"The Earth Dance was composed in Porto Alegre - RS, in 2007, to be part of a CD with my compositions. I used themes from 2 Negro Dances that I composed in 2004: the Negro Dance V (for recorder and piano) and the Negro Dance VI (for clarinet, cello and piano), both were performed that year, as encores of chamber music recitals. The CD did not come out, but it inspired the creation of this piece that I have performed in several recitals. "