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DONNA OEFINGER Donna Oefinger is the creative director and choreographer for Axé Didé. She has studied with many renowned Cuban and Brazilian teachers, including her primary teachers from Cuba, Teresita Dome Perez, Jose Francisco Barroso, Ysidro Valor Perez, and Juan DeDios, and from Brazil her mentor Rosangela Silvestre. Donna has been performing dance since childhood and teaching dance in the Portland area since 1999. She has performed as a dancer and drummer with various groups, such as Omo Ire, Lions of Batucada, Milagro Bailadores, Black Angel, Jujuba, Interplanet Janet, and Axé Didé. Donna teaches all levels of experience and ages in a challenging and exuberant environment. Her community classes are held at Center Space and she is available for teaching and performing in public and private schools throughout Oregon and Washington. Oefinger is also Co-director of Center Space, a Portland studio and gallery that is home to classes in dance, tai chi, drumming, and other workshops in various movement forms, as well as a space for art exhibitions. |
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