Viver Brasil honors Brazil's African legacy through contemporary dance theater by utilizing Afro-Brazilian dance and music in performance, arts education and community and cultural exchange programs. With an arts base grounded in rigorous historico-cultural research, dialogue and exchange with current arts & culture masters, VB conveys contemporary representations of Afro-Brazilian dance that address 21st century issues of ancestry, humanity, race, and social equity. Based in Los Angeles, Viver Brasil was founded in 1997 under the artistic direction of Linda Yudin and Luiz Badaró. VB captivates audiences with its irrepressible blend of bold Afro-Brazilian dance theater and exuberant physicality, power, and passion drawn from orixa movement and rhythms, samba, forró, dança afro and bloco afro styles. The dancers unveil history, ignite the present, imagine and inflame the future. Vocalists become part of the action and musicians take polyrhythms to new heights.