About Us
Who we are
Ale Jansen
- Professional Dancer, Teacher and Choreographer have travelled the world teaching and performing samba
- Dancer and choreographer of the 007 - James Bond movie - No time to die
- Dancer on Baccardi movie Dress to be Free directed by Jake Nava
- First teacher to teach samba at Glastonbury Festival
- Dancer and choreographer for the Team GB ball - UK olympic athletes
- Co-founder of global online samba teaching school Poderosas do Samba with Alex Coutinho
- Cultural Ambassador and active in current cultural exchange projects taking samba worldwide
- Passista of Paraiso do Tuiuti, having performed in over 15 samba schools
- Madrinha of Bateria of one of the most traditional schools in Rio- Em Cima da Hora, Choreographer or Childrens Samba School Filhos da Aguia - Portela in Rio
- International Choreographer and a Guest Artist in events worldwide.
- Movement analyst and consultant for tv, movies and entertainment industry having worked in 56 countries to date
Who we are
Luciano Souza
Born and raised in Salvador – Bahia. His dance career started at – Fundac an Afro Brazilian Dance company directed by Jailson Purificação
Luciano was also a dancer for the most prestigious Afro Brazilian dance company in the world, the renowned Bale Folcloric of Bahia.
This is where the base and foundation of his formation was built. Where he studied and performed ballet, contemporary, modern dance and various styles of Afro Brazilian, Brazilian Folclore, Orishas dance and culture to name just a few.
Some of the professionals involved in his dance and capoeira journey are Nildinha Fonseca, Vera passos, Rosangela Silvestre, Augusto Omolu, Ze Ricardo, Gilmar Sampaio, Zebrinha and capoeira with Mestre Zambi and mestre Jorge Le.
Luciano travelled the world with the Bale Folclorico of Bahia performing for a variety of audiences in Brazil, Europe, South and North of America.
He was a dancer of Bale Folcloric Of Bahia for 9 Years.
Luciano was also a dancer for – The Lion King musical. A Disney production Written by Sir Elton John, choreographed by Garth Fagan and directed by Julie Taymon who Luciano had the pleasure to work directly with.
Luciano has recently left The Lion King Musical being the record holder as the dancer to perform in his role for the longest time in any of the Lion King Productions worldwide.
Luciano is the only dancer in the globe to have performed the role of the ‘Bird Man’ for 17 years.
He has performed the LK Musical in Brazil, France, China and London West End.
He has performed as a guest artist in the Queen Elizabeth Jubilee, Oliver Awards, the BBC, Brazilian TV, Joice theater New York just to name a few
Luciano teaches and performs afro and Brazilian dances and has a goal to educate international audiences about the origins and development of Brazilian movement, identity and afro heritage.