Rosalvinha, ainda muito jovem viveu alguns anos na vibrante capital Salvador. Sua paixão pela dança a acompanhou desde a infância, quando iniciou aulas de balé e mais tarde teve experiência em dança folclórica
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Capoeira é liberdade, expressão, criação, improviso. É a canção, uma dança, uma arte marcial, uma filosofia para sobreviver.
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Certain people better watch their chauvinistic attitudes! If they ever go to Brazil or a female dominated Capoeira group, “cause they’ll get in that as…” especially in Brazil.
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On Friday, October 10, 2008, I received an email from one of Mestre Acordeon’s students, saying that the mayor of Berkeley, Tom Bates, will officially declare Oct. 18th as the “Mestre Acordeon Day”.
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Renata, or “DJ Potira”, is a versatile woman. Born in Rio de Janeiro, the carioca is a Capoeira instructor and DJ in Los Angeles. She used to practice Muay Thai to keep in good shape but when she started practicing capoeira at the age of 23, she felt in love with this afro Brazilian martial art
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Over the years, capoeira has brought me unparalleled fulfillment, energy, positivism, and life balance. Training with Capoeira Brasil has pushed me to achieve things I though impossible.
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Será que a capoeira está perdendo suas origens? Atualmente, temos uma nova geração e uma nova capoeira regional, chamada por uns de “moderna”.
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Born and raised in Long Beach, California, this 5’5”, 115lb Sagittarius enjoys reading, dancing, watching movies and playing capoeira! Marquisha Walker is a financial professional by day and Samba dancer by night.
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First, I would like to explain about the origin of the word “Capoeira” as many people reading this article should be not familiar with it. The Capoeira name is from the “tupi-guarani” language and means “little forest” or “cut forest”.
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Is capoeira losing its origins? Currently, we have a new generation and a new regional capoeira, called “modern” by some, and which has as main features a contracted and fixed swing
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