NYC, Philly & DC: M Valmir's East Coast Tour

  
Get your recommended dose of Bahian axé (and probably a whole bunch of rasteiras and cabeçadas to boost your immune system) this winter.

Mestre Valmir of FICA-Bahia is in the United States and will be traveling around, visiting various schools, giving workshops and leading rodas.

M Valmir will preside at rodas to be held in the following cities at the following times on the following dates:

November 29
noon - 3 pm
FICA-NYC
six harmonies martial arts
232 7th av (between 23rd & 24th)
manhattan

December 12
2 pm - 6 pm
FICA-Philly
MLK Recreation Center
22nd and Cecil B. Moore Av
Philadelphia

December 13
9 am - noon  
FICA-DC
733 Euclid St, NW
Washington, DC

enjoy!
  

Remembering M Pastinha on November 13

    

Mestre Pastinha passed away on this day (November 13) in 1981 in the city of Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.

Let us remember him and celebrate his memory today - and every day - in our rodas and trainings all over the world. He lived his life to preserve what we enjoy today.

Here is a little memory of Pastinha, written by his great friend, the famous Bahian author, Jorge Amado. This comes from Amado's Bahia de Todos os Santos, a unique tour book of the city of Salvador that was published in 1941. Enjoy!

Mestre Vincente Pastinha is more than seventy years old. He is a small light-skinned man, of frightening agility, and uncommon strength. When he begins to “play”, everyone watching thinks, that poor old man with frizzy white hair will fall down in two minutes, knocked over by a young adversary or lack of his own breath. But, oh! There is much more to him than meets the eye! None of this happens. The adversaries come, one after the other, one young man, then another, then another, students or friends of Pastinha, and he beats them all and never tires, he never loses his breath, not even when he dances the “samba of Angola”.

The Escola de Capoeira Angola of Mestre Pastinha, is located on the ladeira do Pelourinho, in the square, on the first floor. From Thursday to Sunday they “play” in the school. But usually on Thursdays, the game is weaker, it is the new students who are training. On Sunday, the well-known capoeiristas come and the party starts in the afternoon.

If you visit Bahia, you should not miss the extraordinary show that is Mestre Pastinha playing capoeira to the sounds of the berimbau in the center of his school. And when he is not playing, he does not rest. He takes a berimbau and leads the singing. For me, Pastinha is one of the important figures of popular life in Bahia. It is imperative to meet him, to talk to him, to listen to his stories, and above all, to see him “playing”, confronting young and vigorous adversaries and knocking them down one by one…

… we should talk about the School of Waldemar, on the Liberdade Highway, where, beyond meeting the mestre of the school, you will meet Traia, a thin, quiet caboclo, made of muscle, a great mestre of capoeira. To watch him play is truly an aesthetic pleasure. He looks like a dancer and only Pastinha himself can compete with him in the beauty of his movement, in agility, in the speed of his blows. When Traia cannot be found at Waldemar’s school, he is nearby at the School of Sete Molas, also in Liberdade. At these schools, the visitor can acquire lovely berimbaus, helping in the development of our national fight…

… But oh! I hope that you never get into a fight with one of these capoeiristas, because however strong you may be, I would not bet on you to win because I am certain that in one minute you would be laid out on the floor, at the disposition of a shining razor blade…

You may however become friends with either one of these and watch a presentation. These capoeiristas are very fine people…

Ie! Viva Pastinha!
    

Padova, Italy: December Workshops

    
l'associazione capoeira angola pernambuco
presents
Capoeira workshops in Padova, Italy
December 5 – 6
with the presence of Contramestre Gato Preto and Professor Zequinha
website
website
capoeirapadova (at) gmail (dot) com
please confirm your presence at least one week before the event

laters,
staff associazione capoeira angola pernambuco

professor zequinha
+39 338 80 00 353
nadia
+39 349 87 43 945

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l'associazione capoeira angola pernambuco organizza
stage capoeira a Padova
5-6 dicembre 2009
con la presenza : contramestre Gato Preto
e professor Zequinha
website
capoeirapadova (arroba) gmail (ponto) com
si prega la conferma almeno una settimana prima

professor zequinha
+39 338 80 00 353
nadia
+39 349 87 43 945
    

Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil: Roda in Honor of M Pastinha

      

A note from Olinda, Pernambuco:

Grupo São Bento Pequeno

Roda de Capoeira Angola
in honor of
Mestre Pastinha

Beco do Bajado
Olinda, Pernambuco

11-13-09
friday, 7 pm

Professor Baixinho: 81 9696 7194
website

Have fun!                    

Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil: Peace Roda with M Virgílio

         

The Association Capoeira Angola Mucumbo (A Associação de Capoeira Angola Mucumbo, A.C.A.M) invites all to attend its 8th Encounter of Capoeira Angola – Peace Roda 2009.

The Peace Roda is an event organized by Mestre Virgílio de Ilhéus and has already become an important tradition of Capoeira Angola in the city Ilhéus. This year on November 5 and 6 the event will include Capoeira Angola workshops with Mestres: Jogo de Dentro (Grupo Semente do Jogo de Angola – BA), Plínio (Angoleiro Sim Sinhô – SP) and Bel (Malungo Centro de Capoeira Angola – BA) – as well as open rodas in Olivença Square and the Ilhéus Cathedral Square.

For Mestre Virgílio, the Peace Roda is a symbol of union, reflection and thankfulness. “It will be a great moment for the Capoeira Angola community in Ilhéus.”

Schedule (attention: space is limited!)
Saturday, 12/05
8 – 10 am, Registration
10 am – noon, Movement Workshop
noon – 3 pm, Break
3 – 5 pm, Movement Workshop
7 pm, Roda - Olivença Square

Sunday, 12/06
10 am – noon, Movement Workshop
7 pm, Peace Roda 2009 - Ilhéus Cathedral Square

Cost:
single workshop = R$20,00
two workshops = R$30,00
three workshops = R$45,00 + an event t-shirt

For more information, visit the website
or contact: capoeiramucumbo (at) yahoo (dot) com (dot) br

Thanks to Paulo for the information.
         

Ilha de Itaparica, Brasil: Angoleiros da Mar Event in January

           
A note from Angoleiros do Mar:

Yeahhhhhh capoeiristas de todo mundo ..

Capoeiragem na Ilha de Itaparica
Angoleiros do Mar

January 15 – 17, 2009
Barra Grande, Ilha de Itaparica

Costs:
R$80,00 - 3 days
R$60,00 - 2 days
R$40,00 - 1 day

Camping (Saturday & Sunday)

Invited Guests:
Mestres:
Marcelo Angola (Angoleiros do Mar)
Lua Rasta (Tribo da Lua)
Claudio (Angoleiros do Sertão)
Ivan (Santo Amaro)
Torito (Salvador)
Barteló (Angoleiros da Serra)

Contra-mestres:
Luciano (Malta da Serra)

Professores:
Sapoti (Bando Tupinambá)
Ricardo (Zimba)
V.O. (ACANNE)
Calça Furada e Oriquerê (Angoleiros do Sertão)
Adilson (Angoleiros da Serra)

Professores from the Angoleiros do Mar family:
Fubuia (França)
Mandela (Japão)
Guaxini
Gigante
Daniel Cachaça (Minas Gerais)
JP
Peixe frito
Macarrão
Tarzan
Grilo (Espanha)


And more invited guests.

Guaxini's website
Angoleiros do Mar website
           

New York City, USA: Kids Roda in December

    

FICA NY - Youth Roda
a special roda for youth and their families. all groups, all ages, all levels are more than welcome. you are especially invited.

