March Performances: Ginga’s Brazilian Carnaval and VERIFICA fundraiser

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GINGA’S BRAZILIAN CARNAVAL

Saturday, March 12th 8:00 PM at the Mercury Cafe

Ginga Brazilian Carnaval 2016

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Visiting Master Percussionist from Rio de Janeiro, JORGE ALABE, will be joining Ginga for a full evening of Samba Celebration! He will also be performing with Batería Alegría for a special mid-show performance!

Samba Colorado Dance Company will perform with the Bateria, and Luciana Martins Da Silva will perform a special showcase piece along with Bella Diva Dance!

Fresh Caipirinhas and a variety of traditional Brazilian food by Little Brazil will be available for purchase.

Samba Dance lesson at 8 pm included with admission.

Join us in the great Mercury Ballroom, upstairs in the Mercury Cafe Denver! 2199 California, 80205.
Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. 21+

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FUNDRAISER FOR NON-PROFIT “VERIFICA”

Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret
1601 Arapahoe St. Denver 80202
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BellaDivaRisingMarch16thBella Diva Dance will once again be RISING in our community to help end violence against women. Started in 2012 as part of the “V-Day Movement” created by playwright Eve Ensler, One Billion Rising is a global campaign to end violence against women, rise for justice and promote gender equality. This is a year-long campaign that is more than a rally and rising on Feb. 14th!This show will be a fundraiser with all ticket sales going to the PIER INSTITUTE’s non-profit VERIFICA program. Underlying the horrors of human trafficking are the dark economics that supports all black markets. PIER Institute offers turn-key corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives to reduce both the demand for forced labor and the supply of trafficked victims.
During the show, we will, of course, be entertaining you with our signature world dance styles, Belly Dance, Samba, & Bollywood! We will be having a special guest performing artist Sadakat Belly Dance, Heritage Irish Dance, & Mile High KINGdom. We will be hosted by our very own Pierre Jean Pierre.
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Verifica 2015 fundraiser Performance Video

Last March 18th, Bella Diva Dance held a fundraiser activity to benefit Verifica program at Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret. Verifica is a community-based program proven to stop human traffickers by creating awareness and recognition of tactics sex-trade recruiters use to lure, exploit, and ultimately kidnap teenagers in marginalized communities.

Traffickers prey on innocent teenagers from vulnerable communities. They often pose as recruiters with promises of employment in distant cities and then sell their victims into slavery in the sex-trade or forced labor. By combining awareness with special tactics, Verifica exposes traffickers before they can exploit the innocent without risk to the targeted teams or the community. Verifica is designed primarily for international communities as its systems counter the specific methods used by traffickers outside the United States, by targeting the ‘supply’ side of the sex-trade from and economic viewpoint.

PIER Verifica Outreach Colombia   PIER Verifica Training Honduras

PIER Institute is the exclusive licensing and certification agent for the Verifica program. Licensing fees are 100% tax-deductible in the US. Once implemented, there is no cost to sustain the program and Verifica is 100% administered and maintained by the communities it serves.

Verifica Fundraiser Dola Re Dola Performance

Here is a fragment of one of the presentations held that day. This fusion of Bollywood and Belly Dance performance is danced to the music of Dola Re Dola. This is a song from the Indian romantic drama film Devdas, from 2002. This song was a hit as the scene in the movie shows a unique dancing duet between two widely recognized actresses of the Bollywood era: Aishwayra Rai and Madhuri Dixit. The song is sung by Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shreya Ghoshal & K.K. Enjoy the video!

 

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