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10/08/2026

3rd year and counting! 🥁 💃🏾✨
Our Samba Foundation dancers return to the Philly Dance Fitness World Rhythm Showcase on Saturday, Nov 7 at Plays & Players Theater. See you there!

10/05/2026

Samba Foundations at Centerinthepark Tuesdays at 10:30am Classes taught by Elaine Smith

🏡 5818 Germantown Ave.

Slow samba 10:30-11:30am 💃🏽🇧🇷

Brazilian percussion 11:30-12:30pm 🥁🪘
*Instruments provided

09/29/2026

Our Germantown Sambistas 👑✨🥁🪘🖤

Samba Foundations at Center in the Park
Tuesdays 10:30am-12:30pm

🇧🇷Slow samba 10:30-11:30am
🥁Brazlian percussion 11:30-12:30pm

09/28/2026

09/27/2026

Samba Foundation Passistas Fiesta DC led by Cely Francely 💛👑✨

Show up at South Philly’s Hawthorne Cultural Center on a Wednesday night at 6pm and you’ll find Cely in her element, sharing her love of samba no pé with our community. Since she stepped into a teaching role at PHonk! Philly, her technique, styling, and creativity have grown, and so has our community because of her. Words can’t express how much we appreciate Cely. Thank you for your commitment to our little samba community in South Philly 🤩

09/24/2026

Maracatu is one of Brazil’s oldest traditional genre of African Brazilian processional music and performance, originating in the state of Pernambuco. Formed by enslaved and free Black communities blending African traditions (particularly from the Congo and Nagô kingdoms) with Catholic and African Brazilian religious elements.

We’re excited to share the music, history and traditions of Maracatu with our Sambistas this year.

09/24/2026

Thank you everyone who joined us last night for another fantastic workshop with our brother Luciano Xavier.

We have big plans for our 2027 Bloco season and look forward to learning more rhythms from Bahia and Northeast Brazil.