What an experience. Rehearsal for Carnival 2025. I cannot believe the ambience and overall fun ! A…read moremust do. Oregado Salguero.

This is the real thing first if all. The dancers here had the best skills from what I've see in…read moreRio. The production of the dances was not good meaning that the dancers simply did their standard stuff which is personal skill but no thought at all given to choreography. In fact the band played on the stage and the dancers are at floor level with audience initially sitting around plastic tables and chairs. When the dancers got started, after 11pm the audience left their seats and formed a circle around the area with the dancers. Then everyone else had to stand up but only people in the first line of the circuit could see anything. It seems to us that's how the audience is used to in this place. It took us 10 minutes to squeeze in to the front so we can watch. After that we enjoyed the high skill level of the dancers. I would recommend to people who are adaptable

Portuguese school for foreigners, this school has been in the area many years now and I was very…read morefortunate to study there. The teachers are native speakers, professional, kind, welcoming and love what they do. I started from just few words and now I have reach the advanced level. The school also offers activities after class, tours, samba classes and you can also volunteer and help the community with your time. The also have online classes. It's a fun and joyful way to learn Portuguese immersing yourself in the Brazilian culture!

Honestly, this school is the best! The teachers are all fun yet professional and teach you in many…read moredifferent ways. They use videos, songs, cooking classes, field trips to the beach and to the market, short stories...oh and grammar books I took level B and C and the conversation course and enjoyed all of them. Fernando is one of my favorite teachers and I continued to do some private lessons once they ran out of classes for me. In addition to offering classes, this school has an activity every singe day. When I was there, Monday's they would play volleyball on the beach, Tuesday they would play a Brazilian film at night, Wednesdays there were samba classes...and I can't remember what the other 2 days were, but I just love the many different ways they help you to continue practicing Portuguese even outside of your classes. They are affiliated with an orphanage too so some of the money you pay for classes (which is much cheaper than most other places) goes to the orphanage. I highly recommend this place! The one down side is that the group courses that are offered are every single day of the week for 3 hours so if you have a tight schedule, you'll have to do private classes, which are not as interactive. I hope they make group classes that are perhaps 3 days a week for people who don't have every day available.