Master Leopoldina – Part 1
By Nestor Capoeira. Mestre Leopoldina, joyous on a parade day at the Rio de Janeiro Sambadrome. Photo Collection André Lacé. I was in my first…
Madame, the Satan of Lapa District
By Geisa Rodrigues. Madame Satan, in the Correio da Manhã, 1972. Source: National Archive. In the blink of an eye his hands turned to feet…
15th of November Square: Did Capoeira in Rio began here?
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. Largo do Paço (detail). Engraving by Fredrich Salathé (1793-1858), from the album Souvenirs de Rio de Janeiro (1834), based on a…
Tourinho of Tavares Bastos: birth of a capoeirista
By Katya Wesolowski (Camarão). Manda saltar aí, capoeirista!” Obligingly, Tourinho launched his short, muscular body forward on the steep, cobblestoned slope of Pedro América. A…
Roda de Caxias, Exhibition by Maria Buzanowski
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. Capoeira street rodas are documented in Rio de Janeiro since the famous engraving based on a watercolour by Johann Moritz Rugendas,…
The Musical Legacy of Mestre Paraná’s Capoeira
Juan Diego Díaz (University of California, Davis) Davis, CA, Jun 11, 2019 Have you heard about mestre Paraná? If so, did you know that he…
Teles Roda
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. The Teles Arch O Arco do Teles (detail from Debret, 1830) The Largo do Paço square and the surrounding area was…