Teacher

Rafael Wilker began dancing in 2009, where he began to learn the first steps on the Forró, after a year began to learn other rhythms such as Samba, Bolero, WCS, zouk ... and soon after in 2011 entered the school Pé Descalço, at the age of 19. In March 2014 he won the red collar, the highest level of the school. He began to teach at the Eldorado unit in 2012. Rafael Wilker likes to apply in his dance many variations of movements together and separated, Various displacements, figures, movements in reverse (exploring the dynamism of the dance and senses), likes to guide specific classes for slower songs, drag and fast (with Dynamics or focused study), to explore as much as possible what music offers (improvisation), and most importantly to help show how important the connection between partners is. In addition, he coordinates and is part of the presentation group Pé Descalço Eldorado, is one of the examiners of the school and one of the teachers with more highlights in their didactic classes. He has already held several workshops in many cities in Brazil (São Paulo, Montes Claros, Itajubá, Niterói, Ipatinga, Juiz de Fora, Uberlândia ...) and abroad 3 times in Russia (St. Petesburg - 2016 and 2017 and Moscow - 2017)

Partner

Babi Loira started dancing in 2007 in Pé Descalço at 16 years. In the following years also began studying other rhythms like samba, tango, zouk, bolero, west coast, lindy hop, salsa, samba rock, soltinho, and others. She has taught at Pé Descalço in the Savassi (Previous) and São Paulo (Current) Units. She also has taught workshops of forró in many cities in Brazil and other countries (Germany, Holland, France and Portugal). Her dance is characterized by aesthetics, Improvisation and precision of movements. Also was part of the Mimulus experimental group, and already dance tango and samba performances in other presentation groups.

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