Viver Brasil, a homegrown Los Angeles dance organization that does Brazil (and Los Angeles) proud. That unforgettable evening happened 18 years ago, and Viver Brasil remains as strong and as vital a ...

The celebrated Afro- Brazilian dance company Viver Brasil returns to Sierra Madre Playhouse with two performances of Rezas e Folhas (Prayers and Leaves), a genre-defying ritualistic work with live ...

A performance by the Afro-Brazilian dance company Viver Brasil. Photo courtesy of Viver Brasil. The Afro-Brazilian dance company Viver Brasil premiered a dance-and-music performance called “Revealed” ...

Upon a chance viewing of a dance company from the Brazilian city of Salvador in the state of Bahia while studying for her master’s degree in dance ethnology at UCLA in 1986, Linda Yudin’s life changed ...

Imbued with their own brand of pyrotechnic physicality, members of the locally based Viver Brasil Dance Company shredded the stage of John Anson Ford Amphitheatre on Saturday. In its sixth season at ...

A samba class performs in Rio de Janeiro. There’s an expression here in Brazil: “Tudo acaba em samba.” Translated literally, the phrase means “Everything ends in samba.” That is to say, no matter what ...

Viver Brasil was like a disappointing Christmas gift. This veteran Los Angeles-based dance company first appeared to be bright and shiny and promising Thursday at Strathmore. But about half an hour ...

Lunar New Year Series Features Musikaravan, A Dynamic String Trio (2/12/25-2/12/25) Sierra Madre Playhouse Lunar New Year Series Features JAZZ: Eric Ching, One of L.A.’s Premiere Jazz Drummers (2/9/25 ...