Minas Gerais

Carlos and Nayara are forró instructors from Minas Gerais, Brazil now based in Brisbane, who have been teaching Forró for over 15 years. They have their own style and seek to share their passion for the dance, teaching advanced techniques, and valuing the importance of good connections, musicality and the role of leaders and followers.

Rio de Janeiro

Leo has been dancing forró for over 20 years. He now teaches forro and works as a forro musician in Melbourne. Before moving to Melbourne, he was the owner of and teacher at Forró Norway dance school and has gave workshops and classes all around Europe. Leo is also a forró musician and and was a renowned DJ in Europe.

London, UK

Zeu is a singer, songwriter, recording artist and accordionist, considered one of the forró ambassadors in Europe. Zeu will be presenting rhythms of forró and corporal percussion.
Winner of several awards, including the Revelation Trophy, Forró Itaúnas (2010) from Brazil, in addition to winning the Brazilian Grammy as best Brazilian singer in London, he was awarded the Lukas Awards as "Revelation Mundo Latino" in 2012, Musician of the Year by International Press Awards 2017 & 2022 he brought home  the best song award from Fenfit festival 2022.

Brazil

Dancer & choreographer dedicated to the art of dance for 22 years from Florianópolis, Brazil. Began studying a unique forró, called Roots in 2009.

Yse’s classes are unique in that she can emphasize the roles of the followers and leaders. 
You will most likely bump into her if you go to the main forró festivals in the world, as she is known as one of the first women to disseminate this style in classes.