WE BELIEVE
IN
TEACHING
AFRO-LATIN DANCE
THAT CELEBRATES INCLUSION
HONORS LEGACY
and uplifts
MARGINALIZED VOICES
AND ART
AND ART
ORO is an Afro-Latin dance company in Austin, TX that uplifts the magic of Afro-rooted art forms, cultivating healing, empowerment, and inclusivity through rhythms and movement.
TRAIN & PERFORM
DROP-IN CLASSES
Our weekly classes are open to everyone! Each class centers on syllabus and technique training to expand dancers' repertoire. Summer classes include: Salsa on 2 footwork and partnering, and Traditional Bachata footwork and partnering.
Open to all levels - class can be divided into different levels when needed
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SERIES INTENSIVES
Our series intensives focus on deepening students' knowledge and refining technique within a particular dance area. Series intensives are designed to help our dancers advance through syllabus, improve musicality, refine technique, and understand the social and historical context of a particular dance style.
Level specific depending on intensive
FALL Teams
Teams are a five-month journey of body awareness, self-exploration, and expression. Each team of dancers trains on 2 salsa technique as well as a variety of Afro-Latin styles. Everyone learns a fusion choreography and the experience culminates with performances at multiple local Austin socials, and an optional finale performance at a salsa congress.
Open to all levels
GOLDEN salsa team
Our golden advanced - a salsa on-2 performance team that focuses on building salsa on 2 repertoires, refining technical execution, and developing stage presence. Focusing on footwork routine during the Spring season and partnering in the Fall, this 5-month team is meant to challenge intermediate dancers and push them to the next level of their salsa journey.
Level - Intermediate/Advanced
WHO WE ARE
We are a collective of diverse, passionate and absolutely unique dancers. Each of us brings different dance styles to our practice, grounded in empowerment with a deep value on uplifting marginalized people and celebrating diverse expressions, making our performances and instruction one of a kind.
THE DIRECTORS
Angie and Audrey are a married, queer, non-binary dance couple. Born and raised in the Caribbean, together they specialize in Afro-Latin dances. By uplifting Afro-rooted art forms and breaking the traditional binary roles in partner dance, they aim to represent, and inspire marginalized people who want to be leaders in inclusive and creative spaces.
They began their work together in Boston, MA in 2016 while teaching for Hyde Square Task Force (HSTF), where they touched the lives of hundreds of immigrants and inner city youth. At this art-based youth development organization, they helped direct El Barrio, a production on Boston gentrification, and Raíces, a compilation of folk stories originating from Indigenous and African culture in Latin America. Angie and Audrey also founded and led HSTF’s alumni salsa troupe, Oshun, where they choreographed Afro-Latin dance pieces and performed all over the greater Boston area. The couple also co-directed, choreographed, and performed in the original production Yo Soy Lola 2017 and 2018, a multimedia show that sought to rewrite the Latina narrative. Concurrently, Angie and Audrey also danced and coached at world-renowned Afro-Latin dance company Masacote until 2020. In early 2021, Angie and Audrey moved to Austin, TX to establish ORO Dance Company.
Together Angie and Audrey have performed and taught at several dance congresses across the U.S. and Canada. In 2022, they were featured on PBS’s Emmy-winning web series, If Cities Could Dance by KQEDArts.
They began their work together in Boston, MA in 2016 while teaching for Hyde Square Task Force (HSTF), where they touched the lives of hundreds of immigrants and inner city youth. At this art-based youth development organization, they helped direct El Barrio, a production on Boston gentrification, and Raíces, a compilation of folk stories originating from Indigenous and African culture in Latin America. Angie and Audrey also founded and led HSTF’s alumni salsa troupe, Oshun, where they choreographed Afro-Latin dance pieces and performed all over the greater Boston area. The couple also co-directed, choreographed, and performed in the original production Yo Soy Lola 2017 and 2018, a multimedia show that sought to rewrite the Latina narrative. Concurrently, Angie and Audrey also danced and coached at world-renowned Afro-Latin dance company Masacote until 2020. In early 2021, Angie and Audrey moved to Austin, TX to establish ORO Dance Company.
Together Angie and Audrey have performed and taught at several dance congresses across the U.S. and Canada. In 2022, they were featured on PBS’s Emmy-winning web series, If Cities Could Dance by KQEDArts.
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