518201_213366680264641906_n.jpg Festivals - Malandro Forró 2017 - Aleksei (St. Petersburg) Sou de Sao Petersburgo, Russia. Sou professor de forró aqui. Sou organizador de Russian Forró Festival FORROARU. É o maior evento de forró na Russia. Ja foram cinco vezes. Eu comecei estudar o forro no ano 2007. Para me a musica foi primeira. Eu pratiquei a capoeira aqui. Uma vez eu ouvi a musica de forró e gostei demais. Eu nao sabia o que existe dança tmb. Sou depois duaz mezes uma brasileira mostrou para me passos basicos. Ela foi estudante na Univercidade em Sao Petersburgo. Nessa epoca ninguem nao sabia dançar o forró e eu comecei a estudar. No ano 2008 eu fui na primeira vez no Brasil. No fevereiro 2009 eu comecei dar aulas de forró. Eu fui primeiro forrozeiro da Russia.. E agora Sao Petersburgo ja tem o maior comunidade de forró na Russia. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/59d759abcf81e074506263d9/59d75a61cd0f68e30c07a238/1507548453106/Schanzenzelt+2016+-+Forroxodo%CC%81.jpg Festivals - Malandro Forró 2017 - Forroxodó (Hamburg) Forroxodó was founded 2014 in Hamburg by Brazilian and French musicians togehter with lead-singer Ivoneide Targino, from Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte. Animated by their passion for music from the north-east, and their desire to interpret, re-arrange or compose forró music in a mostly traditional style, the 5-piece group has regularly brought energetic forró at Hamburg downtown Cascadas Club and at the festivals (Altonale Festival, Circus Festival). Sanfoneiro Vincent Mermillod (fr.), Percussionist and cavaquinho player Remy de Souza Santos (br.,fr.), guitarist Mo Jonas (br.), and Zabumbeiro Fernando Moreira (br.) complete the quintet. Forroxodó invites you all to join for exciting forrós, poetic xotes and lively cocos and xaxados! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/59d759abcf81e074506263d9/59d759f064b05fdde9d7e33f/1507285651958/22050814_10159457861470038_366829699_o.png Festivals - Malandro Forró 2017 - Julia Samel (London) Julia first discovered Forró in 2001 whilst studying Capoeira in London. She was moved so much by the joy of dancing that she searched all over Brazil for more and eventually set up a Forró night in Manchester where she was living. She has been training and sharing her skills ever since, founding Forró Family with her brother, Andy, back in 2002. Julia runs regular weekly classes and courses in London and Brighton. Julia loves to incorporate different styles in her dance, focusing on close turns and sequences as well as footwork and connection. She welcomes anyone interested to move to the spirit of Brazil and believes everyone can dance. https://www.acerola-culture.de/festivals-1/2019/10/25/malandro-forro-festival-berlin-66xr3-jk6pa monthly 0.5 2019-08-15 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/t/5d5454fd93ec8a0001e50312/1565807892069/artwork+salsa_mariposa_final.jpg Festivals - Mariposa Salsa 2018 https://www.acerola-culture.de/festivals-1/2019/10/25/malandro-forro-festival-berlin-66xr3-dxhkn monthly 0.5 2019-09-25 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bb1e31208522984f2e218f6/5d8cd0a77529ad074712458e/1571056958365/for_web_mistura.png Festivals - Malandro Forró 2018 - Mistura Fina The band, featuring Valdir Jovenal (singer), Fabiano Lima (zabunda), Charles William (acordeon), and Leozinho (triangolo) will rock the beautiful Tangoloft Berlin on Friday evening (25.10). They play lovely Forró with the styles of Xanxado, Baião, Xote and Ritmos do Nordeste. Both the band and the venue have been real Berlin institutions for a long time! And please note, it could be the last time for dancing Forró at Tangoloft Berlin, if you have heard the current debate! So let us support them and experience this side of Forró. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bb1e31208522984f2e218f6/5d8ccff1abc7b7098a96e79e/1571056682609/for_web_Caina.png Festivals - Malandro Forró 2018 - Cainâ Araújo + Band Cainã Araújo the talent of the northeastern forró. Singer, composer and poet, that’s how we can define Cainã Araújo. He began playing accordion at the age of nine. At 14 he also played professionally. In 2015 he started his solo career. 2018 the success recognized - With the release of the CD “Coração Matuto” Cainã conquered the public opinion and his songs played in the radio stations of the city. Defending the culture of the traditional forró Cainã left, in 2018, for a new chapter in his repertoire. After participating in a contest in the city of Itaúnas - Espírito Santo, he was invited to show his trajectory outside Brazil. And it was with heart and soul that he went to Europe, where he now resides, and has presented his new authorial work entitled Estrada do Meu Peito (2019). In Europe he has played in several festivals such as Forró London (England), Ai que Bom Festival (Paris), Tome Forró (Germany) and Forró Roma (Italy). In addition, he played in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Russia, Czech Republic and Poland. And as he likes to say: Viva o forró, meu povo!!! Long Live Forró! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bb1e31208522984f2e218f6/5bb32e7f71c10b346176333b/1569509145619/RodrigoDaMatta_1_pb.jpg Festivals - Malandro Forró 2018 - DA MATTA https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bb1e31208522984f2e218f6/5bb1e708f4e1fcbd8b2eec69/1569509092262/forroxodo.png Festivals - Malandro Forró 2018 - Forroxodó (Hamburg) Forroxodó was founded 2014 in Hamburg by Brazilian and French musicians togehter with lead-singer Ivoneide Targino, from Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte. Animated by their passion for music from the north-east, and their desire to interpret, re-arrange or compose forró music in a mostly traditional style, the 5-piece group has regularly brought energetic forró at Hamburg downtown Cascadas Club and at the festivals (Altonale Festival, Circus Festival). Sanfoneiro Vincent Mermillod (fr.), Percussionist and cavaquinho player Remy de Souza Santos (br.,fr.), guitarist Mo Jonas (br.), and Zabumbeiro Fernando Moreira (br.) complete the quintet. Forroxodó invites you all to join for exciting forrós, poetic xotes and lively cocos and xaxados! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bb1e31208522984f2e218f6/5bb1e68b15fcc09a9840c2ab/1539769538725/forroquin.png Festivals - Malandro Forró 2018 - Forró Viramundo invites Charles William A new Berlin resident Forró Band shows a different artistic conception to the Forro scene. Influenced by the Brazilian popular culture of Pernambuco (Coco de Roda, Forro de Rabeca, Cavalo Marinho e as Bandas De Pífano) and also by the Forró Pé de Serra, Forró Viramundo brings the swinged music and the dancing tradition to the stage. In the repertory not only classic songs of Luiz Gonzaga and Gordurinha, but also new music instrumental of Dominguinhos, Mestrinho and Hermeto Pascoal. Not only great for dancing, but also for listening and watching. Band: Bass/Voice – Trigo Santana Percussion/Voice – Valdir Juvenal Accordeom/Voice – Charles William Flute – Paulo Cedraz Guitar – Carlos Corona Percussion – Amoy Ribas —Deutsch— Eine neue Berliner Forro Band zeigt eine andere künstlerische Konzeption als die Forro-Szene. Beeinflusst von der Brasilianischen Volkskultur von Pernambuco (Coco de Roda, Forro de Rabeca, Cavalo Marinho und Pífano Band) und auch vom Forró Pé de Serra bringt Forró Viramundo die typische Musik und die Tanztradition auf die Bühne. Im Repertoire nicht nur klassische Lieder von Luiz Gonzaga und Gordurinha, sondern auch neue Instrumentalmusik von Dominguinhos, Mestrinho, Hermeto Pascoal. Nicht nur genial zum Tanzen, sondern auch zum Zuhören und Schauen. Band: Bass/Voice – Trigo Santana Percussion/Voice – Valdir Juvenal Accordeom/Voice – Charles William Flute – Paulo Cedraz Guitar – Carlos Corona Percussion – Amoy Ribas https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bb1e31208522984f2e218f6/5bb1e61c4785d387b9eea56a/1570035581328/swinguerio.png Festivals - Malandro Forró 2018 - DJ Swingueiro (Portugal) Luciano Alves, aka Dj Swingueiro é oriundo de São Paulo e trabalha na difusão da cultura brasileira pelo mundo. Dj de Pista na cena do Forró e músico, acompanha alguns artistas e vive atualmente em Lisboa, onde desenvolve projetos onde a música brasileira é o foco do seu trabalho. Facebook page https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bb1e31208522984f2e218f6/5bb1e3299140b7c5222f418b/1538402093285/elton.png Festivals - Malandro Forró 2018 - Elton Raville (Düsseldorf) Friday, October 26 Social Facebook Page Music Album (Spotify) Album (YouTube) Videos Live in Berlin, 2018 Amsterdam, 2017 London, 2017 Köln, 2017 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/t/5d544f67237d7700015565c6/1565806482592/Malandro_2018_Poster_FINAL.jpg Festivals - Malandro Forró 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bae31eb71c10b08c07d251d/5d8cb40ac404a769007cc39b/1571056603945/for_web_Bruna_Valmir.png Festivals - Malandro Forró 2018 - Valmir Coelho & Bruna Almedia Yes, this incredible couple will give some workshops at the festival. Both follow the style of forró Pé Descalço. Watch them dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c33sqgUUJKg&t=19s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrrExgr4Nh0 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bae31eb71c10b08c07d251d/5d8c90a5facc592fdb1820cd/1571056061038/for_web_Bruna.png Festivals - Malandro Forró 2018 - Felipe Garcia Abreu This guy travels the world to convey his beautiful dance style, which he learned in Brazil, Bahia. Now he gives some workshops at the festival and lets us share his great experience. So let us experience these side of Forró. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bae31eb71c10b08c07d251d/5d8c906c4b1bc70967f4cee9/1571055896726/for_web_CnG.png Festivals - Malandro Forró 2018 - Getúlio Ramalho & Charlotte Brohmeyer Getúlio Ramalho began his artistic career in 2000, in Belo Horizonte-MG. He studied contemporary dance and circus throughout his career. He is known for his outgoing and sensual style of dance, always prioritizing the communication between partners and not the combination of steps. Currently, he works as a dance teacher in Brazil and abroad. Charlotte Brohmeyer is thrilled by movement. She works as a dancer and choreographer and teaches Contemporary Dance, Contact Improvisation, Pilates and Forró. She experienced Forró as a very refreshing and creative dance style. In addition to enjoying the movement and the music itself, she puts focus on the technique and precision in her lessons. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bae31eb71c10b08c07d251d/5d8c8d980632804908e35ad7/1569493015864/for_web_Rafael.png Festivals - Malandro Forró 2018 - Rafael Wilker Rafael Wilker started dancing in 2011. Specializing in Forró, over the past 8 years he has also been learning Samba, Bolero, Zouk, WCS and Bachata in order to add new techniques and enrich his dance. In 2012, he started teaching at Pé Descalço Eldorado, one of the largest Forró schools in Brazil. Rafael brings to his Forró classes a variety of techniques that focus on teaching movement variations with and without a partner, fluency, precision of movement, dance figures, movements that explore dynamism, incorporating the senses, musicality and improvisation. Rafael has given workshops in various cities and states in Brazil and at festivals in Japan, Russia and many European countries. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bae31eb71c10b08c07d251d/5bae36e1f9619a3ac9b426f8/1538143990668/tau.png Festivals - Malandro Forró 2018 - Tau Macedo https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bae31eb71c10b08c07d251d/5bae36a2ec212d07ae60062d/1539084996065/dede.png Festivals - Malandro Forró 2018 - Dedé Teles Born and raised in Brazil, Dedé's story with forró began still in his childhood, when he and his father used to listen to forró music, what became their road trip ritual. However, it was only in 2016 that Dedé started dancing forró, and in the Forró de Domingo Festival 2016 in Stuttgart he fell in love with this dance. Since then he started teaching a beginners couse in the Let´s Forró group in Kaiserslautern, visiting several festivals and, in 2017, taking some classes now and then with the outstanding Dhiego Luiz (in Heidelberg at the time). Since then he was invited to teach workshops in several countries in Europe, in Brazil and in Israel; and to teach in festivals all over Europe. Currently he is working towards his certification as a ballroom dance teacher, in which he focus on lightness and connection techniques. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bae31eb71c10b08c07d251d/5bae328ce2c483d0105c3aee/1538401657856/sarah_2.png Festivals - Malandro Forró 2018 - Sarah Lein (Cologne) In 2011 Sarah started dancing Forró in the group of Forró de Colônia and immediately fell in love with the dance, the music and the Brazilian culture in general. As an assistant for many different Forró teachers, she gained experience in teaching diverse types and styles of Forró and since 2015 she gives regular classes with Rudolfo in Cologne, Germany. Since then she was invited to teach in festivals all over the world including Europe, United States and Japan and teaches her own regular class in Forró de Colônia. With her university graduation in exercise science, and the experience of more than 15 years in professional figure skating, she has the best references in teaching techniques of balance and body control, as well as posture and elegance in dancing. Connect with Sarah. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ad007ea9db093b3b15596e/5bae31eb71c10b08c07d251d/5bae3223e2c483d0105c3599/1569493080845/18447342_1751643031518201_213366680264641906_n.jpg Festivals - Malandro Forró 2018 - Aleksei Articulado Kirillov (St. Petersburg) Sou de Sao Petersburgo, Russia. Sou professor de forró aqui. Sou organizador de Russian Forró Festival FORROARU. É o maior evento de forró na Russia. Ja foram cinco vezes. Eu comecei estudar o forro no ano 2007. Para me a musica foi primeira. Eu pratiquei a capoeira aqui. Uma vez eu ouvi a musica de forró e gostei demais. Eu nao sabia o que existe dança tmb. Sou depois duaz mezes uma brasileira mostrou para me passos basicos. Ela foi estudante na Univercidade em Sao Petersburgo. Nessa epoca ninguem nao sabia dançar o forró e eu comecei a estudar. No ano 2008 eu fui na primeira vez no Brasil. No fevereiro 2009 eu comecei dar aulas de forró. Eu fui primeiro forrozeiro da Russia.. 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