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- Collection: Documenting Living Culture - Capoeira
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Berimbaus
Berimbaus hanging on the wall at FICA.
Bridges in the Roda
Students in Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira train and play a combination of dance, combat and acrobatics, and utilize all three when playing in the Roda.
Bye, Officer
The “officer” appears to break up a capoeira roda, but finds it disguised as samba instead and leaves the capoeiristas who quickly get back to training.
Cabaça
Cabaça is a hallowed out gourd used as part of the berimbau to amplify the sound. Sometimes the gourds are painted and decorated, like the one pictured here.
Capoeira - Afro-Brazilian Martial Art
Capoeira is a martial art that is disguised as a dance form. Many of the combat movements used are kicks, practiced by students in Professora Amazonas’ academy during classes and training sessions.
Capoeira - Afro-Brazilian Martial Art
Capoeira is a martial art born in Brazil, with roots in Africa. Many of the combat movements used are kicks, which students in Professora Amazonas’ academy practice during classes.
Capoeira "Cover Up" - Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira
In classes, presentations, performances, and in the roda, members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira always honor their history and the history of capoeira.
In Brazil, capoeira was once outlawed, to keep enslaved Africans from training their…
In Brazil, capoeira was once outlawed, to keep enslaved Africans from training their…
Capoeira Angola International Encounter Banners
Capoeira Angola International Encounter banners hanging on the wall at FICA.
Capoeira at Kwanzaa
Professora Amazonas plays the berimbau at the at the 53rd Annual Harvest Festival of African Culture Kwanzaa Celebration at the Montclair Public Library. The berimbau is the instrument that sets the rules of the game for capoeira.
Capoeira Class
Adults class led by Professora Amazonas of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira explains how negativa saved her life.
Capoeira Class - Batería
Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira practicing the rhythms of capoeira on the agogô, pandeiro, and conga.
Capoeira Class - Professora Amazonas
Professora Amazonas giving instruction to the students in her adult capoeira class.
Capoeira Class - Professora Amazonas
Professora Amazonas instructing members of her adult class training sessions.
Capoeira Collaboration
"Liberdade" means freedom. Professora Amazonas of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira collaborates with and travels to support other capoeira groups, demonstrating the freedom of cultural and artistic exchange.
Capoeira Drumming
Playing the rhythms of capoeira.
Capoeira Instruments
Berimbaus, gourds, and caxixis hanging on the wall at FICA.
Capoeira Movement
Practicing capoeira movements in lines before one-on-one training and playing in the adult Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira class taught by Professora Amazonas
Capoeira Movement
Professora Amazonas demonstrating the capoeira movement negativa in her adult’s class.
Capoeira Movement Instruction
Professora Amazonas instructing students in her adult class on the form of a sequence of capoeira movements.
Capoeira Sequence
Professora Amazonas demonstrates a sequence of movements for the students in her adult class.
Capoeira Sequence
Professora Amazonas (Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira) and Instrutora Cuica (Capoeira Mandinga) demonstrate the historic capoeira sequence created by Mestre Bimba. Mestre Bimba is the founder capoeira regional, and persevered in the fight to legalize…
Capoeira Training
Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira practice sequences of movements learned during class.
Capoeira Training - Family Time
Students in Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira training during Professora Amazonas’ children’s class. The students pictured here are siblings. Training as a family is encouraged in Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira.
Capoeira Training - Sequencing
Students in Professora Amazonas’ adult’s class learn and practice sequences of movements that will be used when playing capoeira.
Capoeira Training with Professora Amazonas
Members of Grupo Capoeira de Liberdade have the opportunity to train one-on-one with Professora Amazonas during her classes in Vauxhall, NJ.