21+ Event
$10 donation entitles you to:
Food & Drinks
Dance to the Best Afro-Latin Music from Around the World ALL NIGHT!
Performances by:
~Capoeira Brasil Chicago
~Maculelê
~Belly Dance and Tahitian by Jasmine Quintana
~Africaribe
~Photography by Alberto Martinez
~M&J products: Organic Health and Beauty Products
~Jewerly by Milkes Gems Colombian Emeralds
** Raffles and Prizes throughout the night**
More information and RSVP, look on Facebook
Mestre Caxias flew to Chicago from New York this past weekend to conduct a Capoeira workshop for Monitor Brucutu’s class. Here are pictures from Thursday and Saturday.
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| What is Capoeira? |
Developed in the 1500’s by African slaves in Brasil, Capoeira, the thrilling Afro-Brasilian martial art concealed as dance, was introduced to the United States almost twenty-five years ago. Capoeira has become one of Brasil’s top national sports (second only to soccer) and it has become firmly established in the U.S. Performed with a joy fully improvised spontaneity, Capoeira combines floor movements resembling breakdancing with agile acrobatic movements and kicks of grace and beauty. The “Soul of Capoeira” is the trance-like music of the berimbau, the musical bow of African origin. (more…)
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