FICA NY @six harmonies martial arts
232 7th av (between 23rd & 24th)
manhattan
sunday, dec 6th
noon-3

a short chat (bate papo) about the ritual and expectations of the roda along with some q&a, a couple hours of play and some snacks and post roda jams (of course) to round it all out.

i hope you'll all put this into your schedule. bring your kids, bring the neighbors kids and bring the best of your energy

feel free to call puck or myself with any questions...

njoli 551 574 0644
puck 917 971 7980

Also (posted earlier):

Mestre Jurandir
nov 16th @ 440 studios
440 lafayette (near astor pl)
manhattan
7pm-9pm

nov 17th @ six harmonies martial arts
232 7th av (between 23rd & 24th)
manhattan
7pm-9pm

Mestre Valmir
nov 23rd @ 440 studios
440 lafayette (near astor pl)
manhattan
7pm-9pm

nov 24th @ six harmonies martial arts
232 7th av (between 23rd & 24th)
manhattan
7pm-9pm

nov 29th @ six harmonies martial arts
232 7th av (between 23rd & 24th)
manhattan
roda
12pm-3pm

Thanks to Njoli for the information.
   

Lima, Peru: Going-Away Party, Roda & Feijoada

    
Capoeira Angola Workshops – Brazilian Party & Felijoada!
Going-away party for Treinel Leninho, who is going back to Brazil.

Saturday, Nov 7
José Galvez 588, Miraflores
contact: capoeira (dot) Angola (dot) peru (at) gmail (dot) com

Schedule:
5 pm: Capoeira Angola workshop
7 pm: roda!
8:30 pm: raffle with prizes. Surprise presentation & dance party with feijoada (Dj Boggito and DJ Pishtaco)

Donation:
30 soles, workshop (includes a plate of feijoada)
8 soles, raffle (includes a plate of feijoada)
we’ll be selling beer & caipirinhas

Axé!
FICA Peru
Study Group

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Taller de Capoeira Angola - Fiesta y rica Feijoada* Brasilera!
Como despedida a nuestro Treinel Leninho que vuelve a Brasil.

Programacion:
-. 5pm: taller intensivo de capoeira angola: movimientos, musica y fundamentos.
-. 7.00pm: roda de capoeira angola
-. 8.30 pm: sorteo (habran premios!) , Performace sorpresa y feijoada bailable (con DJ Boggito y DJ Pishtaco)

Donacion:
-Taller intensivo de capoieira angola y musica: 30 soles (incluye 1 plato de feijoada)
-Rifa: 8 soles (incluye 1 plato de feijoada)
-Se venderan chelas y caipirinhas.

AXE,

FICA Peru
Grupo de Estudio

Thanks to Fiorella for the information.
   

Oakland, California, USA: A Visit from M Cobra Mansa

Mestre Cobra Mansa will be in Oakland, California leading classes in late November.

Who: M Cobra Mansa
What: Capoeira Angola Classes
Where: FICA-Oakland space, 2513 Magnolia Street Oakland, CA 94607
Why: Because we like it
&
When: November 27 - 29

Contact: danielmattar12 (at) hotmail (dot) com or call: 510 684 4797
website

New York City, USA: Mid-November Events

Two separate mestre visits happening in New York City in mid-November. Have fun!

November 16 & 17
A rare opportunity to take advantage of a wealth of Capoeira Angola knowledge, history and practice. During this short visit to the states Mestre Jurandir will share his unique understanding through classes in music and movement

nov 16th @ 440 studios
440 lafayette (near astor pl)
7pm-9pm

nov 17th @ six harmonies martial arts
232 7th av (between 23rd&24th)
7pm-9pm

November 23 & 24
Mestre Valmir comes to visit us here in New York during one of his rare trips to the U.S. How lucky we are to have him with us here during the Thanksgiving holiday week. Through Salvador and beyond, Mestre Valmir is famed for his his musical ability, his grace, creativity and profundity. I hope you will all take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to connect with one of this period's great mestres of Capoeira Angola.

nov 23rd @ 440 studios
440 lafayette (near astor pl)
7pm-9pm

nov 24th @ six harmonies martial arts
232 7th av (between 23rd&24th)
7pm-9pm

Salvador, Brazil: Cultural Fair at CECA of M João Pequeno

Cultural Fair: ARTE DE APRENDER
"92 years of art and life"

CAPOEIRA
ART
HANDICRAFTS
POETRY
CULTURE
ARTS WORKSHOPS

With the goal of fostering a fertile space to exchange ideas about art and culture, the Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola – CECA, Academia do Mestre João Pequeno de Pastinha (Forte do Santo Antonio) is organizing a Cultural Fair with activities that cross different artistic languages, including workshops of capoeira, dance, body percussion, instrument-making and workshops led by artisans who work with recyclables to craft dolls and sculptures. Beyond the offered workshops, there will be an artisans’ fair, a capoeira roda led by M João Pequeno de Pastinha, video screenings concerning aspects of regional culture, and the release of a DVD of the tribute event for Mestre Ferreirinha.

