"MEET THE MESTRES" Fall Workshop Series - The Capoeira Center kicks off its first Capoeira Mestre's workshop on Friday, September 3, 2010 with Mestre Acordeon who is based in Oakland, California.  The workshop and Q&A will be held at New Design High School, 350 Grand Street and begins at 7:00pm.  To register or for more info, please contact the Capoeira Center at 646.330.4858 or at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .   Please visit our website again for updated information on our October and November workshops!  This program has been made possible in part with public funds from the Fund for Creative Communities and the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts and New York City's Department of Cultural Affairs, as administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.

BATIZADO 2010 - Join us to celebrate 35 years of Capoeira in the United States at our Batizado this September 4, 2010!  The event will be held at St. Mark's Church.  A number of workshops will precede the event.  For more info, please contact the Capoeira Center at 646.330.4858 or at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

FLUSHING Y KIDS CAPOEIRA CLASS - This summer, the Capoeira Center is collaborating with the Flushing Y to hold Capoeira classes for children ages 5-15.  The class runs on Mondays from 6:30-7:30pm.  The first class is free! 

FORESTDALE CAPOEIRA PROJECT  - The Capoeira Center is partnering with Forestdale, the only foster and child welfare agency based in and dedicated to families living in Queens, New York.  In March 2010, the Capoeira Center began providing classes to teens at Forestdale as part of the Forestdale Youth Development Program. 

NEW DESIGN HIGH CAPOEIRA CREDIT RECOVERY PROJECT - The Capoeira Center conducts a special Capoeira program for students who are failing out of high school due to a lack of physical education credits. By participating in this mandatory Saturday program where they learn about Capoeira, students will obtain their physical education credits and ultimately their high school diplomas. New Design High School is located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. This project has been made possible in part with public funds from Creative Curricula, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts’ Local Capacity Building Program and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.

PERFORMANCES & WORKSHOPS - The Capoeira Center provides special performances, workshops and demonstrations to students and adults upon request.

FISCAL SPONSORSHIP - The Capoeira Center proudly sponsors the following projects:

MASS CAPOEIRA - In Natick, Massachusetts, Instructor Morcego currently volunteers to teach children in a low-income housing project in Natick, Massachusetts. Instructor Morcego, born Alexandro Silveira in Salvador Bahia, has been training capoeira since age 7. Morcego recently moved to the United States to continue his mission of sharing Brazilian culture and the art of capoeira with the world. Instructor Morcego has performed in Hamilton, Bermuda to support the charity, Project Change: Bermuda, which provides reconstructive surgery for people living in poverty around the world. He has also performed in Houston, New York, Framingham, Boston, and all over the country.

NEW YORK BRAZILIAN JAZZ FUNK PROJECT - The New York Brazilian Jazz Funk project was created by New York based saxophonist and composer Laura Dreyer. Laura has been performing Brazilian Jazz both as a leader and a side person for over 20 years and has worked with Dom Salvador, Helcio Milito, Leny Andrade, Portinho, to name a few, as well as many well known jazz artists. The band features New York's top Brazilian Jazz musicians including famed drummer Portinho, pianist Klaus Mueller, and many others. Historically, Americans fell in love with Brazilian Music the same way Brazilians fell in love with American Jazz and Funk. This multi-cultural musical love affair has resulted in some stellar instrumental Brazilian Jazz Funk bands, most notably Banda Black Rio, a Rio de Janeiro based group that was formed in 1976, Azymuth, which is three-piece electric funk jazz group, also from Rio de Janeiro which formed in 1972, and Opa, a Uruguayan group which was formed in the 1970s by Hugo & George Fattoruso. Many of the most popular Brazilian songwriters and performers also embraced this funky interpretation of Samba, Baião, and a myriad of other Brazilian rhythmic influences. These performers include Jorge Ben, Dom Salvador, Gilberto Gil, Deodato, João Bosco, and American jazz artists George Duke, Chick Corea, and Bill Summers, to name a few. The New York Brazilian Jazz Funk Project pays homage to this exciting music genre by performing the classics of Brazilian Jazz Funk, along with funky, fresh original compositions and arrangements that will be sure to make you want to groove and will restore your soul in these ever-changing times.  This project has been made possible in part with public funds from the Fund for Creative Communities and the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts and New York City's Department of Cultural Affairs, as administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.

If you are interested in making a donation to any of these programs, you may direct your donation to any of these programs either by letter with your check or by email after making an online donation.  Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.