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Rhythm of the First Capital — Bahia Folk Ballet and Dinner at Pelourinho

The strength of Afro-Brazilian dance in a lively scene, followed by an original dinner in the heart of Pelourinho.

Duration
Approximately 4 hours
Format
Private
Guide
Portuguese and English
Investment
On request
Dancers from the Bahia Folklore Ballet jumping during the maculelê, with drums at the back of the stage

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Overview

A night dedicated to what Bahia is most alive with: the Bahia Folkloric Ballet, founded in 1988 and the only professional folkloric dance company in Brazil, which has already been described by critics from The New York Times, alongside twenty companies from four continents, as the one that best translates black dance on stage. A private itinerary that combines this show with a signature dinner at Pelourinho — the Afro-Brazilian Bahia alive, pulsating in the present, on stage and at the table.

The experience

The tour begins with pick-up from the hotel, in a private vehicle with a guide. The first stop is for a shot of clove, a traditional spiced liqueur, whose spicy heat opens the night like a welcome toast. From there, you continue on foot through the hills and streets of Pelourinho, lit and alive, to a theater in the heart of the Historic Center, where the Bahia Folklore Ballet performance takes place: the live percussion is felt in the chest before being heard, the costumes explode with color under the stage lights, and the show brings together the dance of the orixás, capoeira, maculelê, samba de roda and the net pull in a single assembly. After the show, dinner takes place at Cuco Bistrô, in the charming Largo do Cruzeiro de São Francisco, in front of the Church and Convent of São Francisco — contemporary Brazilian cuisine with Mediterranean touches, the aromas reaching the table in a pedestrian square where, often, live music also plays. The night ends with return to the hotel.

Destaques

  • Welcome shot: cloves, Bahia's signature spicy liqueur
  • Night walk along the illuminated slopes of Pelourinho
  • Performance of the Bahia Folk Ballet, described by The New York Times as one of those that best translates black dance on stage
  • Dance of the orixás, capoeira, maculelê, samba de roda and hammock pull in a single show
  • Original dinner at Cuco Bistrô, at Largo do Cruzeiro de São Francisco, at Pelourinho

Book tonight and experience for yourself what led The New York Times to surrender to black Brazilian dance — a shot, an internationally acclaimed show and a signature dinner, all in a single night in the first capital of Brazil.

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