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Performance + Interactive Workshops
PERFORMANCES
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What the women Planted
Riverside 2026
The music Center LA
2025
Main St Takeover
2025
Two sold-out nights, standing ovations, and unforgettable moments! Catch a glimpse of What the Women Planted, Tropicaleiza’s powerful celebration of women’s stories, strength, and connection through dance, drumming, and storytelling. Full performance video coming soon!
Experience Tropicaleiza live at The Music Center in Los Angeles, in partnership with DRC in LA! This 15-minute performance + parade showcases our signature blend of Brazilian rhythms, powerful movement, and live drumming. Watch this exciting excerpt from our performance!
We took our rhythms to the streets! Tropicaleiza brought dance, live drumming, and infectious energy to the heart of Downtown Riverside for our annual Main Street Takeover, transforming the streets into a vibrant celebration of music, movement, and community!
ACDA NORTHWESTERN CONFERENCE 2025
GlobaL sisterhood tour
ERLANGEN, GERMANY 2024
Sisterhood
Palm Springs 2024
From a powerful 30-minute opening performance and conference blessing to inspiring master classes and a high-energy closing celebration where participants joined us in dance and drumming. This Nor Cal tour, also included a performance in San Francisco.
Tropicaleiza proudly represented the City of Riverside on The Global Sisterhood Tour 2024, Through five performances and interactive master classes, we celebrated culture, connection, and the power of sisterhood across borders!
Tropicaleiza has been honored with multiple invitations to the International Dance Festival in Palm Springs! In 2024, we presented Sisterhood and led inspiring master classes, celebrating women's strength, individuality, and connection across cultures.
she her us 2day premier Riverside 2022
TedXwomen Bold+ Brilliant 2019
trolley dances riverside 2018
She Her Us, Tropicaleiza's immersive production of dance, live drumming, and storytelling, transported audiences through stories of legacy, ancestry, hope, and triumph. The production continued with a performance at Glendale's historic Brand Library and returned in 2024 with She Her Us: The Encore.
Bold. Brilliant. Unapologetically Powerful! Tropicaleiza took the stage at TEDx Women: Bold + Brilliant in Palm Springs in 2019, celebrating women's strength, individuality, and empowerment. Enjoy these highlights from an inspiring event dedicated to amplifying women's voices!
Rain couldn't stop the rhythm! Commissioned for Trolley Dances Riverside, a site-specific work took a wild turn when rain forced us indoors! With a performance space just 1/3 of its intended size, we spontaneously adapted, transforming an unforeseen challenge into an intimate, high-energy celebration of dance, drumming, and creative spontaneity!
WORKSHOPS+EXPERIENCES
From stage to studio!
Our workshops and experiences bring Tropicaleiza's original performance repertoire to life, inviting participants to step inside the stories through dance, drumming, and storytelling. Tailored to all experience levels, each workshop is filled with creativity, connection, and a few unexpected surprises along the way!
Solstice Rising 2026
UCR Dance Dept 2026
Empowered Voices 2025
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A Return to Rhythm. A Return to You. ☀️
Tropicaleiza's annual summer solstice workshop invites participants of all experience levels on a transformative journey through dance, live drumming, storytelling, and cultural exploration. Filled with unexpected moments, connection, and collective joy, this one-of-a-kind experience celebrates the power and gifts we carry within.
No experience needed. Just bring your light!
Tropicaleiza brought the power of dance, drumming, and storytelling to UC Riverside for an engaging, hands-on workshop! Through rhythm, movement, and shared stories, participants explored cultural expression, creativity, and connection in an inspiring celebration of community and collective joy.
ACDA 2025
ACDA MASTER CLASSES 1.5hrs
Tropicaleiza brought its signature fusion joy, energy, dance and live drumming to ACDA through two dynamic master classes! An advanced-level dance workshop challenged participants with intricate rhythms, powerful movement, and original repertoire, while a mixed-level drum and dance workshop invited everyone to experience the exhilarating connection between rhythm and movement.
int'l dance Festival 2024
MASTER CLASS 1.5hrs
Movement meets rhythm! Tropicaleiza led an exhilarating master dance class accompanied by live drumming, challenging participants to explore musicality, dynamic movement, and the powerful connection between dancer and drum.
Germany 2024
THE GLOBAL SISTERHOOD TOUR 2hrs
Rhythm knows no borders! As part of our 2024 Global Sisterhood Tour, Tropicaleiza brought Brazilian dance, drumming, and storytelling to Germany through interactive master classes. A vibrant cultural exchange celebrating movement, connection, and the universal language of rhythm!
Power in your hands 2023
DANCE, DRUM STORYTELLING 3hrs
This beginner-friendly intensive invited participants on an immersive journey through dance, drumming, and storytelling, exploring the powerful message that the power is in your own hands. Through creative expression, collective energy, and a few unexpected surprises, participants discovered their own strength, voice, and the joy of bringing a story to life!
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EMPOWERED VOICES | THE RHYTHM WITHIN
An immersive three-day intensive designed to challenge, inspire, and empower! Through dynamic dance, live drumming, storytelling, and creative exploration, participants deepen their artistry, discover new dimensions of self-expression, and strengthen their connection to the collective. A powerful journey of rhythm, growth, and sisterhood for dancers ready to take their experience to the next level.
Univ. of Redlands 2024
DANCE, DRUMMING + STORYTELLING 2hrs
Tropicaleiza brought the joy of rhythm, movement, and storytelling to the University of Redlands through an engaging, beginner-friendly workshop! Participants explored dance, live drumming, and original performance repertoire in an interactive experience celebrating creativity, cultural expression, and the power of connection. No experience necessary just an open mind and a willingness to explore!
Palm Springs 2019
MASTER CLASS 1.5hrs
Feel the rhythm, live! Tropicaleiza brought its signature energy to the Palm Springs Dance Festival with a dynamic master dance class powered by live drumming. Participants explored an original repertoire in an immersive experience where music and movement become one!
dance in Progress LA 2019
DANCE, DRUMMING & STORYTELLING INTENSIVE
Three hour advanced rhythm, movement, and discovery! Tropicaleiza's immersive Los Angeles intensive invited participants to step inside our original performance repertoire through dance, live drumming, and storytelling. Blending technique, creativity, and a few unexpected surprises, this hands-on experience celebrated individual expression, collective energy, and the power of bringing stories to life!