06/30/2026
Get Ready to Samba with OAKLAND SAMBA R***E!
🇧🇷 Baile Brasil
A Samba Dance Party with a pinch of forró & other rhythms
🎵 Live Music by
💃🏾 Live Dance Performances by special guests from Rio, local Samba de Gafieira artists, and BrasArte’s student performance team!
🕺🏿Samba de Gafieira Lesson
🍋🟩 Caipirinha Bar & Brazilian Snacks
Location
F**A Oakland
2513 Magnolia St
Dance Lesson 8pm
Performances 9pm
Live Music 9:30pm
This event is part of “Gafieira Week” 2026. BrasArte’s special focus on Samba de Gafieira (a style of samba social dance enjoyed in partners) with special workshops & events. Stay tuned for more programming.
Special support by &
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Baile Brasil with Oakland Samba R***e
BrasArte: World Dance Center, a nonprofit organization established in 2000, seeks to preserve Brasilian culture through dance, music and social events.
06/30/2026
July Gafeira classes are moving to THURSDAYS, and we’ve got some exciting programming coming up!
SAMBA DE GAFEIRA: Zero to Dancefloor
6:45 – 7:45pm�July 02, 09, 23, 30
Adapted from the highly successful “Do Zero ao Baile” program founded in Salvador, Bahia, which in its 13 editions has introduced Samba de Gafieira to hundreds of students, our Zero to Dancefloor classes will connect the elements and principles that constitute the core of the Gafieira.
We will learn the reasons and sensations of why we move the way we do in Samba, and build bases to dialogue and connect with oneself, with others, and with the culture and history of Samba.
As we dance together, we will learn the basic elements that constitute the formal language of Samba de Gafieira, but always with room for improvisation, as the dance is alive and is created by those who dance!
All levels (including complete beginners) are welcome! �
$120 for 4 class series
Drop ins $40
Red Sea
5200 Claremont Ave, Oakland
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Gafieira Improvers: Entradas e Saidas
8:00-9:00pm�July 02, 09, 23, 30
Transitions (entries and exits) are pivotal moments in partner dancing—times when we truly need to understand our partner and synchronize our movements. In this course, we will revisit this skill and learn variations and flourishes to develop autonomy and individuality that go beyond mere synchronization! Saídas in tempo, contratempo, S, and saídas in escovinha—we’ll cover it all in this course!
Includes exclusive WhatsApp group with video tutorials and playlists.
$120 for 4 class series
Drop ins $40
Pre requisites: completion of at least one Zero to Dancefloor course, or familiarity with the following movements (puladinho redondo, gancho redondo & saída lateral)
Red Sea
5200 Claremont Ave, Oakland
Register now at www.BrasArte.com
06/30/2026
East Bay-> get ready for MAIS QUADRIL!
‼️ Alex Coutinho in Oakland 🇧🇷
We’re hosting a special Samba no pé workshop with one of Rio’s most beloved and acclaimed artists!
Alex Coutinho: passista ala director for Paraíso do Tuiuti & founder of Poderosas do Samba.
When: Sunday, July 5
2:15-3:45pm
Where: Trilliant Studios
130 Linden St, Oakland
Register now at www.brasarte.com via MindBody
05/26/2026