Place:
Academia de João Pequeno de Pastinha, Rua Barão do Triunfo, s/n
Forte de Santo Antonio (Largo do Santo Antonio)
Tel:(071)33230708;88331469; 87464161;81159235

When & where:
06 de novembro a partir das 14:00hs
7 e 8 de novembro a partir das 10:00hs

Free admission
Register: feirartedeaprenderajpp (at) hotmail (dot) com
website

Rio de Janeiro: Capoeira Book Release

Dear Friends,

We invite you all to participate this Saturday, October 31 in a unique event that will unite the literature, capoeira, and samba communities.

All in one place:Livraria Largo das Letras e Federação dos Trabalhadores Cristãos do Rio de Janeiro.

Mauricio Barros de Castro (one of the event organizers) will be autographing his book, Capoeira, a collection of interviews with Mestres past and present, all true references of this Afro-Brazilian tradition.

There will be a roda with Grupo N'Golo (Mestre Jose Carlos) that will include the presence of mestres, contramestres, and many capoeiristas from the Carioca capoeira community who will be at the event. We will close the event in grand style with a Samba de Raiz do "Samba do Chapeu".

It will be worth it!
Mestre Carlão

Azougue Editorial & Livraria Largo das Letras
invites you to

The release of the book –
CAPOEIRA

Organization
Frede Abreu
Maurício Barros de Castro

Schedule of Events
- traditional capoeira roda with Grupo de Capoeira Angola N’golo
- samba do chapéu
- release of book

Dia 10/31/2009
11 am – 5 pm

Place: Livraria Largo das Letras
Rua Almirante Alexandrino,
Largo dos Guimarães – Santa Teresa
Tel: 2221-8992
website

Zebras in the City: Art & Capoeira in NYC

The creation of a banner representing a group or school is a significant undertaking. How does one create an image that encompasses hundreds of years of history, potential for the future, group history, group location, your native language (and some Portuguese if it is not your native tongue), an art form as rich and wide as capoeira (all those moves! all those instruments!), a bit of philosophy, plus perhaps an enthusiastic zebra or two?

Clearly, many decisions have to be made, but what you end up with should just about represent the essential of your group - its individual characteristics as well as its place within the larger community. Recently, FICA-NYC artists Duhirwe Rushemesa and Michael Loughlin developed a banner for their group. Group leader Njoli (who shares the responsibility with Puck) asked them to write a little about:

almost a year ago our two resident artists, Duhirwe Rushemesa and Michael Loughlin, designed a beautiful banner for the group and gave us all the opportunity to participate in its crafting. i asked them to do a short write up about the ideas and themes at work in the image and thought it would be nice to share with everyone.
thanks to you and to them,
-n-

FICA NY - Study Group Banner
A Brief Description of Its Themes by Michael Loughlin:

I believe the banner we created for fica ny is a call to arms, an image that lets people know that fica has arrived and wants to be heard in the great city of New York!

The iconic image of the empire state building is the center piece of the impressive new york skyline, hence it is used to symbolized that we are alive in the heart of this city. The fica logo is indeed iconic in its own right thus it is symbolized as being larger than the city for all to see and bring attention to the group that has established itself here.

The use of zebras in the foreground is to represent animals from the birth place of Capoeira Angola, Africa, and to demonstrate just how far the art has migrated. The zebras seem out of place yet blend into the city. The fica logo also shares the image of the zebra as if it were playing along with the capoerista. Thus it is an image that solidifies that we are all animals roaming this interesting city and planet.

The overall style was created to look loose and fluid. The buildings are not square and no line is truly straight, they are there yet transparent. The city is obviously new york yet it is done in a gestural style that gives it movement and life, not rigid and grounded. The stylized quality used is to mimic the beauty and fluidity found at the heart of capoeria.

