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School Performance & Workshop Series
Brazilian Festival & Capoeira Encounter
Feet on the Ground
features a program comprised of “Avanhia”, a ceremonial meditation on the forces of nature; “The Three Wives of Xangô”, an epic love story between deities; “Alaafia”, a tribute to harmonious living; “Samba de Caboclo/Roots Wild”, an homage to Brazil’s indigenous people and their spirits; “In Motion”, incorporating Samba de Roda, Capoeira and modern dance; and “Onile’s Smiling Daughters/Tribute to Carnaval Queens”, a rousing finale, with ecstatic solo and group Samba Reggae, all performed to sensual and thunderous Surdo beats. Audiences will be intoxicated, feel the earth tremble, and exit the theater as jubilant witnesses.
School Performance & Workshop Series
The Cultural Association of Brazilian Arts’ School Workshop and Performance Series brings interdisciplinary, cultural programming to schools in the NJ-NY area. CAOBA has performed capoeira in front of K-12 and college student/teacher audiences as large as 800 and has taught capoeira workshops to groups ranging from 10 to 100 participants.
Physical Education:
Capoeira gets students moving! A typical workshop begins with a stretch and warm-up to Brazilian music. Capoeira movements are introduced and practiced individually and with partners. Finally, students can demonstrate what they learned in a
roda, the circle in which a capoeira game is played. Practice of capoeira develops strength, flexibility, agility, and balance. Students also learn simple principles on exercise and how to make healthy choices in their daily lives.
Character Education:
As students participate in CAOBA’s programs they develop
respect for another culture, respect for each other and
confidence as they all try something new and challenging.
Teamwork is essential as they encourage each other and work together to create rhythm.
Discipline is improved as they must focus to learn technique.
Summer session - 2010:
These were held every wednesday at 9pm - for 8 weeks. Students were introduced to the Brazilian Culture through the instructors eyes and were taught the basics in Brazilian Language and began having conversations in Portuguese. Everybody had fun while learning at the same time.
Silvia Levi was born and educated in Brazil at the Pontifícia Universidade
Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.
She is fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish and Hebrew.
Silvia has extensive experience in sales with a focus in the Brazilian market.
She taught English to Brazilian children and adults at the Instituto de Idiomas Yazigi in
Porto Alegre, Brazil, and she volunteered at the Archive of Rio Grande do Sul, recording documents that dated back to slavery.
Capoeira, the 400+ year old Brazilian art form, combines dance, acrobatics, self-defense, percussion, song, history, and physical fitness, allowing kids of all ages to grow in physical and mental strength.
Participants of the CAOBA summer program experience all aspects of this beautiful art form as they sing and sweat their way to new levels of inner discipline, focus, and confidence.
