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4worldlovers: Vika S. Hernandez is a dance artist from San Diego, CA. She holds a Masters of Arts in Global & International Studies with an emphasis on Global Culture and Religion. Her unique dance projects and classes investigate and explore how cosmology shapes our understanding of the universe as well as our understanding of the human body. With over 16 years of practice, she incorporates somatic healing into her practice to offer road maps for empowerment and radical self love.

She is the founder and creative director of the International Women’s Day Arts+DanceXchange, an annual event celebrating women around the world while promoting environmental sustainability through dance, music, and educational arts workshops with a mission to build a meaningful connection to nature through community exchange. She credits her embodied knowledge from studying Afro-Brazilian dance and Capoeira with Mestre Mariano Silva for 15 years as well as her training in Bahia, Brazil where she trained capoeira with Mestre Angola and studied Orixa sacred dances, Afro-contemporary, Samba and Samba-Reggae at the Fundação Cultural do Estado da Bahia (Funceb) and Diáspora Art Center. She has performed professionally throughout Southern California, Miami Florida, and Salvador, Bahia Brazil.

In San Diego, she leads Sambamerica Dance Collective, an ensemble integrating various genres of dances from Latin America and offering an explosive and one-of-a-kind show in celebration of the human spirit.

4worldlovers: Take the first step on your dance journey today, and discover a new world of joy, confidence, health, energy and fun!

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Since 1947, our passion is helping to enrich lives – physically, mentally, emotionally and socially – through the positive, transforming power of dance. There are thousands of reasons why people start dance lessons… and once we show you how much fun ballroom dancing can be, we know you’ll want to keep coming back. From wedding dance instruction, a new hobby or way to connect with your partner, physical and emotional health, improving your social life…


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