Rave Reviews for Let's Samba w/ The Girls From Ipanema

The reviews are in for Christiane Callil and The Girls of Ipanema. Read them to find out why this authentic Brazialian samba dancing supershow is one of the premiere events in Los Angeles.

Tracy Johnson

Los Angeles Times Life & Style

"There's no need to go to Rio--Carnival has exploded on the Los Angeles night life scene..."

Don Heckman

Los Angeles Times Calendar

"Christiane Callil comes on stage like a tropical whirlwind. Dressed in the colorful feathers, G-string and sparkling platform shoes of Brazilian Carnival, she is a study in kinetic motion, legs, arms and torso shaking in all directions."

Letter from Adolfo V. Nodal, General Manager

Cultural Affairs Department City of Los Angeles

"Your performance reminded the audience of the impromptu dance Carmen Miranda gave on V-J Day in 1945. You brought her spirit to life and made the whole event magical and memorable!"

Sharon Boorstin

Taste of Westside

"To one lively Brazilian song after another, the dancers sambaed and lambadaed at an awe-inspiring pace, the women in glittery G-strings and feather headdresses, the men in satin trousers. And boy can they move!"

Ernesto Lechner

Orange County Calendar.

"Callil's Carnival is a complex, carefully rehearsed spectacle that involves a dizzying number of costume changes, a five-piece band, eight dancers and a trio of batucada, or Brazilian percussionists.