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Training Capoeira with Professora Amazonas & Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira
Students break into partner training during the 2019 Halloween roda with Professora Amazonas & Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira.
Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira - Music Training
Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira practicing the instruments, rhythms, and songs of capoeira. Humor and play are sprinkled throughout the classes, from the music to the physical training.
Training Capoeira with Professora Amazonas & Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira
Students break into partner training during the 2019 Halloween roda with Professora Amazonas & Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira.
Teaching and Learning in the Roda
Playing in the roda provides capoeiristas and students of capoeira to practice and apply the skills they learn while training and in classes and workshops, but also provide a hands-on opportunity to learn more. Here is an example of students helping…
Professora Amazonas & Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira - Halloween Roda
Students from Professora Amazonas' children's class participate in the 2019 Halloween roda. These rodas are held on the first Friday of every month and are often themed for celebrations like holidays and birthdays. At these rodas, students have a…
Saluting in the Roda
Before playing capoeira, capoeiristas salute and wait to begin.
Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira - Music of Capoeira
Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira playing in the batería.
Singing in the Roda
Professora Amazonas of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira sharing songs of capoeira with Raíces Director Francisco G. Gómez.
Pandeiro
Pandeiro, a type of frame drum, is one of the instruments used in the batería of capoeira.
Abelha and Rasta
Abelha and Rasta, members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira, playing in the batería during one of Professora Amazonas’ classes.
Berimbau
Berimbau, an essential instrument in the capoeira batería.
Abelha
Abelha, a member of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira, leading the batería during one of Professora Amazonas’ classes.
The Heartbeat
The drums are the heartbeat and the pulse that runs through a variety of genres in the African diaspora, including in Afro-Brazilian capoeira.
Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira - Music
Music class with Professora Amazonas of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira.
Batería
Raíces Director Francisco G. Gómez plays with members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira practice the rhythms and songs of the batería before training and playing capoeira.
Batería - Professora Amazonas Capoeira Class
Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira practice the rhythms and songs of the batería before training and playing capoeira.
Training Capoeira - Halloween Roda
Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira training during Professora Amazonas’ holiday inspired rodas.
Playing Capoeira - Halloween Roda
Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira who attend children’s classes play in the monthly roda presented by Professora Amazonas’ academy.
In the Roda
Children who participate regularly as well as guests who are former students are all welcome in the roda.
Halloween Roda
Youth who participate in Professora Amazonas’ children's classes attend a monthly roda, often holiday inspired, like the annual Halloween roda.
Acrobatics in the Roda
Professora Amazonas integrates acrobatics into her classes and training sessions, and students have the chance to apply what they learn in the roda at the end of each class.
Playing Capoeira in the Roda
Students in Professora Amazonas’ children’s class as young as three years old practice all aspects of capoeira, from training to music to songs to playing in the roda.
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.
In the Roda
The end of each class in Professora Amazonas’ capoeira academy features a roda, where students play capoeira to practice the sequences and skills they learned throughout the class and trainings sessions.
Playing Capoeira
Students “play” capoeira in the roda, applying the skills and sequences they learned during their classes and training sessions. Every class ends in a Roda where all participating students have the chance to play in the roda and the batería.