International Samba Congress Los Angeles 2019,
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About the event
Get ready:
The greatest Samba celebration in USA is coming up again!
The 3rd edition of the International Samba Congress is taking place once more in Los Angeles. Since 2017, this unique event has been shaking the Samba community in California with a three-day congress that spreads knowledge, love and art.The International Samba Congress provides a deep experience with Brazil's cultural atmosphere to teach people about Samba, the most popular Brazilian rhythm in the world. In the previous editions, hundreds of people gathered to celebrate and know more about the Brazilian culture. In 2019, with a theme “Celebrating the Roots of Samba”, this three-day event provides a unique cultural experience to Brazilians and non-Brazilians dancers and musicians through theoretical and practical learning. You surely should take this chance. Join us!
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JUNE 21st TO 23rd 2019
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Dance Classes
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Music Classes
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Lectures
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Over 20 renowned experts teaching
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Exclusive methodologies that provides practical learning and fun
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Exclusive thematic shop
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Music concerts
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Dance performances & Contests
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Parties
Location and schedule programming coming soon!
Full passes, tickets per day and other entry options available!
Full pass at discounted price until JANUARY 20th 2019!
Reserve your spot right now!More information soon on our official website: www.internationalsambacongress.com
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A variety of options are available for sponsors to get involved in the International Samba Congress and demonstrate to your organization's commitment to support vibrand and rich cultural diversity in our communities! Over 5,000 social media followers and 350 event attendees with a love for arts, culture, travel and lifestyle will be directly exposed to sponsor support.
Our vision is to create an event where every samba dancer and musician feels inspired, empowered and included, working together to establish healthy community connections and raise awareness about the essence of Brazilian dance and culture.
Our mission is to inspire, empower and support community groups of Brazilians and non-Brazilians dancers adn musicians who are dedicated to the Samba and Brazilian Cultures, promoting a sense of belonging, identity, and expression. In association with Casa do Jongo, our mission also includes raising charitable funds to provide continuous support to the development and maintenance of youth programs in Rio de Janeiro and Los Angeles.
Our Values: We believe passionately in the power of Samba to enrich lives of Brazilians and non-Brazilians alike; We believe in the importance of community collaboration; we value the power of Samba in building healthy community connections; We believe that there is strength in cultural diversity; WE are committed to increasing knowledge about the essence of Brazilian Culture and the Afrikancestry.
Ana LaidleyPeer through the steamed windows of Culver City's Brasil Brasil Cultural Center on the right night and you'll see an ecstatic, frenzied mass of people: mature, young, thick, thin — a corporeal democracy, every body dancing between pain and transcendence, spurred by driving, dazzlingly layered percussion thundering from the sound system. At the center of the cyclone is a woman, a luminous smile escaping as she yells, "Sambaaa!"
Since leaving Brazil more than two decades ago, Ana Laidley (aka Aninha Malandro) has cultivated a global, L.A.-based samba community, preserving the roots of an ancestral culture and promoting profound aspects of an art often reduced to its more familiar export: bikini-clad showgirls.
"Samba brings so much to a community: It brings a bond, a sense of belonging; reliability, trust, self-confidence. And it's so beautiful when you see people developing their own way of expressing," says Laidley, 51.
A psychotherapist who recently defended her dissertation on the healing effects of samba, Laidley has a benevolent vibe people gravitate toward.
Growing up in a samba family in Rio de Janeiro, she was more interested in Michael Jackson than the insular culture of samba schools, which grew violent as sponsorship money poured in. "Samba was so serious, people would get killed — for nothing. For samba. And witnessing that was not fun for a child."
Her father, world-renowned percussionist Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro, spent a lifetime on the road; her mother braved the grueling travel, low pay and harassment that often comes with being a dancer.
"Looking back, my family was so dysfunctional. ... A lot of negative situations I would connect to samba," Lindley says. "I was so sure that's not the way I want to go in my life."
But something from that time stuck with her, something profound that she wouldn't articulate until years later.
"I was already at that age very conscious of those people from the roots of samba, the elders at the time, that they have a value in the culture in Brazil. I knew that, and I used to imitate them."
In 2006, she stepped onstage with the white suit and sly, dazzling confidence of the malandro, a popular male archetype in samba and Brazilian folklore.
"You see the importance of malandro in Brazilian culture because that was the first statement about a black man saying, 'Hey, I'm poor but I know how to dress; I have good taste and know how to work the system. I'm not a victim' — not 'I was a slave' — nothing like that," she says.
