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Juba Jam • Côco fusion time! In this month’s
Juba Jam • Côco fusion time! In this month’s jam we tried out a variety of instruments (alfaia, mineiro, pandeiro and caixa) and fused together ideas from the traditions of Côco, Maracatu Nação, drum and bass, and even threw in a subtle zabumba phrase for  good measure! 

Join us in the new year for our next percussion and dance Juba Jams in February and March. 

🎵💥 pandeiros for sale! Contact @hollyprestdrums for info 💥🎵 

#jubadoleao #jubajam #pandeiro #alfaia #caixa #mineiro #coco #maracatu #fusiongrooves

Last Juba Jam of the year! Come and join us next S
Last Juba Jam of the year! Come and join us next Saturday 30th November 1pm - 4.30pm for our open drum and dance workshops at @the_vale_mossley.

Drum and dance places still available. Sign up in the link in our bio✨ 

#Jubajam2024 #Jubadoleao #MaracatuUK

This Sunday 17th November! Join us at Stockport Sp
This Sunday 17th November! Join us at Stockport Spectacular Sunday. There’s so much great stuff going on all over the town centre between 11am and 5pm.

Juba do Leão Performance Times @ Suffragette Square

12.00pm - 12.30pm
1.30pm - 2.00pm
3.00pm - 3.30pm

We’ll also be joined by some amazing young people who have been training with us. Big up the next gen ✨💜

📸 Cheryl Blake

#Jubadoleao #stockportspectacularsunday

JUBA JAM part II • today we spent time exploring
JUBA JAM part II • today we spent time exploring variations for the alfaia within the baques of Arrasto and Martelo. Big love to Mestre Toinho who inspired today’s workshop @maracatubaqueforte 🤍 Thank you to @freyabn_  for another gorgeous Maracatu dance workshop. 

#maracatu #arrasto #martelo #jubajam #jubadoleao @the_vale_mossley #dance

JUBA JAM • today we spent time exploring variati
JUBA JAM • today we spent time exploring variations for the alfaia within the baques of Arrasto and Martelo. Big love to Mestre Toinho who inspired today’s workshop @maracatubaqueforte 🤍

It was a pleasure to welcome Kristyn from @maracatumaraberto and to be gifted one of their shirts! 😍 shout out to Alex!

#maracatu #arrasto #martelo #jubajam #jubadoleao @the_vale_mossley

We be jammin’ this autumn. Join us? Next one is
We be jammin’ this autumn. Join us? Next one is in a week’s time, places still available ✨ 

#Jubajam2024 #Jubadoleao #MaracatuUK @the_vale_mossley

🎈🦁 HAPPY 19TH BIRTHDAY JUBA DO LEÃO!

19 y
🎈🦁 HAPPY 19TH BIRTHDAY JUBA DO LEÃO! 

19 years ago on the closest Friday, I held our first ever rehearsal in Manchester, everyone all dressed in white and excited to hear those infectious Pernambucan grooves hitting the airwaves. 

Big loves to everyone who has supported us on our journey

Holly x 🎂 🦁

P.s yep posting today because, life x


They’re back! Bringing a bit of north eastern Br
They’re back! Bringing a bit of north eastern Brazilian sunshine to you this autumn. Come and drum or dance with us. 

Saturday 26th October and Saturday 30th November at @the_vale_mossley 

[Sign up in the link in our bio 👉 @juba_do_leao ]

Join us for our open play-and-dance-a-thons. You may be very experienced in the style or may never have given anything like this a go before. It’s a chance for some stamina training in these super intensive and fun mass sessions in rhythms and moves from north east Brazil.

🥁 with Holly Prest
💃 with Freya Bennett-Nielsen and Louise Gibbons

Masterclass in Côco with Guga Santos
in partnersh

Masterclass in Côco with Guga Santos
in partnership with @global_grooves 

Sat 8th June 2024 | 7pm - 9:30pm at @the_vale_mossley 
 
Côco – Traditional Music of Pernambuco
 
We are delighted to welcome Guga Santos (@gugasantosatelier) from Brazil to join us for this very special masterclass in the Côco music of northeastern Brazil.

This workshop is suitable for every level of experience, beginners welcome. 
The workshop aims at a complete approach to Samba de Côco, not only as a rhythm and dance, but also, approaching this “brinquedo” (play) in its various aspects including the history of the Brazilian people, as well as the reality of the Northeastern people, habits, customs, forms of expression and even forms of cultivation.

[Buy your ticket in the link in our bio]

Juba Jam! Yesterday was a Côco bonanza. We learne
Juba Jam! Yesterday was a Côco bonanza. We learned some songs, played pandeiro, mineiro, caixa, triangle, alfaia, and had a lot of fun dancing Côco. 

Thanks Holly, Freya, and Louise for another great session! Look out for more Jams from September 👀 

#jubadoleao #coco #TheVale #Mossley @the_vale_mossley


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Pernambucan Dance Development 2018

The Lion's Mane

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LATEST NEWS

  • Meet the Masters 2019 – Mestre Toinho & Mestre Jamesson
  • JDL Receive Arts Council Funding!
  • The Lions Mane – Video Blog 12
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  • The Lion’s Mane – Video Blog 10

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JUBA DO LEÃO

Pernambucan Dance Development 2018

The Lion's Mane

INSTAGRAM

juba_do_leao


Juba Jam • Côco fusion time! In this month’s
Juba Jam • Côco fusion time! In this month’s jam we tried out a variety of instruments (alfaia, mineiro, pandeiro and caixa) and fused together ideas from the traditions of Côco, Maracatu Nação, drum and bass, and even threw in a subtle zabumba phrase for  good measure! 

