Brasiliana: Black Culture on Stage
Brasiliana: Black Culture on Stage (1949-73) By Juliana Pereira e Matthias Röhrig Assunção The Brazilian Folk Theatre (TFB) debuted in 1950 in Rio de Janeiro.…
From the Ring to the Stage – A movie about Master Artur Emídio
Master Artur Emídio took capoeira to the ring. He also ventured onto stage and screen, in addition to promoting capoeira in national newspapers and magazines.…
The Penha Roda
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. The Penha festival has been celebrated around the Nossa Senhora da Penha church since colonial times. The first chapel was erected on…
Classic sources of capoeira history: The Manuscripts of Mestre Noronha
Unlike many masters of his generation, Daniel Coutinho, better known as Mestre Noronha, could read and write. It was thus possible for him to leave…