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Djoniba
Dance Centre InstructorAfro-Brazilian Samba
Open Level
Thursdays, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Saturdays, 5pm - 6:30pm
Danielle Lima was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She started
dancing at the age of seven at the Dance School Centro de Rio
de Janeiro, where she studied ballet, jazz, tap, modern, and
national and international folkloric dance. At the time, Danielle
was part of G.R.E.S. Beija-flor, the largest samba school of Rio,
where she performed for several years.
Danielle has appeared in numerous television shows in Brazil such as Xuxa and Domingao do Faustao. In 1998, she performed contemporary pieces in the Opera O Guarani with The Rio Dance Company. Committed to maintaining her cultural roots, Danielle performed traditional folkloric dance with Rodry Baiano Dance Group, where she was lead dancer.
In 2000, Danielle joined the Ringling Bros and Barnum &
Bailey Circus, where she worked with choreographer Tony
Stevens for over three years. Later, Danielle relocated to New
York City, and taught modern and ethnic dance workshops in
the Harlem YMCA. She joined Djoniba Dance & Drum Centre as a
teacher of Brazilian Samba in early 2004. Her creative
choreographic approach for teaching includes fitness along with
traditional and contemporary Samba from Rio and Bahia. In
2005, she founded the Brasileirando Dance Group - a company
that focuses on disseminating Brazilian folkloric and
contemporary dances. Brasileirando has performed at Lincoln
Center, Socrates Park 20th Anniversary, Soho's Art Parade, and
the Dance Conference in St Louis.
Danielle Lima is one of the teaching artists of the program
Dancing Classrooms from American Ballroom Theater. She also
teaches in the Arte Capoeira Center.
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