Glenio de Oliveira has been teaching Brazilian ballroom dancing for 15 years. He has been professional performances in many TV shows, theater and also fundraising events in Brazil. Glenio started dancing at the age of 12 with ballet classes in Brazil. Soon enough he has been doing ballet stage performances. Glenio has been studying art of dancing with many famous Brazilian professional dancers such as Jaime Aroxa, Carlos de Jesus, Carlinhos de Jesus, Juliano Andrade, Vinicios Da Costa and many others. Now in Boston, Glenio has been teaching for 6 years at many different studios such as the Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge, MAPS (Massachusetts Association of Portuguese Speakers, MIT University, and Brookline Community Adult Education Center. Currently Samba and Forro take place every Tuesday and Thursday at Benfica in Cambridge. And starting Saturdays in January at the BCAE in Back Bay. Glenio specializes mainly in the Brazilian ballroom dancing such as samba de gafieira, forro, but he also been teaching samba no pe (carnival samba), bolero, salsa, zouk, merengue, bachata, cha-cha, swing, and even tango.

Come take a class and see for yourself how fast you will learn! And his dancing partner: Inna Podshivalova Inna is originally from Moscow, Russia. Dance has always been her passion. Inna started with Ballet lessons and ballroom dance classes as a child in Russia and has been taking lain dance instruction since then in salsa, merengue, bachata, cha cha, etc. Inna and Glenio met at Tango Class at MIT University in 2005 and since then Inna got really interested in Brazilian dance and culture and started taking classes with Glenio. Soon enough Inna and Glenio’s became dancing partners and began teaching Samba No Pe, Samba de Gafieira and Forro classes. They have been performing together at many private and fundraising events in Boston, such as Mojitos Latin Club and Channel 9 Fernandito Show. They currently also host many social dance parties for their students. Please check back our website for party updates!