"And Malandro is the joker. He alleviates the pain of the people, that seriousness. If we don't have samba, Brazil would be a very depressing place."
In performance, it offers a rooted elegance, a character she uses to "go back to who I am," discovering her father, the ultimate malandro, in herself. Until she did it, she'd never seen women perform as malandra. Now dance groups and competitions dedicated to the form are sprouting in her wake — including at the International Samba Congress she organizes in downtown L.A. (June 21-23 this year).
Onstage, Laidley is a torrent of raw power buoyed by refinement and a lightning quickness; a master of improvisation and ephemeral sublimity.
Growing up, it was never steps or technique — "It was just 'Samba! Be yourself!'" Translating that can be difficult, but Laidley persists, delighting when someone opens to the exchange of energy she insists is at the heart of samba.
"I just need to connect with people, and give people the message that samba has a healing power that everyone can access."
Information on the second annual International Samba Congress at internationalsambacongress.com.
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251-500 attendees expected
43% Male Attendees
57% Female Attendees
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https://www.sponsormyevent.com/international-samba-congress-los-angeles-2019-los-angelesDiamond Sponsor ($15,000 and up) • Only 1 Diamond Sponsor will be featured at the International Samba Congress • Announced as Diamond Sponsor in all media promotion leading up to ISC, including credit in event promotional videos • Recognized and thanked as Diamond Sponsor at daily opening and close of event, including during key events (e.g., show and competition) • Your logo printed (up to 5x8 inches) in colour in ISC-branded t-shirts to be worn by event instructors and volunteers • VIP/choice booth placement during the congress • Recognized and thanked as Diamond Sponsor on banner at event entry • Listed as Diamond Sponsor in event program • Your company or organization listed as Diamond Sponsor on the congress website • Entry for 5 persons to all workshops and talks • Entry for 5 to VIP reception, 5 VIP swag bags • 10 standard and 4 VIP tickets for the Master Performance Event Gold Sponsor ($10,000-$14,999) • Only 1 Gold Sponsor will be featured at the International Samba Congress • Announced as Gold Sponsor in all media promotion leading up to ISC, including credit in event promotional videos • Recognized and thanked as Gold Sponsor at daily opening and close of event, including during key events (e.g., show and competition) • Your logo printed (up to 3x5 inches) in colour in ISC-branded t-shirts to be worn by event instructors and volunteers • Recognized and thanked as Gold Sponsor on banner at event entry • Listed as Gold Sponsor in event program • Your company or organization listed as Gold Sponsor on the congress website • Entry for 3 persons to all workshops and talks • Entry for 3 to VIP reception, 3 VIP swag bags • 4 standard and 2 VIP tickets for the Master Performance Event [how to differentiate gold from diamond but still make it worth it for people to choose gold?] Silver Sponsor ($5,000-$9,999) • A maximum of two Silver Sponsors will be featured at the International Samba Congress • Announced as Silver Sponsor in all media promotion leading up to ISC, including credit in event promotional videos • Recognized and thanked as Silver Sponsor at daily opening and close of event, including during key events (e.g., show and competition) • Your logo printed (up to 2x3 inches) in colour in ISC-branded t-shirts to be worn by event instructors and volunteers • Recognized and thanked as Silver Sponsor on banner at event entry • Listed as Silver Sponsor in event program • Your company or organization listed as Silver Sponsor on the congress website • Entry for 2 persons to all workshops and talks • Entry for 2 to VIP reception, 2 VIP swag bags • 2 standard and 2 VIP tickets for the Master Performance Event Bronze Sponsor ($2,500-$4,999) • A maximum of three Bronze Sponsors will be featured at the International Samba Congress • Announced as Bronze Sponsor in all media promotion leading up to ISC • Recognized and thanked as Bronze Sponsor at daily opening and close of event, including during key events (e.g., show and competition) • Recognized and thanked as Bronze Sponsor on banner at event entry • Listed as Bronze Sponsor in event program • Your company or organization listed as Bronze Sponsor on the congress website • Entry for 2 persons to all workshops and talks • Entry for 1 to VIP reception, 1 VIP swag bag • 4 standard tickets for the Master Performance Event Friends of ISC ($500-$2,500) • Your company/organization logo or name listed as a Friend of ISC on banner at event entry • Your company/organization logo or name name listed as a Friend of ISC on the event program • You will be thanked as a Friend of ISC during the programming of the Master Performance Event • Your company/organization or name listed as a Friend of ISC on the sponsor page of the congress website • Two standard tickets for the Master Performance Event
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