Why not totally immerse yourself in the fabulous world of Samba with my complete series? Start your journey with our Beginners series, before progressing your way right up to Performance level! Each course includes a combination of dance technique, body movements, footwork, styling, musicality, strength + conditioning and drills to get you dancing like a Brazilian in no time!
Online Course Details
Stage 1 – Beginners Samba – 4 weeks
- Lesson 1 – Samba Hips and Arms
- Lesson 2 – Samba Basic Steps
- Lesson 3 – Samba Struts
- Lesson 4 – Yoga for Dancers
Stage 2 – Improvers Samba – 4 weeks
- Lesson 1 – Body Movement
- Lesson 2 – Samba Poses
- Lesson 3 – Travelling Steps
- Lesson 4 – Samba Footwork
Stage 3 – Intermediate Samba – 5 weeks
- Lesson 1 – Samba travelling steps
- Lesson 2 – Arm variations
- Lesson 3 – Samba turn patterns
- Lesson 4 – Fast Samba technique
- Lesson 5 – Gafieira Footwork Patterns
Stage 4 – Advanced Samba – 6 weeks
- Lesson 1 – Injury Prevention Exercises
- Lesson 2 – Strength & Conditioning Drills
- Lesson 3 – Samba stamina training
- Lesson 4 – Fast Samba techniques
- Lesson 5 – Brazilian Abs/Butt/Thighs
- Lesson 6 – Advanced Yoga For Dancers
Stage 5 – Rio Carnival Muse Samba – 8 weeks
- Lesson 1 – Samba Musicality and Instruments
- Lesson 2 – The art of freestyling
- Lesson 3 – Performance Skills
- Lesson 4 – Advanced body movements
- Lesson 5 – Samba de Gafieira footwork
- Lesson 6 – Samba fitness exercises
- Lesson 7 – Power posing and confidence
- Lesson 8 – Parading steps and presentation
Stage 6 – World Samba Congress – 8 weeks
- Lesson 1 – Longest reigning carnival Queen in history, Raissa
- Lesson 2 – Queen of the entire Rio Carnival, Clara Paixao
- Lesson 3 – Queen of Mangueira, Evelyn Bastos
- Lesson 4 – Queen of ‘Estacio de Sa’ samba chool, Luana Bandeira.
- Lesson 5 – Samba de Gafieira dancer Ana Arruda
- Lesson 6 – Renowned teacher of ‘Danca de Salao’, Sheila Aquino
- Lesson 7 – Afro-Brazilian goddess, Gianne Abbott
- Lesson 8 – Queen of Academicos de Vigario Geral samba school, Egili Oliveira
Each lesson in the course will be delivered weekly, by email to the email address specified during checkout.


Rebekah Copas –
I took an 8 week series of beginner classes from Mishel Finnlayson of Sambalicious, and immediately knew I want to gain the potential corrections to my posture which are possible when strictly following the Samba form. Knowing also that I might be unable always attend face to face lessons, I bought the full set of Mishel’s online lessons with Sambalicious. These are now a part of my regular fitness regime, complementing gym attendance and supplying me with a rhythm and specific exercises to produce a series of postural improvements, as well as having a lot of fun dancing. I have rapidly learned to live Samba, and much appreciated Mishel’s input, both face to face and online. I began this training age 54, and my goal is to be skilled and fit enough to dance in a Samba parade the years I turn 60.