The colors used in the banner are that of the typical colors used in Fica unifying our group with a global society that is interested in enriching the lives of many throught the spirit of dance and sing! The color blue is used as a mark of uniqueness, a slight touch of hand that signals a sense of life and artistic freedom to accent. The color is sharp and vibrant in hopes of catching the eye and enlivening the surrounding.

The banner was created to give a sense of pride and spirit to those who train, play and sing in front of it. To establish a voice and pay homage to the art and beauty of Capoeira!

Many thanks to Duhirwe and Michael for their artwork, and to Njoli for passing it along. I have noticed over the years that Njoli really challenges his group with exercises like this - beyond just learning the movements and the music - that require reflection upon your growth as an individual within capoeira as well as your place in the capoeira community. That's really cool.

What does your logo, banner, or even group name say about you and your school? Its something interesting to consider.

Capoeira Angola Center Fall Newsletter

Wonder what's up with Mestre? Well, you can find out quarterly with the Capoeira Angola Center newsletter. Action-packed and in full-color, the newsletter lets you know where Mestre has been and where he is going (so you can be there, too).

Here is the text from this issue:

Once every season, we’ll keep you in the loop!
Welcome to the Capoeira Angola Center newsletter! In an eff ort to strengthen our community, we’ll welcome every season with a (re)collection of happenings -past and upcoming- to keep you up to date. This is a work in progress, and of course we welcome any feedback!

MESTRE JOAO GRANDE VISITS SAO PAULO
ON OCTOBER 01-04, 2009, Mestre João Grande participated of the III Encontro Zungu Capoeira - Resistência Cultural in the city of São Paulo. The event, hosted by the Escola Cultural Zungu Capoeira, had the presence of renowned angoleiros such as Mestre Ananias, Mestre Bigo (Francisco 45 de Pastinha), Mestre Russo de Caxias and Mestre Plínio. Many other Mestres and Contra-Mestres from São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro participated as well. Mestre João Grande enjoyed the many workshops, rodas and cultural presentations that took place during the event and was particularly pleased with the social work that the group, under the guidance of professor Cacá, provides for the under-served children of the region.

CAPOEIRA FESTIVAL in NYC
ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2009 The Brazilian Consul continued his promotion of capoeira as a National Heritage by hosting the Capoeira Festival in New York City. The event was held to recognize the importance of capoeira in Brazilian history with the distribution of the publication No. 14 of Texts From Brazil : Capoeira, along with the presence of Mestre João Grande, Mestre Camisa, Mestre Jelon Viera and Mestranda Edna Lima who were present for demonstrations and panel discussions during the event.

XV ANNUAL CAPOEIRA ANGOLA CONFERENCE (FICA), Jul-Aug 2009
DURING THE summer, Mestre João Grande travelled to Belo Horizonte, BZ where Mestre Cobra Mansa, Mestre Jurandir, and Mestre Valmir hosted their XV Annual International Encounter. The event was well attended and it brought together capoeristas from several different countries.

MESTRE’S UPCOMING TRIPS
oct 8-12 Texas, Dente de Ouro

dec 2-4 Los Angeles
N’golo Arts Preservation Society
Movement, Music, Songs, Rodas & Conversations with Mestre
info: ngolo.arts (at) gmail.com
facebook / myspace
phone: 424.200.4968

dec 5-7 Arizona
CAC Arizona
Movement, Music, Songs, Rodas & Conversations with Mestre
info: ngolo.arts (at) gmail.com
facebook / myspace
phone:_ Xango: 602.791.7545
Uncle James: 424.200.4968

Looking forward to the next one.

Washington, DC: Film Screening this Friday

Its going to be a red carpet affair - get out your top hat and fancy dinner gloves.

Please join us at the FICA-DC space this Friday, October 30, as our own Lucia Duncan will be screening three films she has made.

