Classes include stretching, warm-up, training in capoeira movements, traditional rules and philosophy, music, singing and playing in a group roda.
Class duration ranges between 1.5-2 hours.
Capoeria is played on a gym or dance floor and is accompanied by music, so a boombox/stereo is necessary.
In classes, a stepwise approach to training is provided. All students are initially given basic movements to practice. As these develop, students are taught more complex moves, leading up to advanced movements. Individual attention for students is provided. In a typical class, students work individually and in pairs. At the end of each class a roda where all the students play together occurs. In the roda, students apply the movements they were practicing, play and learn how to play and sing the music.
Our training includes physical training - to prepare our body, to make it flexible and strong; emotional training - to express our emotions and live them within our dance. Equally necessary is learning to coordinate breath, movement and voice together within the dance. Finally we need to train our heart, opening our heart spiritually so that we are able to manifest not only ourselves but something much bigger, to be a channel for Creation.
Three-year Ongoing
Curricular Training
