Our Programs
Capoeira Kids Program
Capoeira Adults Program
Afro Brazilian Dance
CAD Founders
Capoeira Arts Dance goal is to teach and promote Afro Brazilian Dance and Capoeira. We strive to create memorable, happy and empowering moments in every class! Through encouragement and hard training at our studio or performances and events, every day at CAD is tailored to be special and uplifting!
Mestre Alegria
Janete Silva
Capoeira Schedule
- Monday
- Adults (Foundations)
- 6:30pm - 8:00pm
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Capoeira Arts Dance
736 Broadway
New York, NY 10023
- Wednesday
- Adults (All Levels)
- 7:30pm - 9:00pm
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The Ailey Studios
405 W 55th St
New York, NY 10019
- Thursday
- Adults (Combinations)
- 6:30pm - 8:00pm
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Capoeira Arts Dance
736 Broadway
New York, NY 10023
- Friday
- Adults (Music and Roda)
- 6:30pm - 8:30pm
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Capoeira Arts Dance
736 Broadway
New York, NY 10023
- Saturday
- Kids (All Levels)
- 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Capoeira Arts Dance
736 Broadway
New York, NY 10023
- Saturday
- Adults (All Levels Partnerwork)
- 12:00pm - 2:00pm
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Capoeira Arts Dance
736 Broadway
New York, NY 10023
Afro Brazilian Dance Schedule
- Monday
- Adults (All Levels)
- 7:00pm - 8:30pm
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The Ailey Studios
405 W 55th St
New York, NY 10019
- Tuesday
- Adults (All Levels)
- 7:00pm - 8:30pm
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Steps on Broadway
2121 Broadway
New York, NY 10023
Capoeira
To someone looking at Capoeira for the first time in a performance or demonstration, the art will look like some sort of choreographed dance. However, this is far from the truth.
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art characterized by powerful kicks, fluid movements, music, and dodges called esquivas. Capoeira strikes involve the use of the shins, feet, knees, elbows, head butts, open-palms, and various sweeps. In 2014, Unesco designated Capoeira as an “intangible cultural heritage”, and today the art is practiced all over the world.
Afro Brazilian Dance
Brazilian dance is extremely rich and diverse in culture. It contains elements of African that blended and formed a unique and fascinating catalogue of styles.
The Afro Brazilian dance has a substantial movement vocabulary inherited from African ancestors through oral tradition. This dance style was first recorded in the composition of African religions. With time, it has gained new meanings and expressions and has also incorporated some of the native cultures. Agility and release of head, shoulders, arms, torso and hips are common points of movements, ranging from intense energy, sluggishness and sensuality. Bent knees and feet strongly marking the rhythm show the connection with the earth.