Educational Work

As an educator and artist, Vanessa Agle Isaac’s commitment is to the highest Educational Work

The educational work of Vanessa Isaac Dance Company is grounded in rigorous artistic practice and cultural inquiry. Through classes, workshops, and residencies, the company offers movement-based learning experiences that engage dancers and non-dancers across levels and backgrounds.

Educational programs emphasize embodied practice, musicality, rhythm, and body–mind awareness, drawing from Brazilian and Afro-Brazilian dance traditions alongside contemporary movement practices. These offerings provide participants with both technical training and cultural context, supporting breadth of movement experience and artistic development.

Teaching Approach

Educational work integrates movement exploration with structured techniques drawn from Contemporary Brazilian dance, Afro-Brazilian Orixás and elemental movement practices, Samba-Reggae, Afro-Blocos, and Samba-no-pé. These forms are approached as interconnected practices, offering dancers an understanding of their shared African roots while situating them within contemporary dance expression.

Through this integrated approach, participants explore rhythm, expression, coordination, and symbolic movement, developing tools that can be applied across performance, improvisation, and choreographic practice.

Institutions & Programs

Vanessa Agle Isaac has been invited as a guest teacher and educator at a range of international institutions and programs, including:

  • Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Monaco

  • Centre Momboye, Paris

  • University of California, Los Angeles

  • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Krishnamurti Foundation America – Oak Grove School

  • Gustafson Dance School (State Street Ballet Academy)

  • Cazadero Performing Arts Camp

  • International Samba Congress, Los Angeles

  • Capoeira Brasil Women’s Encounter, Los Angeles

  • California Brasil Camp

  • Mounier Center, Brussels

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