Weekly Open Access DANCE and PERCUSSION Workshops with London School of Samba

Weekly Open Access DANCE and PERCUSSION Workshops with London School of Samba
Start the new year right - Learn to play and dance Samba with the UK's original Samba school - Everyone Welcome!

Every Sunday @ Waterloo Action Centre in London\
14 BAYLIS ROAD LONDON SE1 7AA

PRICES*
Drop in:        £8 / £6 concessions
Monthly:        £16 - Save up to 50%!

*Includes both workshops!
*enquire about Memberships for further discounts and benefits

DANCE @
From 6pm-7:30pm
Samba is both a type of music and dance originating from the rhythms and traditions brought to Brazil by African slaves. It encompasses a range of styles, from the fast samba (batucada) played and danced in the Rio Carnival, to the funkier samba reggae favoured in Salvador and North Eastern Brazil. The main focus of dance at LSS is samba no pe, the practise of the samba step. However dancers also learn samba reggae and other steps.

PERUCSSION
From 7:30pm-9:30pm
In drumming workshops, participants are each taught to play one percussion instrument. The 'mestre' (teacher) will teach a basic rhythm for each instrument, which together will form a 'batucada' beat. The Mestre will also teach 'breaks', a new beat which is introduced into the regular beat for a couple of bars, and which are signalled by a whistle and a gesture. The level depends on the experience of the participants, and can be from absolute beginners to the advanced. In case of mixed ability classes, the more difficult drums can be given to the more experienced.  LSS also runs costume making workshops for the maintenance of costumes for performances, as well as workshops for producing new costumes for the parade at Notting
Hill Carnival.

For more information contact LSS on 02073947359 or email
admin@londonschoolofsamba.co.uk