Latest News

The Meet the Mestres project kicks off on Friday, Sept. 3 at 7:00pm with Mestre Acordeon of Oakland California!  For more info, click below!

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What is Capoeira?

Capoeira, in its simplest definition, is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that was created and developed by African slaves in Brazil over a 400-year time span. ..

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Links

Articles about Forestdale Capoeira Project: http://forestdaleinc.org/594/forestdale-teens-learn-capoeira/

http://forestdaleinc.org/757/forestdale-teens-put-on-capoeira-showcase/

Articles about the New Design High Capoeira Project:

http://www.rodamagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=237&catid=8:news

http://www.lmcc.net/news/story/2009_2010_creative_curricula_recipients_announced/

About our fiscally sponsored project, the New York Brazilian Jazz Funk Project: http://www.lauradreyer.com/nybjfp.html 

For adult capoeira classes by Instructor Sabia (our New Design High Capoeira Project Instructor) and Professor Tiba (co-founder of the Capoeira Center of New York):

For kids capoeira classes (currently held at the Flushing Y): http://www.ymcanyc.org/fileadmin/Flushing/PDF/Kids_Summer_Schedule.pdf