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Training led by Mestre Marinaldo Martins Pereira, assisted by Jakub Gontarski Fri-Sun 11–13 April 2014, 9am–11am Na Grobli Studio Contact and application Please send your completed application form to Izabela M³ynarz at iza@grotowski-institute.art.pl by 7 April 2014. The number of places is limited. Applicants will be accepted on a first-come-first-serve basis. Training will be conducted in English and Polish. Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics and singing. The class will begin with a high-intensity whole-body warm-up including the basic elements of capoeira taken from Capoeira Regional, Capoeira Angola and Capoeira Contemporanea (contemporary style). As is customary in capoeira, the session will be based around music (traditional beats, tempo and dynamics) and will include learning the basics of Afro-Brazilian instruments such as berimbau, atabque, pandeiro, agogo, reco-reco, and traditional capoeira songs (Regional and Angola). Participants will learn alternative variations of movement transitions and scores used in individual and partner work. The class is suitable for those with no previous experience and for practitioners of other martial arts and forms of movement.  Marinaldo Martins Pereira (better known as Mestre Marinaldo) was born in Porto Seguro, Bahía, Brazil. He started capoeira training with Mestre Walter in 1977. In Salvador de Bahía he met Mestre Ferro Velho with whom he completed his formatura, becoming a capoeira teacher. In Eunapolis he founded his own capoeira group, Capoeira Esporao, combining elements from two traditional styles: Capoeira Regional and Capoeira Angola. In 1994 he gained his white cord (cordao branco) and the title of Mestre. Since 1988 he has regularly visited Europe, giving classes and shows, including in France (at the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup in 1998), United Kingdom (London) and Spain (Barcelona, Cartagena). He is currently teaching master classes in Warsaw.
Jakub Gontarski practiced the Japanese martial art of judo (1993–2001) and the Brazilian martial art of capoeira (Brazil, England, Poland; 2002–2012). He plays Afro-Brazilian instruments. Since 2011 he has been Secretary of the “Momentum” Association of Creative Initiatives and co-organizer of the ¯ywe Kultury Ruchu CYRKULACJE festival in Wroc³aw. He has created the one-man play Animan-I Am That and the performance Dom Wariatów. Jakub is a co-founder and leader of Two Paths Studio, which operates as part of the BodyConstitution research programme of the Grotowski Institute. He collaborates with the Grotowski Institute and Teatr ZAR, leading intensive physical sessions devoted to body awareness techniques, martial arts and developing a body work methodology. As part of BodyConstitution, practical seminar |