Brazilian Fantasy's dancers are globally admired for their talent, beauty and stage presence. Amongst our team we have six 1st place title holders of the "Rainha Da Bateria" crown (Queen of the Drums) in samba competitions both in London and Internationally- the most of any European Samba Team.
We are the only Brazilian Show company in the UK who rehearse together week in week out all year round, providing our dancers with the highest standards of professional training and fully choreographed performances to create an elite samba team.
DIRECTOR, CHOREOGRAPHER
Founder, Director and Choreographer of Brazilian Fantasy, Dahlia has trained and performed samba since 2002, and founded Brazilian Fantasy in 2010 with the vision of creating the most professional and luxurious Brazilian Carnival Show company in the UK.
She has won the first place title “Rainha Da Bateria” (Samba Queen) in the European open samba competition at Coburg International Samba Festival. She travels to Brazil regularly to train in samba at pro level and has paraded several times in Rio Carnival as a passista (technical samba dancer in carnival parade). She has choreographed and performed in many high profile shows, highlights including Jax Jones Stadium Tour, Channel 4's Comedy Gala and BBC "Sounds Like A Friday Night' with Demi Lovato & Stefflon Don.
Dahlia is passionate about promoting authentic samba culture in the UK and as a part of this she runs a non-profit bringing the best samba teachers from Brazil to London to hold dance workshops.
DANCER
Stunning Professional Samba Artists with the most professional Luxury Brazilian Carnival show in London and the world.
One of the original Brazilian Fantasy members and our most charismatic and sought after performer. Helga's model looks and incredible physique combined with her incredible samba and outgoing personality and exuberance on stage make her our most in demand dancer.
She has won the European samba title 1st place at the Coburg Samba Festival (Rainha de Bateria) as well as 2nd place with London's Paraiso School of Samba. She has performed high profile samba shows for the BRIT Awards, and the Capital FM Summertime and Jingle Bell Ball at Wembley Stadium.
DANCER
Yanilda is a professional showgirl and dancer born in the Dominican Republic. She began her studies of contemporary dance and jazz at the Plaza de la Cultura Candido Bidò at 8 years of age. 7 years later she became the director and choreographer of their ballet, hip hop, commercial jazz, samba and classical ballet workshops, and won the artistic career award as Best Dancer of the Year.
For 7 years she performed as principal dancer of the best show in the Caribbean, "Bravissimo Show". She has also represented the Dominican Republic Ministry of Tourism performing throughout Mexico.
We are delighted to exclusively represent Yanilda for Samba shows in the UK.
Lomasi
DANCER
Lomasi began dancing and performing at a young age, starting in Street and Musical Theatre. She later found a love for Latin Dance, and has been training and performing in Cuban salsa and Brazilian Samba for the past 4 years.
Lomasi has worked as a dancer on a variety of TV productions and Film for the past 6 years such as Britain’s got Talent, and featured as a Latin dancer in James Bond "No Time To Die".
Amanda
DANCER
Amanda is native to Sao Paulo and was a passista for the famous Vat-Vai samba school from 2014-2018.
She has many titles to her name including the Queen of Coburg Samba Festival, she was also crowned the queen of Sao Paulo’s most famous carnival bloco the “Bloco Esfarrapado" and remained queen from 2015-2018.
On moving to London Amanda became a passista of London’s Paraiso School of Samba and paraded in Notting Hill Carnival.
She has the most incredible energy and stage presence, bringing the most fun to every show she performs at and is perfect for guest animation. A firm favourite with clients for her huge smile and charisma.
Katie
DANCER
Katie is an international professional dancer, showgirl and samba performer with an extensive career spanning cabaret, live entertainment, fashion and performance.
Katie trained in New York at the prestigious Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, completing a one-year international training programme, as well as training at Dance Theatre of Harlem through two of its summer programmes.
Her career took her to Paris, where she spent many years performing at the world-renowned Moulin Rouge as a showgirl and covering principal roles. She now works professionally as a samba dancer and showgirl, bringing together the energy and vibrancy of Brazilian-inspired performance with the elegance, glamour and stage presence developed throughout her cabaret career.
Alongside dance, Katie has worked internationally in modelling and fashion with renowned names including Jean Paul Gaultier, Hermès and Chanel.
Whether performing samba, showgirl or burlesque, Katie brings energy, glamour, musicality and a love of connecting with an audience to every performance.
Glen
DANCER, CHOREOGRAPHER
Originally from Ecuador, Glen is the epitome of Latin flavour and energy. Having trained in Brazilian samba for over 8 years, Glen has become one of the most requested dancers in the UK for his performance, explosive energy and ability to engage and interact with the audience. Glen also has an extensive background training in commercial jazz, salsa, bachata, reggeaton, Bollywood and hula; making him a well rounded entertainer.
