Luiza Barbieri’s life has been intertwined with dance from an early age, serving as her primary means of establishing relationships with herself, others, and the world. At the age of 3, she began with ballet, delving into numerous rhythms. In 2018, she fell in love with forró and started her studies in social dances. She was a dancer in the Aruanda Group of Traditional Dances and studied Modern Dance with Isabel Costa (Grupo Corpo’s co-founder). For this reason, she brings influences from the Isadora Duncan and Klaus Vianna Technique into her Forró Dance Classes.
As a forró teacher, Luiza aims to bring a perspective of dance as a non-verbal means of communication, in other words, a form of organic connection that arises from the assemblage of bodies, music, and environment. Thus, through dancing, we establish a dialogue, listening to each other with care, curiosity, and attention – developing the ability to commune, to adapt through improvisation and creativity.
At the same time, she proposes intertextuality, incorporating elements from “Traditional Dances” (coco, carimbó, maracatu, afoxé, frevo, and a myriad of our Brazilian cultural expressions) and other social dances. After all, in the end, style is just attire for those who know how to speak...
May this profile bring a bit of the flavor that a “cherô” and a “pão de queijo” hold within.