Here are the details:

Friday October 30 from 8 - 9:30 pm.
FICA/Emergence Community Arts Collective
733 Euclid St NW

"Olinda: World Cultural Heritage Site" 12 min, 2002
The viewer is introduced to the historic and scenic city of Olinda, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, through the perspective of native tour guides. Little by little, the daily life of the tour guides and the city is revealed, showing a side of the city that many prefer to ignore.

"Lord of Olinda" 20 min., 2004
For more than 60 years, the Lord of Olinda has been a colorful figure of Olinda's carnival.Intercutting scenes of his daily life and carnival appearances, O Lorde de Olinda blurs the line between person and character.

"Whales of Gold" 38 min., 2009
Tourism and conservation have brought profound change to a small fishing community on the San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Twelve-year-old Antonio negotiates between the different points of view of locals and outsiders about how to conserve the lagoon and sustain the livelihoods of the people who live there.

And of course, O Lorde never left the house without checking the blog.

Mainz, Germany: 4th Capoeira Angola Workshop

Fourth Capoeira Angola Workshop
with Mestre Valdec
12 Anos de Resistencia
November 13 - 15, 2009

Friday - November 13
6pm - 7pm Presentation
7pm - 9pm Roda de Capoeira Angola

Saturday - November 14
10 am - 1 pm Practice/Workshop
1pm - 3 pm Lunch Break
3 pm - 4:30 pm Practice/Workshop
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Roda de Capoeira Angola
8:30 pm Casual Get-together

Sunday - November 15
10:30 am - 12:30 pm Music Class (Instruments and Singing)
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Lunch Break
3:00 pm - Final Open Roda

All Events those three days will take place at the 'Inter-1 Saal' on the Mainz University Campus
Wittichweg 45, 55128 Mainz,Germany

For Information contact:
grupobantu (at) gmail (com) com
cell +49 0175 7709075
phone + 49 (0)6131 28 08 476

Registration Fees for the Entire Weekend: 50 Euros
For a single day: 20 Euros

Thanks to Lars for the translation from German. Thanks to Grupo Bantu for the flyer

Rancharia, SP, Brazil: Encounter with M Cláudio

Capoeira Angola Encounter with Mestre Cláudio from Bahia

Schedule of Events
Assis:
11/18 Wednesday
5 pm - Workshop & Hanging Out with M Cláudio and Angoleiros do Sertão
Place - Barracão Cultural.

Rancharia:
11/19 Thursday
9 am - Encounter with students of Projeto de Capoeira Municipal and time with M Cláudio and guests
Place - Quadra do CSU
7 pm - Children’s Workshop with Contramestre Xandão
8 pm – Workshop with M Cláudio, hanging out and samba de roda

Presidente Prudente:
11/20 Friday
7 pm – Time with M Cláudio
Place - Centro Cultural Matarazzo

11/21 Saturday
9:30 am - Capoeira - Os Angoleiros do Sertão and guests
Local-Calçadão de Pres. Prudente
6 pm – workshop with M Cláudio
Place - Centro Cultural Matarazzo

Rancharia:
11/22 Sunday
9:00 am – Capoeira- Os Angoleiros do Sertão and guests
Place - Praça da Baixada

Housing will be provided, please bring sheets/sleeping bag
Cost of event: R$40.00, includes all workshop

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Very cool. Have fun.

Brighton, UK: Workshops with M Laércio

Capoeira Angola Workshop with Mestre Laércio

Friday, Nov 6
7 – 9:30 pm
Capoeira at Middle Street School £10

Saturday, Nov 7
12 – 6 pm
Capoeira at Wagner Hall, Lewes Road, £15

Sunday, Nov 8
12 – 1:30 pm, Afro-Brazilian Dance, £8
2:30 – 7 pm, Capoeira and Roda, £15
Whole weekend, 35

Brazilian Quilombo Party @ the Cubar
5 Preston Street, Brighton BN1 2HN
Saturday, Nov 7
10 pm – 2 am
£3 for capoeiristas & in advance
£5 on the door

Contact: Ed, 07792 195 807

Brighton Capoeira Angola

Salvador & Recôncavo da Bahia: 3rd Capoeira Encounter

This event looks amazing. You can't miss it if you are in the area!

