Capoeira for Dancers

Capoeira is a Brazilian art form that mixes dance and combat, rhythm and acrobatic, poetry and self-expression. It is celebrated as a ritual activity in a circular area called "roda”. The classes welcome dancers from all backgrounds who want to explore the relations between movements, space and opponents under a single spectrum.

Bruno Caverna’s approach is deeply focused on instincts and spontaneous action-reaction interactions inspired by more animalistic-like feelings rather than esthetical patterns. Eventually, the possible differences and confrontations, the dancers may find along its process, will be reverted into very beneficial outcomes, in the sense of providing wider perspectives on one’s self-knowledge.


Bruno Caverna
Bruno Caverna started capoeira at the age of 10 in Rio de Janeiro by training with several Brazilian Masters like: Peixinho, Nestor Capoeira, Toni Vargas, Gil Velho, Gato, etc. Since 1995 he has been developing his very particular method of teaching it and is not linked with any group or organization. Capoeira, as being part of almost 20 years of his life, has showed a profound way of living. Therefore Caverna has always been enormously enthusiastic to share it with as many people as he can.