Drone image shows Joinville's Dance Parade, during the Dance Festival The Joinville Dance Festival, the largest city in Santa Catarina, took to the streets and brought together 5,000 dancers in a parade with choreographed wings, an exclusive soundtrack and 3.5 meter high inflatable dolls. On Saturday (25), participants occupied Avenida Beira-rio, one of the main streets in the city. ?Click and follow the g1 SC channel on WhatsApp See the Joinville Dance Festival schedule Oldest dancer in the festival's history shines on stage Dancers perform at the Dance Parade, during the Joinville Dance Festival Nilson Bastian/Disclosure The so-called Dance Parade took place in front of Centreventos Cau Hansen, the stage for many of the festival's performances. This was the fourth edition of the dancers parade. "We brought choreographed wings and the result was only possible due to the dedication of the wing coordinators and participants, who were engaged in choreography rehearsals. This made the parade even more exciting", declared Jay Alan Thomas, Dance Parade coordinator. The 37 groups in the choreographed wings were divided into the genres of popular dances, classical ballet, urban dances and jazz. The parade had the following structure: opening with Trenzinho da Dança presentation by Companhia de Dança Liliana Vieira, from Joinville, with the choreography "Filhos da Mata, Guardians de Jurema" — winner of the Brazilian Popular Dances genre - Junior Ensemble in the Competitive Exhibition of this 43rd edition of the Festival groups from the Dança na Escola Program inflatable dolls: the figures of Carlinhos de Jesus, Nutcracker and Jacaré Fritz tripods with icons of dance — ballerina, ballet dancer and hip hop dancer — punctuated the parade and reinforced the visual identity of the event. closing with 46 groups in the free wing one of the closing groups was from the Blumenau Oktoberfest, with groups and floats at the end, the public itself was invited to enter the avenue and parade Joinville Dance Festival runs until August 1st The Joinville Dance Festival, considered the largest in the world, started on July 20th. Works from almost all Brazilian states and countries such as Paraguay, Bolivia, Portugal, France and the United States were approved for this 43rd edition. In total, there will be 13 days of uninterrupted programming, which include the Opening Night, the Competitive Exhibition and the Gala Night. VIDEOS: most watched g1 SC in the last 7 days