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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 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.
Capoeira with Professora Amazonas
Professora Amazonas demonstrating a movement to students in her adult class.
Capoeira with Professora Amazonas
Professora Amazonas of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira during a capoeira class in Vauxhall, NJ.
Cavalo
Cavalo, a member of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira, plays pandeiro in the batería at Professora Amazonas’ class.
Celebrating Kwanzaa with Capoeira
Grupo Liberdade celebrating Kwanzaa with a roda at the 53rd Annual Harvest Festival of African Culture in Montclair, NJ.
Celebrating Women in World Music
On March 8, 2020, Professora Amazonas of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira participated in 10PRL’s event “Celebrating Women in World Music”, collaborating with Instrutor Canarinha from Sol Nascente Capoeira and Instrutora Cuica from Capoeira Mandinga to…
Children’s Class - Maculélé
Students preparing to dance maculélé, an Afro-Brazilian dance form closely related to capoeira in Professora Amazonas’ children’s capoeira class.
Concentration
The process of making cords requires concentration and a precise count on the number of folds in the yard being twisted to ensure that all cords are uniform and without bumps or kinks in the yarn.
Cordels
New cordels (cords) ready for students who will be graduating at the 2020 Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira batizado. As more cords are made throughout the pre-batizado season, Professora Amazonas starts to leave them out during the children’s class to…
Cultural Collaboration
Professora Amazonas (Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira), Instrutora Cuica (Capoeira Mandinga), and Instrutora Canarinha (Capoeira Sol Nascente) taking a group photo after their collaborative demonstration of the rhythms and movements of capoeira at the…