Samba da Cidade Improv Samba in Cleveland Cultural Gardens

Every summer the Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation hosts a series of free World on Stage concerts at the Centennial Peace Plaza on MLK Blvd. in Cleveland.  The first concert of Summer 2024 was on June 29, 2024 and the focus was Percussion of the world.  4 diverse acts performed (Brazilian Samba, Native American, Korean and “Trash Talkers” like Stomp).  This is the introduction and first performance Samba da Cidade (SDC), or “Samba of the City” in Portuguese.  https://www.sambadacidade.org/ Samba da Cidade is a Cleveland-based samba school that brings together percussionists and dancers of all levels and ages to learn, play, dance, and perform samba and other rhythms inspired by the African Diaspora in Brazil, Cuba and elsewhere. Created and directed by Cleveland drummer and percussionist Dylan Moffitt (B. Mus., M. Mus., Cleveland Institute of Music), SDC is modeled after Rio de Janeiro’s escolas de samba, the grass-roots organizations that prepare communities for the Carnaval parade. SDC emerged in the summer of 2021, during the pandemic-induced isolation, when a handful of drummers began attending classes in Cleveland’s Wade Oval park on Sunday evenings. What began as an effort to alleviate seclusion transformed into a thriving ensemble.  This first performance was called a Samba Improv. https://www.clevelandpeople.com/group...