Join us in the new year for our next percussion and dance Juba Jams in February and March. 

🎵💥 pandeiros for sale! Contact @hollyprestdrums for info 💥🎵 

#jubadoleao #jubajam #pandeiro #alfaia #caixa #mineiro #coco #maracatu #fusiongrooves

Last Juba Jam of the year! Come and join us next S
Last Juba Jam of the year! Come and join us next Saturday 30th November 1pm - 4.30pm for our open drum and dance workshops at @the_vale_mossley.

Drum and dance places still available. Sign up in the link in our bio✨ 

#Jubajam2024 #Jubadoleao #MaracatuUK

This Sunday 17th November! Join us at Stockport Sp
This Sunday 17th November! Join us at Stockport Spectacular Sunday. There’s so much great stuff going on all over the town centre between 11am and 5pm.

Juba do Leão Performance Times @ Suffragette Square

12.00pm - 12.30pm
1.30pm - 2.00pm
3.00pm - 3.30pm

We’ll also be joined by some amazing young people who have been training with us. Big up the next gen ✨💜

📸 Cheryl Blake

#Jubadoleao #stockportspectacularsunday

JUBA JAM part II • today we spent time exploring
JUBA JAM part II • today we spent time exploring variations for the alfaia within the baques of Arrasto and Martelo. Big love to Mestre Toinho who inspired today’s workshop @maracatubaqueforte 🤍 Thank you to @freyabn_  for another gorgeous Maracatu dance workshop. 

#maracatu #arrasto #martelo #jubajam #jubadoleao @the_vale_mossley #dance

JUBA JAM • today we spent time exploring variati
JUBA JAM • today we spent time exploring variations for the alfaia within the baques of Arrasto and Martelo. Big love to Mestre Toinho who inspired today’s workshop @maracatubaqueforte 🤍

It was a pleasure to welcome Kristyn from @maracatumaraberto and to be gifted one of their shirts! 😍 shout out to Alex!

#maracatu #arrasto #martelo #jubajam #jubadoleao @the_vale_mossley

We be jammin’ this autumn. Join us? Next one is
We be jammin’ this autumn. Join us? Next one is in a week’s time, places still available ✨ 

#Jubajam2024 #Jubadoleao #MaracatuUK @the_vale_mossley

🎈🦁 HAPPY 19TH BIRTHDAY JUBA DO LEÃO!

19 y
🎈🦁 HAPPY 19TH BIRTHDAY JUBA DO LEÃO! 

19 years ago on the closest Friday, I held our first ever rehearsal in Manchester, everyone all dressed in white and excited to hear those infectious Pernambucan grooves hitting the airwaves. 

Big loves to everyone who has supported us on our journey

Holly x 🎂 🦁

P.s yep posting today because, life x


They’re back! Bringing a bit of north eastern Br
They’re back! Bringing a bit of north eastern Brazilian sunshine to you this autumn. Come and drum or dance with us. 

Saturday 26th October and Saturday 30th November at @the_vale_mossley 

[Sign up in the link in our bio 👉 @juba_do_leao ]

Join us for our open play-and-dance-a-thons. You may be very experienced in the style or may never have given anything like this a go before. It’s a chance for some stamina training in these super intensive and fun mass sessions in rhythms and moves from north east Brazil.

🥁 with Holly Prest
💃 with Freya Bennett-Nielsen and Louise Gibbons

Masterclass in Côco with Guga Santos
in partnersh

Masterclass in Côco with Guga Santos
in partnership with @global_grooves 

Sat 8th June 2024 | 7pm - 9:30pm at @the_vale_mossley 
 
Côco – Traditional Music of Pernambuco
 
We are delighted to welcome Guga Santos (@gugasantosatelier) from Brazil to join us for this very special masterclass in the Côco music of northeastern Brazil.

This workshop is suitable for every level of experience, beginners welcome. 
The workshop aims at a complete approach to Samba de Côco, not only as a rhythm and dance, but also, approaching this “brinquedo” (play) in its various aspects including the history of the Brazilian people, as well as the reality of the Northeastern people, habits, customs, forms of expression and even forms of cultivation.

[Buy your ticket in the link in our bio]

Juba Jam! Yesterday was a Côco bonanza. We learne
Juba Jam! Yesterday was a Côco bonanza. We learned some songs, played pandeiro, mineiro, caixa, triangle, alfaia, and had a lot of fun dancing Côco. 

Thanks Holly, Freya, and Louise for another great session! Look out for more Jams from September 👀 

#jubadoleao #coco #TheVale #Mossley @the_vale_mossley


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Follow on Instagram


GIGS & WORKSHOPS

    There are no dates yet.

LATEST NEWS

  • Meet the Masters 2019 – Mestre Toinho & Mestre Jamesson
  • JDL Receive Arts Council Funding!
  • The Lions Mane – Video Blog 12
  • The Lion’s Mane – Video Blog 11
  • The Lion’s Mane – Video Blog 10

Members Area + Drum Resources

Dancers

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