The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Acadêmicos da Rocinha is a
samba school in
Rio de Janeiro
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, located in the neighborhood of
São Conrado
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on Bertha Lutz street.
History
The Academic Rocinha samba school comes from three
carnival
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s of
favela da Rocinha, the "Empire of the Topsail", "Young Blood" and "United Rocinha". The Scholars of Rocinha's symbol is the
butterfly
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, and the colors are blue, green and white.
It paraded for the first time as a
samba school in 1989 by Group 4 in
Intendente Magalhães in
Campinho, with the carnival
Joãosinho Trinta
João Clemente Jorge Trinta, better known as Joãosinho Trinta (23 November 1933 – 17 December 2011), was a Brazilian director of parades for Samba Schools in Rio de Janeiro during Carnival (carnavalesco).
Trinta is credited in changing the ...
. That year the school was crowned champion and ascended to the Joãosinho Trinta. Two more championships in a row by Group 3. in 1990 and Group 2 in 1991 led to Group 1 where it remained until 1996, when it won second place, which earned it the right to march for the first time in the Special.
Since 2002, the Academic Rocinha has remained in Group A and in 2005, with the plot "''Um mundo sem fronteiras''", the school became champion of the Grupo de acesso A. This guaranteed the right to march again in 2006 by the Grupo Especial. The school group finished the show with 371.7 points.
In carnival 2008, the auxiliary
Max Lopes debuted in a carnival at
Mangueira
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, Fábio Ricardo. That year Rocinha was runner-up, behind the
Império Serrano
The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Império Serrano is a samba school of the city of Rio de Janeiro, that was created on March 23 of 1947 after a disagreement of the extinct samba school Prazer da Serrinha. It was nine times champion of the ...
, the champion.
In 2009, the school of São Conrado honored cartoonist
J. Carlos with the plot ''has francesinha the hall .. The river in my heart'', getting 3rd place with 239 points, staying in the Grupo de acesso A 2010.
For Carnival 2010, Rocinha returned Fábio Ricardo to the carnival, seeking another access to the panel with the plot ''Ykamiabas'' (copyright), based on the book ''Ykamiabas - Daughters of the Moon, Women of the Earth''. It told the story of women warriors who came to the Amazon ten thousand years ago.
Persons who parade for the school
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Adriane Galisteu
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Biography
Galisteu was born in the city of São Paulo, daughter of Alberto Galisteu and Emma Kelemen, and lived until she was 18 years old ...
* Mônica Nascimento
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Luiza Brunet
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Patrícia Amorim
Patrícia Filler Amorim (born February 13, 1969 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Jewish Brazilian former Olympic freestyle swimmer and former president of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo. She is the first female president ever of the club, elected on Decembe ...
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Mel Fronckowiak
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Classifications
References
External links
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Official site
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Samba schools of Rio de Janeiro
Musical groups established in 1989