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						<table id="IWS_WH_PageLayoutTable" style="WIDTH: 100%" ollayout="threespant"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2" rowspan="1"><div id="IWS_WH_Zone1"><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"><img height="0" src="/images/Featured%20Artists.jpg" style="WIDTH: 584px; HEIGHT: 129px" width="0"/></p><p align="center"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ffffff 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #ffffff 1px solid; MARGIN: 10px; BORDER-LEFT: #ffffff 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ffffff 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff2d5" class="iws_table"><tbody><tr><td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ffffff 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #ffffff 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ffffff 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ffffff 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff2d5" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #310500; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #310500; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font color="#310500"><strong>Vera Oliveira </strong>- S<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">ã</span>o Paulo, Brazil.</font></span></span></p><p align="left"><font color="#310500"> </font></p><p align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #310500; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><font color="#310500">Vera has a wealth of experience in modern, contemporary and traditional Brazilian dance and     choreography. She is the principal choreographer of the world famous youth performing arts group </font><a href="http://www.meninosdomorumbi.org.br/ingles" target="_blank"><font color="#310500">MENINOS DO MORUMBI</font></a><font color="#310500"> and founder of </font><a href="http://eresdeebano.spaces.live.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#310500">ERÊS DE ÉBANO</font></a><font color="#310500">. Vera has studied dance internationally including styles from Senegal, India, Switzerland, Bali, Belgium America and Argentina to name a few. Vera has dedicated her life to the research and development of dance and keeping these cultures and traditions alive by passing this knowledge on to her students. </font></span></p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"><img height="0" src="/images/vera%20foto%20copy.jpg" style="WIDTH: 426px; HEIGHT: 272px" width="0"/></p><p align="center"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #310500; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #310500; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">Photo - ERÊS DE ÉBANO - S<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">ã</span>o Paulo, Brazil</span></span></p>
