Vika Dance
Carlsbad
2441 Impala Dr
Btwn Palmer Way & Orion Rd
Carlsbad, California 92010
Carlsbad
2441 Impala Dr
Btwn Palmer Way & Orion Rd
Carlsbad, California 92010
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Description
About Teacher Vika:
From a young age, Vika Stansky-Hernandez has been studying different dance styles such as ballet, jazz, hip-hop, and modern dance. Since 2006, she has been training Capoeira and Afro-Brazilian dance under the direction of world renowned dancer, choreographer, and capoeira Mestre Mariano Silva. She is part of The Brazilian Cultural Arts Center of Santa Barbara as well as Bahia Magia Dance Company. Over the years, she has studied various genres of Afro-Brazilian cultural expressions such as Afro-contemporary, Orixa Movement, Samba, Samba-Reggae, and Brazilian street dance. She holds a Masters of Arts in Global & International Studies where her research explored cultural resistance movements and religious persecution of the African Diaspora in Bahia, Brazil.
She lived in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil during her research where she continued her training in Afro-Brazilian dance at Fundação Cultural do Estado da Bahia (FUNCEB); Associação Artistica e Cultural Diáspora (Diáspora Art Center) and capoeira training with Mestre Angola in Bonfim. She continues to visit Bahia regularly, and speaks fluent Portuguese. She has professionally performed throughout Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Diego, Miami, and Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Now living in San Diego, she is sharing the beautiful culture that has been passed down to her with the continued guidance and blessing of her mentor Mestre Mariano Silva.
From a young age, Vika Stansky-Hernandez has been studying different dance styles such as ballet, jazz, hip-hop, and modern dance. Since 2006, she has been training Capoeira and Afro-Brazilian dance under the direction of world renowned dancer, choreographer, and capoeira Mestre Mariano Silva. She is part of The Brazilian Cultural Arts Center of Santa Barbara as well as Bahia Magia Dance Company. Over the years, she has studied various genres of Afro-Brazilian cultural expressions such as Afro-contemporary, Orixa Movement, Samba, Samba-Reggae, and Brazilian street dance. She holds a Masters of Arts in Global & International Studies where her research explored cultural resistance movements and religious persecution of the African Diaspora in Bahia, Brazil.
She lived in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil during her research where she continued her training in Afro-Brazilian dance at Fundação Cultural do Estado da Bahia (FUNCEB); Associação Artistica e Cultural Diáspora (Diáspora Art Center) and capoeira training with Mestre Angola in Bonfim. She continues to visit Bahia regularly, and speaks fluent Portuguese. She has professionally performed throughout Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Diego, Miami, and Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Now living in San Diego, she is sharing the beautiful culture that has been passed down to her with the continued guidance and blessing of her mentor Mestre Mariano Silva.
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