Quenia Ribeiro is a dancer, choreographer and dance educator from Rio de Janeiro Brazil with over 25 years of experience in the field. Quenia has performed Samba and Afro Brazilian Dance throughout the United States and Europe. Her studies and experience in dance extend from Classical Ballet to the street Samba of Rio De Janeiro and back to the roots of Samba through Afro-Brazilian Folkloric Dance and Orixa movements rooted in Africa. Quenia has worked extensively as a movement teacher in the public and private school systems with children and teens in NYC and Brazil. Classes with Quenia include elements drawn from her background in Ballet as well as her 10 years of Capoeira training. She has conducted open classes at the Ailey Extension in New York City for 14 years being the first and only Brazilian teacher to implement Samba and Afro Brazilian dances at The Alvin Ailey Extension School.