PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Monday 13th Febuary - Opening - Free Entry
18:00h - Opening Ceremony
18:30 - Composition of the opening tables institutional representatives.
- Announcement of the Institutional representatives
- Presentation of the Mestre Sala (master of ceremonies) and Porta Bandeira (flag bearer)
- Tribute to the most notable personalities of Samba in 2011;
- Performances of foreign and Brazilian samba groups.
WORKSHOPS
From Tuesday 14th - Friday 17th February 2012
Workshops 14:00 - 17:00
All days R$ 300,00
Single day R$ 100,00
Workshop 1: Samba School Bateria with Ailton Nunes (Mestre de Bateria Surdo 1 da Estação Primeira de Mangueira)
Workshop 2: Choreography for Passistas with Mayombe Masai (GRES Acadêmicos do Salgueiro) & Egili de Oliveira, "Baiana" (Rainha de Bateria GRES União do Parque Curicica and passista at GRES Acadêmicos do Salgueiro)
Workshop 3: Choreography for Mestre Sala and Porta Bandeira (Master of Ceremonies and Flag bearer) with Vinicius & Jackellyne Pessanha (second cuple of GRES Unidos da Tijuca)
Workshop 4: Choreography for Comissao de frente (front section of the parade) with Jomo Silveira (teacher, choreographer and art director of great dance institutes, such as The Royal Theater's Balletschool of Denmark)
Workshop 5: Costume, prop and float construction with Milton Cunha (respectable personality and carnavalesco of the world of samba and art director at Cidade do Samba - City of Samba)
LECTURES AND ROUND TABLES
From Tuesday 14th - Friday 17th February 2012
17:00 - 19:00 - Free Entry
The world of Samba (Lectures from Brazilian Sambistas about the world of Samba)
Samba around the world (Lectures from foreign Sambistas regarding Samba around the world)
Samba and Carnival opportunities in Argentina, Czech republic, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan
CONFRATERNIZATION PARTY: FRIDAY 17TH FEBRUARY 2012 19:00
- Roda de Samba with Brazilian and foreign groups
- Performances with the final result worked during the workshops
- Brazilians and foreign performing together
Entry: R$10