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5 Qualities of the best forró embraces
Did you ever embraced someone and it felt so good that you didn't want it to finish?


Forró in NYC: Wednesday nights in Manhattan (2018 archive - early scene history)
Wednesday has long held a special place for forró dancers in New York City.
For many years, it was the night of forró at Nublu, a club on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. A weekly late-night gathering with live forró music, unfolding in the middle of the week. In 2018, Wednesday also became the day of our weekly forró dance classes.


10 tips to improve your rhythm on the dance floor
Rhythm is undoubtedly one of the most important elements in music and dance. So I decided to compile a list of 10 tips and ideas that anyone can use. Trust me, it will most likely have a powerful positive impact on your dancing. These tips and ideas will show you paths to solve some of the most frequently asked questions, such as: How do I identify the rhythm in a song? How to improve my sense of rhythm when I dance forro? How do I synchronize my body and movements to the bea


Celebrating 3 years of Forró New York and 1,000 subscribers
What a beautiful milestone in our history! 3 years of our website and social media and 1,000 subscribers on our Youtube channel.


Quarantine Dances - An International Collaborative Project
Music, dance and visual arts, everything through the lens of a collaborative effort, recorded and filmed by the participants. More than 120 people from 5 continents united on this unique project. A few videos have been released already and many others are being edited and will be posted soon! Watch the musician's video above and the "making of" video from the dancers below. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rafael Piccolotto de Lima is the Founder and Educational Director of Forró New York, a


Corporeality - thoughts about partner dance
Today I share with you a recent experience of mine, a process in which I'm still very immersed.
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