Glen has performed across the UK for a variety of TV productions and high-profile events such as: Channel 4 Comedy Gala, Britain's Got Talent 2018, Jack Whitehall training days, Michael McIntyre's Big Show at the Apollo Theatre, Royal Mail Pride Campaign; as well as performing internationally in China, Morocco and Spain.
Glen is a well known, charismatic and show-stopping performer, who will bring his fierceness and high energy to your events.
DANCER
With dance training from the age of 8 in various styles, Hannah now specialises in samba and is an admired passista, teacher and choreographer for the London School of Samba. She also teaches for the Brighton School of Samba.
Hannah has spent time in Brazil training with one of the top samba schools in Rio de Janeiro and also trained individually with the great samba master and choreographer in Brazil, Carlinhos de Salgueiro. Her high profile events have included The British Red Cross Fundraising Gala, performing at the International Cartier Polo Event for 18 000 people including Prince Philip, Channel 4's Sunday Brunch, Sony, parading at Notting Hill Carnival and performing at the Coburg Samba Festival with London School of Samba
DANCER
Kanika has been dancing Samba for 12 years, training with London School of Samba, where in 2014, she won the Rainha da Bateria (Queen of the Drums) competition. She has received private tuition from Carlinhos do Salgueiro, one of the most sought after teachers and Choreographers in the Samba world.
Kanika has been performing at Coburg International Samba Festival in Germany since 2011 and has travelled to Aalborg Carnival in Denmark, Sibiu International Theatre Festival in Romania, and to Hong Kong for Chinese New Year to perform samba. Kanika was also selected to perform as a Passista at the Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.
Yazzmin
DANCER
Yazzmin is a passionate samba dancer and musician with over ten years of experience entertaining audiences worldwide. Crowned Rainha da Bateria (Queen of the Drums) by both the London School of Samba and Liverpool’s Brazilica Festival. Her skills were also recognised with a 2nd place finish at the Coburg Samba Festival, the largest and most prestigious samba festival in Europe.
Yazzmin has danced around the world from Hong Kong to Ibiza to the Maldives. She has performed for royalty as well as on multiple tv shows and danced with pop band Friendly Fires, and acclaimed DJ and producer Jax Jones at numerous events. Yazzmin’s love for samba and her ability to connect with audiences make her a true ambassador of this art form.
Stefania
DANCER
Dance always played a huge role in Stefania's life, training in ballet from age 9 and performing at a national level.
She took her first samba class 14 years ago and fell in love with it, and samba quickly became her true calling and a huge part of her life. She is the current Rainha de Bateria (Queen of the Drums) for Paraiso Samba School in London for the second year running!
Stefania joined Paraiso School of Samba in 2017, where she is currently a passista. Since then, she traveled to Brazil regularly to train with some of the best samba directors, and has paraded several times in Rio Carnival with priominent schools such as Cubango, Imperio da Tijuca (where she held a Musa position for three consecutive years), and most recently the prestigious Rio "Grupo Especial" (top samba schools) Paraiso do Tuiuti and Vila Isabel, where she is currently a passista.
Zeno
DANCER
Zeno's origins in traditional Congolese Dances as well as street dance, dancehall and funk paved the perfect foundation for his movement into dancing samba professionally. He has performed in several large dance productions in his native Belgium including Top Model Europe.
Since 2020 his focus has been in training samba in London with Brazilian Fantasy as well as some of the world's top Samba professors from Brazil.
An incredibly entertaining and engaging character, Zeno's lively energy lights up every room and makes him a firm favourite Brazilian Fantasy performer.
Caroline
DANCER
Caroline has been a passionate samba dancer for many years with her love for samba taking her to parade in the Rio Carnival as a passista, the most accomplished technical samba dancers in the school.
She has danced with Brazilian Fantasy for 4 years travelling the world and performing at high profile events.
Her infectious smile and energy on stage embody the true joy of samba and bring happiness to every event.
Claudia
DANCER
Claudia is an international dancer and signed agency model from Venezuela. She's a pro at samba, with unmatched samba no pé skills that she started developing over 7 years ago training in London and Brazil.
In 2019, Claudia paraded as a passista (technical samba dancer) Notting Hill Carnival, and the following year, in Rio de Janeiro as an International Passista for Imperio da Tijuca at the official Carnaval
In 2023, Claudia spent 7 months training samba in Rio de Janeiro, predominantly with the famous Carlinhos de Salgueiro.
Claudia brings energy, joy, and sass to every performance, always leaving the crowd wanting more!