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Samba, Capoeira, & Music Classes for 2009-2010

gingaginga — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:13:16 +0000

Here’s a note from Mestre Beiçola:

Hi everyone I am back from Brazil and I would like to start warming up for 2010 with a few classes in December 2009.

It’s happening right now!

Home Studio:

Beginning this Wednesday DEC. 16^th and continuing every Wednesday:

6:30 pm Dança-Afro/ Samba

8:00 pm Gafieira (note: The Gafieira class will now be called “Dança de Salão” -the Brazilian name for “Ballroom Dance” – because I will be introducing other couples dances like Forró, Lambada and so on.)

Sunday DEC 20^th (continuing):

11:00 am Dança-Afro/ Samba

2:00 pm Percussion

2:30 pm Capoeira

Private classes in Music and Dance are always available. Just ask, and we can arrange a time that fits your schedule.

Cavaquinho (Brazilian Ukulele) will only be taught in private lessons. Please call or e-mail to book a slot (please visit www.brazivedas.com for contact info and studio address).

All other classes will have a two-week break, starting back again in January. Stay tuned for an e-mail with details on the full line-up for 2010.

In the meantime, please check the website for class updates next week and begin planning your New Year’s resolutions!

www.brazivedas.com

I am looking forward to seeing some of you in class this week, and hopefully many more in January. I wish you all the best.

With care,

Mestre Beiçola

PS: The Friday Capoeira, dance and couple’s dance classes in Berkeley will restart in January as well – please stay tuned

2009 Batizado!

Aram — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:39:49 +0000

We will be holding our Annual capoeira Batizado on Sunday, December 6th 2009, and we would be honored if you would join us in celebrating.

Schedule

Friday Dec. 4th

Open roda
5:30pm – 7pm
University Village Community Center
1123 Jackson St. Albany, CA

Saturday Dec. 5th

Master Classes:
10am – 11:15am Afro-Brazilian Dance
11:15am – 12:30pm Percussion
Burnham Pavillion / Ford Center
341 Galvez, Stanford University, CA 94305
$15 1 class
$20 2 classes
$30 all three classes

Barbeque
4pm – 9pm
321 S. Bayview
Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Pre Batizado Party
9:30pm – until
311 6th Ave.
Menlo Park, CA 94025

Sunday Dec. 6th

Master Class:
12pm – 1:30pm Afro-Brazilian Dance
Burnham Pavillion / Ford Center
341 Galvez, Stanford University, CA 94305

Capoeira Batizado
2pm – 5pm
Burnham Pavillion / Ford Center
341 Galvez, Stanford University, CA 94305
$10 (includes vegetarian meal)

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Carnaval

Aram — Tue, 19 May 2009 07:41:43 +0000

Dear Carnaval Participants,
Here is some last minute information.

Dress Rehearsal: – Saturday May 23rd, 2009 11am – 1pm at Martin Luther King Park in East Palo Alto (same location we have been rehearsing all along)

Carnaval Day – May 24th, 2009, Sunday. Be prepared to be at our staging location between 8-8:30am and no later. Parade will begin at 9:30 am sharp. BRAZIVEDAS is # 13. Our staging location is: 2538 Bryant Street.

There is not much parking. Some of us park down on 16th Street at the SPCA (2500 16th Street) parking lot close to where the parade ends.

We need monitors to hand out water. Spread the word.

See you all on Saturday at the Dress Rehearsal.

Thanks,
Jackie

Noites de Gafieira

gingaginga — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:09:38 +0000

Dear students and friends,
We have a terrific event coming up on Friday, March 27 at 8 p.m. at The Beat in Berkeley that I’m sure you will all enjoy. “Noites de Gafiera” will be an evening of music and dance from Brazil and beyond: Come with a dance partner, or on your own, as a student of Gafiera couple’s dance, or someone hoping to learn. There will be live music with Celia Malheiros, as well as a DJ playing samba, forro, pagode and salsa. I will be teaching introductory Samba de Gafiera and other dance steps.
This event could be the start of something ongoing – come out and support it!

With care,
Mestre Beicola

Covenant of the Sacred Heart Highschool Performance

aesthetik24 — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:11:07 +0000

We had the oppurtunity to play some capoeira in front of 250 screaming teenage girls at Sacred Heart Highschool in SF last Monday. We were like rockstars–just kidding! While they weren’t acting like rabid fans, they enjoyed our little show and we had a lot of fun performing. We started with a little capoeira history, followed by some singing, and then a few games (sorry some pics are blurry). We also had time to teach a few students some capoeira–there were no problems finding volunteers from the crowd. After the show, our host Rachel showed us her classroom. She teaches art at the school. Being surrounded with all that art got our creative juices flowing capoeira style. Hopefully, we’ll get to perform there again real soon. Thank you Sacred Heart High!

“1st Saturday” Roda at Stanford

gingaginga — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:42:57 +0000

Dear all,

A roda at Stanford will be held every first Saturday of the month, 12pm in the gym where we train during the week (Ford Center). Everyone is encouraged to come and play, even bring friends. It’s a great chance to learn songs as well. Put those moves you learn during the week to good use!

Below are photos from the first one, from February 7, 2009. Thank you to those who were there!

Looking forward to the next one (March 7, 2009)! Mark your calendars!

Capoeira Narahari Saturday Roda

Brazilian Show

gingaginga — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:16:19 +0000

Here’s a link to the gallery of last weekend’s show for the Palo Alto Medical Foundation:

Brazilian Show for PAMF

Update

Here are some more photos (sorry, some pictures are present in both galleries)

Makulele Video:

And Capoeira Video:

P.S. also make sure to checkout the update in our batizado post

Dancing…Saturday night?

gingaginga — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:58:35 +0000

Post a comment, or talk to me in class if you’re interested in this event:

3372 19th St, at Mission, SF

We can discuss carpools on Thursday or Saturday after class if people are interested.

-Megha

Capoeirista, are you ready to step up your game?

stanfordcapoeira — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:02:42 +0000

Starting Monday Feb 02, 2009, Stanford Capoeira will be running 3 times a week to build endurance, strength and overall athleticism to help you bring your capoeira game to the next level. Like any worthwhile activity, capoeira is about taking your body and mind to levels you may not have thought possible. Lets get started.

Run times are as follows (they’ll also be posted on the Capoeira Narahari Google Calendar – search for it on public calendars):

Monday – 7:00pm Stanford Track

Wednesday – 8:30pm Stanford Track

Sunday – 7:00pm In front of Pizza My Heart ( 220 University Ave )

Stanford Track location map: http://campus-map.stanford.edu/index.cfm?ID=09-390 )

They’ll last for about 20 min to start so it’s not a huge time commitment. We plan to start running at the listed times, so do whatever you have to do to show up on time.

- Lenny

Batizado

Aram — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:38:11 +0000

Now when the batizado weekend is to my greatest regret over, lets share the pictures we took.

Here is a slideshow with all the shots I made today. There are 320 pics so you might want to change the slideshow speed to fast in options in top right corner.

Of course they all are also available on our flickr group. Unfortunately I don’t think I can sort them there, so it’s easier to watch them through the first link.

It would be great if we could collect all photos and maybe even videos in one place. If you already have them online, then just go ahead and put the link in comments to this post (you don’t need to register to do that). If you don’t have a place to upload them then just leave a comment saying that you have pics/video you would like to share and we’ll figure out a way to get them online.

Update

Big “Thank you!” goes to Allison for sharing tons of photos