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Evandro Passos is a PhD candidate in Dance at the Federal University of Bahia. Researcher in Afro and African culture. Social Educator, dancer and choreographer. He teaches dance to children and teenagers in Vilas and Favelas in Brazil.

Evandro Passos is a dancer, choreographer, teacher and founder of Companhia Bataka. Born in Diamantina, he came to Belo Horizonte as a teenager. The first contact with the dance was in the native land with the traditional dances. In BH, he is part of the Folkloric Group Aruanda and also starts in classical dance. At that same moment, he has a definitive encounter with Marlene Silva and Afro dance, which changes his life and is a watershed that guides his career. It is at Marlene Silva's school that she performs in her first show, “Sangue e Raça”. From then on, he dedicates himself entirely to Afro dance, whether with a dancer, choreographer, researcher and teacher. In 1982 he founded Companhia Bataka, which is the subject of his master's degree at Unesp. He is also an actor with works in theater, television and cinema, and has a degree in communication. He is a professor at the Federal University of São João Del Rei and a member of UNESCO's International Dance Council (CID).