![]() Shoes "Eliane 4 Ankle Straps" by BrazilCarnivalShopĪny favorite experience/moments in samba dancing? Jonia above looking very Carmen beautiful. Jônia Queen: I would advice for the beginner Samba Dancer to take many Samba classes, try to study about the Brazilian Samba as an art and culture and connect with the meaning and soul of it, try to watch videos from current Passistas in Brazil and reference teachers and dancers in the Samba World. What advice would you give to a beginner samba dancer? Jonia Queen with celebrity samba guru master samba teacher, choreographer, instructor and professional dancer Carlinhos Salgueiro. Jônia Queen: Mainly dancing Samba and watching what I eat. Group costume above by BrazilCarnivalshop Jonia above with her group of students, costumes by BrazilCarnivalShop Jônia Queen: The uplifting energy, how it makes me smile no matter what.Ĭostume above by BrazilCarnivalShop LARANJA SUBLIME What's your favorite part of dancing samba? Jônia Queen: I always loved dancing Samba, but in Brazil I thought because I didn’t grow up in a Samba community, and I was busy with school and dancing in dance companies, I thought it was an unreachable dream…But as I had the opportunity in Los Angeles, I got more and more inspired, and that secret dream I had of being a Samba Dancer was coming true very organically and as I want to improve and grow I got even more inspired by the past experiences I had in Brazil with Samba as a leisure and observer and I started getting inspired also by meeting new Dancers that were more experienced and inspiring in LA. What inspired you to start exploring samba? When I moved to Los Angeles, California, that’s when I started dancing Samba professionally doing shows in different events. I was a trained Dancer of other styles, but I would dance Samba just as leisurely. Originally from Recife, Pernambuco state, I grew up dancing the Pernambuco folk dances and when I moved to Sao Paulo, that’s when I had my first encounter with a Samba School. Jônia Queen: Being born and raised in Brazil, I was always fascinated by the Samba Schools during Carnaval and admired the Samba Dancers, Queens, Muses. When did you start samba dancing and where? "Jônia, we would love to know more about your love and passion for samba! Our customers and subscribers want to inspired by dancers like you!" We will share with you her passion and love for samba on this candid interviewed. “I’m from Rio and grew up with Carnival, loving Carnival, so it’s amazing to be this close to someone who lives Carnival every day.This week we interviewed Jônia Queen. “We see how determined she is, how she busts her butt to get everything done and it’s really admirable,” said employee Ana Lucia Oliveira. Prado, 26, made her Carnival debut seven years ago, after auditioning for a spot with the Sao Clemente, one of 13 top-tier schools that will compete for the annual titles at the Sambadrome this weekend.Īlthough her hectic schedule of pre-Carnival preparations often requires her to apply her extravagant glitter stage makeup in the office bathroom, Prado insists being a passista doesn’t undermine her authority with the 15 telemarketers she supervises. I don’t sleep much at all from September through now.” ![]() “I get up, run to dance class, come to work, go to rehearsal and fall into bed,” said Prado, wearing a headset and sitting among the cubicles at her downtown Rio office.” In the run-up to Carnival, it’s pretty chaotic. At night, she is a samba dancer, or “passista,” as they’re known in Portuguese, for the Sao Clemente group. Swathed in nothing but a sprinkling of sequins and a puff of feathers, Rio de Janeiro’s samba group dancers are the star attractions of the world’s most iconic Carnival celebrations.īut they’re not on the payroll of the samba groups they represent - and many have to work decidedly unglamorous jobs, serving as maids or secretaries to make ends meet.ĭiana Prado spends her daylight hours working as a supervisor at a call center.
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