Capoeira as an Educational Tool
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines (limited-contact) sparring, dancing, acrobatics, singing and playing percussion instruments. It is a beautiful display of artistry, grace and power that stimulates the eyes, ears and mind, with educational aspects in geography, multiculturalism, music and history. The speed and character of the jogo (game of capoeira) are generally determined by the different rhythms of the berimbau, a one-string musical bow, which is complemented by the pandeiro (tambourine), atabaque (single-headed standing drum), agogo (double bell) and reco-reco (grooved segment of bamboo scraped with a stick) to form a unique ensemble of instruments. Tampa Capoeira, a.k.a. Capoeira Volta Ao Mundo, performs at schools, childcare programs, libraries, rec centers, musical/cultural festivals and private events throughout Florida.
Here are some exemples where Professor Girino and his students showed the cultural part of Capoeira in several places around Tampa Bay Area
Schools
Villa Madonna
Muller Elementary
Essrig Elementary
Leila Davis Elementary
Jefferson High School
Leto High School
University of Tampa
USF
HCC (Dale Mabry, Brandon and Plant City campuses)
Have been featured
Good Morning Tampa Bay - Channel 13 with Russell Rhodes
Life around the Bay - Channel 10 with Virginia Johnson
Tampa Tribune
St.Petersburg Times
Weekly Planet
Past Presentations
Health & Fitness Expo (several years in a row)
Skippers Smokehouse
Centro Ybor
MOSI (Museum of Science and Industry)
Various cultural festivals in Tampa Bay area
Corporate Experience
Citigroup
JP Morgan Chase
Raymond James
Professor Girino and his students also did Capoeira in the 2004 and 2005 Chocolate Nutcracker at Ruth Eckerd Hall.
