That’s right. We just finished up a great weekend of workshops with Prof. Indio. The training was solid and I hope that everyone was able to take a little something from his classes. I felt that the major themes of this workshop were twofold; 1) Staying grounded in all of your movements 2) relax and flow. For those of you in our class that were unable to make workshops not to worry. We will focus on these themes in the weeks to come.
Monday starts up our regular training schedule and I hope that everyone is there.
Laurette, Sapo, Amos and Angela
Best pic of Sabedinha EVER!
Prof. Indio on Berimbau
Palhaço, Prof. Indio, Mestre Preguiça and Andorinha
That’s right! We got another one coming up soon! This event is where we practice music and have a little brunch pot luck as well. Students that take this class always leave with some good songs in their repertoire and have a better understanding of how to play capoeira instruments. Here are the details:
Sunday, April 5th
10:30-12:00
Aceituno Arts Cooperative
2141 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94112
$12
Brunch and Berimbaus will also be the Aceituno Arts chapters effort in fundraising for the encounter in August. So in the past, we let all of you who paid monthly fees to take this class for free but because we are fund raising, we are now asking that everybody pay.
After long talk of the workshops with Prof. Indio, I finally have details!
Date:
Thursday, April 9th-11th (White cords-yellow/orange cords)
Wednesday, April 8th-11th (Orange cords and above)
Wednesday- 7:00-9:00 (Orange cords and above)
@ Aceituno Arts Cooperative (SF)
Thursday- Time TBA (all levels)
@ St. Mary’s rec. in Bernal Heights (SF)
Friday- 6:00-7:30 (Orange cords and above)
7:30-9:30 (All levels)
@ Malonga Center for the Arts, 1428 ALICE ST, OAKLAND, CA 94612 (Buscha He’s training space)
Saturday- Time TBA (all levels)
@ St. Mary’s rec. in Bernal Heights (SF)
(I will notify everyone of the times at St. Mary’s once we solidify details.)
Price: $60 for entire workshop for white-orange/yellow cords
$80 for entire workshop for Orange and above
$25 drop-in
We are keeping the prices low to encourage everyone to come. Prof. Indio is an incredible capoeirsta and teacher. You will leave these workshops inspired. The workshops open to all levels will also be open to all capoeira students in the Bay Area.
I have attached the registration form to this email. Please print it up and mail it or hand deliver it to me WITH PAYMENT!
ALL REGISTRATION FORMS AND MONEY ARE DUE ON APRIL 4TH. I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY IOU’S OR MONEY ANY TIME AFTER APRIL 4TH. Sorry it has to be this way but I will not be handling any money on the day of workshops. Those who turn in the registration form late will not be able to attend. This includes drop-in’s. If you plan on only going a couple of days, you need to pay that before April 4th as well.
I will be teaching a Maculelê workshop this Saturday, February 21 at the Mission Cultural Center of Latino Arts at 25th and Mission st. The class will be from 1:15-3:00. This workshop is going to be in place of the normal Fogo Na Roupa classes so there should be a lot of dancers there with a lot of energy.
We will be breaking down the basic movements and then moving into more in depth choreography. The class will end with a Maculelê roda (and maybe even a little Sambe de Roda)!
Palhaço and I spent this past weekend in Seattle for to take part in some capoeira workshops being held by the Seattle Omulu Guanabara chapter. Mestre preguiça was supposed to come out for this event but due to unforseen circumstances, was unable to make it. Prof. Indio stepped in last minute to teach the workshops. When we found this out we were pretty excited because prof. Indio is a newer member to the Omulu Guanabara family. We have only had a few workshops with him and were looking forward to getting to know him better.
Before the summer of 2008, Prof. Indio operated under the group Viva Capoeira up in Winnepeg, Canada. He has a deep history with Mestre Di Mola and for the past several years has been reconnecting with M. Di Mola and Mestre Preguiça. For the past few years he has been at all of our events until, finally, he made the switch. In the summer of 2008 at the Omulu Guanabara Encounter in Sweden, Prof. Indio was invited to our group.
There is no doubt that Prof. Indio is a gifted capoeirsta. Before Prof. Indio had any connection with our group, we were watching old videos of him. Prof. Indio always had a reputation for incredible floreo and a quick and smart game. His movements are effortless and he made the sport look easy.
So here we are in Seattle training with Prof. Indio. What can we say????
His workshops were excellent. They were challenging and well thought out. His feedback, insightful. By talking to him, we could tell that he is passionate about being part of our group and carrying out M. Di Mola and M. Preguiça’a vision.
And on a lighter note, he is just a cool guy. He has an incredible sense of humility and humor. …..
So, with that said, welcome to our group Prof. Indio. You are now now part of the family.
We have a tendency to hype our capoeira events really early and this time we might break records. In August we will be hosting our 3rd International Encontro along with our annual batizado. This event was hosted in Sweden last year and was a HUGE success. Omulu Guanabara Capoeirstas from all over Europe, Brazil and the US came out to represent. This year we are looking to do the same and make it even bigger. We already have people from all over committing to flying out for this event and it is up to us to get ready to represent again. This means that everybody needs to up the intensity and start setting goals.
Dates: August 17th – 22nd Workshops: 2 workshops a day Package Price: $225 for all workshops
To finish out the end of the year, our group (like many) have a tradition of meeting up for one last roda. Our End of the Year Roda will be this Frday, December 19th at 8:00. This year it will be hosted at the Aceituno Arts Cooperative, 2141 Mission St. suite 200 (B/w 17th and 18th), San francisco, 94110.
It will also be a potluck so make sure to bring so
Mestre Carlos will be honored this Thursday, November 13th at 6:30 by the Neighborhood Empowerment Network (NEN) and inducted into their hall of fame. The event will take place at San Francisco’s city hall and tickets are required. This should be a beautiful event and if you trained capoeira with carlos, danced or drummed with him or just plain knew him, you should try to attend the event. Did I mention that tickets are free???
So jump on it. Go to www.empowersf.org to reserve your tickets.
Aceituno Arts Cooperative will be hosting different events every first Sunday of the month. We felt that there was no better way to start things off than having a capoeira music class and open roda. Everyone is invited and all we ask is that you bring good energy.
The event will be this Sunday from 2:00-4:00. The music class will be from 2:00-3:00 and the roda will go from 3:00-4:00. We will be charging $5 at the door and all proceeds will go to the space.
Aceituno Arts is located at 2141 Mission street (b/w 17th and 18th st.), Suite 200, San Francisco, 94110. For more information you can go to www.aceitunoarts.com.
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