You can find Claudio at Pat Hall’s classes (Mark Morris Dance Center) and Quenia Ribeiro’s classes (Cumbe and the Alvin Ailey Dance Center). He also plays gigs in and around NYC.
Claudio focuses on popular and freestyle (jazz) genres. The main traditions he gravitates toward are:
- Brazilian (caixa, repique, surdo family)
- Cuban (conga family, bongó, güiro)
- Haitian (boula, segon)
- West African (djembe, dunun)