São Paulo Dance School
public dance school in São Paulo, Brazil
The São Paulo School of Dance (Portuguese: Escola de Dança de São Paulo - EDASP), also known as the São Paulo Municipal Theater Dance School (Escola de Dança do Theatro Municipal de São Paulo - EDTMSP) or the Municipal Ballet School (Escola Municipal de Bailado), is located in the Brazilian city of São Paulo. It is linked to the training center of the São Paulo Municipal Theater Foundation.
Currently run by Cristiana de Souza, the school is based in Praça das Artes and caters to around 800 students. It is one of the most traditional dance schools in Brazil and has trained generations of artists.
History
The São Paulo School of Dance was inaugurated on May 2, 1940, under the administration of Mayor Francisco Prestes Maia, as the Experimental School of Classical Dance (Escola Experimental de Dança Clássica). The aim was to establish an amateur corps de ballet focused on romantic classical ballet in order to meet the choreographic demands of the national and foreign operatic productions at the São Paulo Municipal Theater. In the first month, the group premiered the opera Aida.
It operated in one of the rooms at the Municipal Theater. In 1943, the school was transferred to the lower level of the Viaduto do Chá due to the need for more space to accommodate the growing number of students. Initially, it offered a course in Classical Dance for Children and Young People.
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