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.

Australia

Katya teaches forro with Leo in Melbourne. She danced different latin styles of Latin and Afro until she found forró. She fell in love with the roots style of forro while travelling in Brazil and since then has been perfecting her connection and musicality techniques building on her previous dance experience.

Australia

Sarah has been a professional dancer for over 20 years and grew up in a melting pot of different Portuguese speaking cultures. She fell in love with Forró in the heat of the forró universitario wave in the late 90’s and has since travelled and lived all over Brazil and Europe. Sarah is the founder and co-director of Perth Forró Perth Samba.

Salvador, Bahia

Daniel has been dancing forró for over 14 years, with an emphasis on the Itaúnas style, popularly known as forró Roots. Daniel has conducted workshops in Brazil and around the world, including the USA, Canada, England, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Russia, Netherlands, France, Scotland, Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, Spain, Hungary, Israel and Austria.