The 3rd Capoeira Encounter of the Recôncavo will honor Mestre Felipe de Santo Amaro de Purifcação, a significant mestre from the old guard, as well as an artisan and capoeira singer.

This is a traveling event that aims to show and give value to the existing movement between urban capoeira and the rural capoeira of the Bahian Recôncavo.

This event will take place in Salvador, Santo Amaro and Santiago do Iguape, a small village of fisherman and farming quiombolas from the 27th to the 29th of November, 2009.

Schedule of Events

11/27, Salvador
10 – Opening and reception with the children capoeiristas of Santo Amaro, students of Mestre Ivan (ACANA), at the Faculdade de Educação/UFBA
10h30 – Exhibition and discussion about the film “A CAPOEIRA DE UM MESTRE E O SEU BANDO ANUNCIADOR” in the Sala de Cinema da UFBA/Faced.
14h – Percussion Workshop with Mestre Lua / Praça do Pelourinho
16h – Educational activity for the kiddies (painting in honor of M Felipe)
18h - BANDO ANUNCIADOR parade with the children capoeiristas from Santo Amaro
20h - Roda de Capoeira at the Terreiro de Jesus
22h – Table of fruits and mingling following the roda

11/28, Santo Amaro
8 am – Leave for Santo Amaro
11 am – Arrival at the Praça da Matriz with a welcome roda
2:30 pm – Capoeira Angola Workshops with M Ivan and Maculelê Workshop with com Erisivaldo at the Barracão of M Ivan
4 pm – Snack and education activity for children (games, songs and painting)
5 pm – Discussion at the Barracão, with M Felipe and the old capoeira mestres of the Recôncavo + Roda
8:30 pm – Film: “Tributo a Mestre Bigodinho” and “Umbigada” at the Praça da Matriz

11/29 - Santiago do Iguape
9 am – Collective breakfast at the Casa do Samba
9:40 am – Leave for Santiago do Iguape
10:30 am – Arrival, capoeira roda, and hang time with the old mestres of the community
1 pm – Lunch in Santiago do Iguape
2 pm – Berimbau and Song Workshop with M Felipe
4 pm – Return to Santo Amaro
5 pm – Closing roda at the Casa do Samba
6:30 pm – Return to Salvador.

Registration: R$130
Includes food, transportation, housing, workshops and a t-shirt.

Warsaw, Poland: Workshops with M Poloca

Week-Long Capoeira Angola Workshops with Mestre Poloca

Fabryka wódek "Koneser", Ząbkowska 27/31, Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw Capoeira Angola Group

Capoeira Angola workshops for children
Capoeira Angola workshops for adults
Brazilian batucada workshops
Afrobrazilian film show
lectures and discussions on multiculturalism

Everyone who would like to improve their capoeira skills, and also those with an interest in this unique dance-fight-game, we invite you to take part in Capoeira Angola workshops in Warsaw. Workshops are organized by Warsaw Capoeira Angola school, and our guest will be Mestre Poloca from Salvador, Bahia.

November 2-6, daily trainings:
17:00 - 18:30 children classes
18:30 - 19:30 music classes
19:30 - 21:00 movement classes

November 4
21:00 warsaw Rhythms of Resistance group - idea presentation, batucada
workshop and music jam on afrobrazilian instruments

November 6
21:00 afrobrazilian film show /additionally: brazilian food, film discussion afterwards
The spirit of samba, black music of Brazil, documentary, Jeremy Marre
Pastinha, Uma Vida pela Capoeira, documentary, Carlos Murley

November 7
9:00 - 10:30 children classes
10:30 - 12:00 music classes
12:00 - 15:00 movement classes
18:00 lecture and discussion panel depicting multiculturalism, lead by renowned Polish anthropologists
20:00 music workshops final concert
21:00 open roda

November 8
9:00 - 11:30 music and movement classes
11:30 - 13:30 final roda

Reservations and further information: maciekroz (at) gmail (dot) com
Cost of whole session: 50 euro, children session: 25 euro
We can help you organise a sleeping place.

Thanks to Agnieszka for the information & flyer. Have fun!