District of Frevo

District of Frevo District of Frevo is the first dance group of its kind in the Washington, DC area. Frevo is a dance They also pass the umbrellas between their legs.

Frevo is a wide range of musical styles originating from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, all of which are traditionally associated with Brazilian Carnival. Frevo was developed by transforming the capoeira movements into the quasi-acrobatical movements of the dance. Frevo dance movements include jumps, coordinated fast leg movements, leg flexions, tumbling etc. Frevo dance is now known as passo and Fre

vo dancers as passistas. The clothes of the passistas also developed from regular clothing to a skimpy attire that is more appropriate for the movements. They are also very colorful, so they can be more visible in the crowd. The umbrella also developed from regular black umbrellas with wooden handles to a small and also colorful umbrella. Umbrella movements are part of the dance and doing acrobatics with them is a common practice. It's not uncommon to see passistas throwing umbrellas in the air, do some movement, and catch them again. The most common movement is just swinging the umbrella and passing it from hand to hand while executing regular movements.

02/15/2026
02/15/2026
05/14/2024
09/12/2022

Música três da tarde, coreografia

Festival in summer silver spring 2022 civic center
09/12/2022

Festival in summer silver spring 2022 civic center

District of Frevo at Fiesta DC 2021! ⛱ 🇧🇷
09/25/2021

District of Frevo at Fiesta DC 2021! ⛱ 🇧🇷

Memories from Petworth PorchFest last Saturday!
04/30/2021

Memories from Petworth PorchFest last Saturday!

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Washington D.C., DC
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