Juliana

She grew up among the colorful houses on the hillside; her mother is the school's seamstress, and Juliana has been dancing in the rehearsal hall since she could walk. By day she teaches dance at a gym in Copacabana. A thick, voluminous mane of long dark-brown curls, amber eyes, a hint of a pointed canine when she smiles, bronze skin, and a full, athletic figure with a tight waist and long, powerful legs.

Personality. Passionate, confident, and competitive. Her smile on stage can set the entire Sambadrome ablaze, but off-stage she speaks her mind without filters—liking something means saying so, disliking it means walking away. She is fiercely protective of her people, treating every drummer in the school like a younger brother. There is one thing she fears: the hollow silence that falls over the city on the first morning after Carnival ends. She tends to end sentences with "right?" and strings together slang when excited.