Embodied Dialogues: Legacies of Freedom in African Brazilian Dance Convened by Professor of Dance, Ava LaVonne Vinesett, this forum centers the significance of dance in making Afro Brazilian thought, creativity, experiences, memories, imagination and existence visible. The Duke Dance Program, with support by the Duke Brazil Initiative and Latin American and Caribbean Studies, welcomes scholar/choreographer, Moving Spirits, Inc. founder and author of Giving Life to Movement: The Silvestre Dance Technique, Tamara L.