Mojubá Music Class – 14th of June 2015

Mojubá Music Class – 14th of June 2015 We were going to have a picnic today, but because it had been raining earlier it got cancelled.  Capoeira and wet grass don’t mix! The purpose of the picnic was to raise money for the victims of the earthquake in Nepal. Nevertheless, Eva designed a set of Capoeira postcards to … Read more

Mestre Marcelo Angola

07 June 2015 – Mestre Marcelo Angola On Friday class, 5th of June 2015, Mestre Marcelo Angola came to Dance Attic to do a workshop. He lives in Sweden, and his daughter, who lives in Bahia, is spending a few months with him here. Mestre Marcelo Angola is a student of the illustrious Mestre Curió … Read more

Mojubá Music Lessons – 24 May 2015

Mojubá Music Lesson – 24 May 2015 We practiced these ‘São Bento Pequeno’ repiques Below the toque and the repiques in Mestre Poncianinho’s notation. In keyboard notation – the (tss#) is for advanced tsh#tsh# dim dom to do the repique: tsh#tsh# dim (pause and miss the dom) – now the 3 repiques domtss# domtss# dim … Read more

How to paint a berimbau

06 May 2015 How to paint a berimbau There comes a time in every capoeirista’s life when they get to build a berimbau. That time is yet to come for me – but the time to learn how to paint one has arrived… A couple of weeks ago Mestre mentioned that if anyone wanted to … Read more