MEET THE TEACHER
Rafael Piccolotto de Lima is an experienced forró dancer from Campinas (São Paulo, Brazil). He has been dancing for more than 14 years and was part of the Forró Brasil dance group between 2006 and 2007, held at Cooperativa Brasil, one of the most important forró venues in the state of São Paulo (in the 2000's).
Being a Latin Grammy nominated composer, conductor and doctor of musical arts, Rafael was also an instructor for special workshops about musicality and creativity in forró dance at Casa do Lago, UNICAMP (State University of Campinas), Brazil.
Rafael is one of the most active forró instructors in North America, teaching weekly in New York City and traveling to give special workshops. He was an instructor at the Forró Fest USA (2017, 2018 and 2019), 4th Boston Brazil Dance Festival (2017), instructor at the NY Forró Fest (2018 and 2019), instructor and creator of the Forrobodó NY Festival (2018), instructor at the Montreal Forró Fest (2019) and instructor and director of the Forró New York Weekend (2019).
Rafael is also one of the leading online forró instructors in North America with the creation of various online courses available here at Forró New York.
PLANS & PRICING
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$85 for 1 hour lesson via ZOOM app.
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10% off for a package of 4 classes or more.*
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20% off for a package of 8 classes or more.*
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Extra 10% off for Forró New York Association members.*
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*send an email to forronewyork@gmail.com asking for the discount code.
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