Join us for a 6-day immersive series with Mestre Cabello, exploring the rhythms, songs, and movement traditions that shape Afro-Brazilian culture and Capoeira Angola.

From percussion and vocal work to movement and the roda, each session builds on the next.

You will not just learn techniques. You will learn how they fit together. How the music guides the game. How the history shows up in the practice. How to participate with more awareness and intention.

Whether you are new or experienced, this is a chance to deepen your understanding, sharpen your practice, and be part of something rooted and shared.

Space is limited! Register now to secure your spot.

Schedule

• Monday June 1st - 6:30-8pm
  The Roots of Samba Reggae (Prospect Park)

• Tuesday June 2nd - 7:15-8:45pm
  All Levels Capoeira Angola (Esquina Brooklyn)

• Wednesday June 3rd - 7:15-8:45pm
  Capoeira Singing & Harmonies (Esquina Brooklyn)

• Thursday June 4th - 6-8:30pm
  All Levels Capoeira Angola (Esquina Brooklyn)

• Friday June 5th - 6:15-8pm
  Samba de Roda (Esquina Brooklyn)

• Saturday June 6th - 11:30am-12:45pm
  Berimbau & Pandeiro (Esquina Brooklyn)

• Saturday June 6th - 3:30-6:30pm
  Roda (Esquina Brooklyn)

Workshops

• The Roots of Samba Reggae - Monday, June 1 · 6:30–8:00pm · Prospect Park, Bartel-Pritchard Square
  Tracing the trajectory from the drum traditions of Candomblé — Kongo-Angola and Ketu rhythms including Barravento, Cabula, Aguéré D'Oxossi, Ilú, and Vassi — into the groove of samba reggae.

• Capoeira Angola, All Levels - Tuesday, June 2 · 7:15–8:45pm & Thursday, June 4 · 6:00–8:30pm · Esquina Brooklyn
  Technique, flow, and fundamento with Mestre Cabello. All levels welcome.

• Capoeira Singing & Harmonies - Wednesday, June 3 · 7:15–8:45pm · Esquina Brooklyn
  The ladainha, the chula, the corrido: the vocal tradition of Capoeira Angola. Learn the songs, understand their meaning, and find your voice in the Roda.

• Samba de Roda - Friday, June 5 · 6:15–8:00pm · Esquina Brooklyn
  Rooted in the Recôncavo Baiano, Samba de Roda is ancestral, communal, and inseparable from the capoeira tradition. Viola, tambor, voice, and roda. All levels welcome.

• Berimbau & Pandeiro - Saturday, June 6 · 11:30am–12:45pm · Esquina Brooklyn
  Clear & concise patterns & techniques for the instruments that hold the Roda together and serve the game. For beginners to advanced practitioners looking to sharpen their musicality.

• Capoeira Angola Roda - Saturday, June 6 · 3:30–6:30pm · Esquina Brooklyn
  This is what the week has been building toward. Come ready to apply your practice.

Full Series
6 classes + Roda | $150 (Early bird pricing through 5/27)
Any 3 classes | $80 (Early bird pricing through 5/27)
Single workshop | $35

Registration: After purchasing your pricing option, you must then register for the class(es) you'd like to attend.

Please note: All classes & workshops are subject to 4.5% NYC sales tax.

About the Instructor

Mestre Cabello

Born in Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil, Mestre Cabello has dedicated his life to the rhythms, instruments, songs, and dances of Afro-Brazilian culture. A disciple of the great Mestre João Grande, ethnomusicologist Professora Emilia Biancardi, and master drummer Jorge Alabé, he has been practicing Capoeira since the 1980s and teaching around the world since 1990.

Mestre Cabello currently leads the Barracão d'Angola Cultural Center in Serra Grande, Bahia, Brazil, where he works to preserve and transmit Brazilian culture through education, performance, and community practice. He brings a rigorous and attentive approach to the codes and rich repository of musicality, tuning, ritual, and movement left by the masters of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s — drawing on audio recordings, texts, photos, and drawings as living resources for contemporary practice.

For Mestre Cabello, the study of Afro-Brazilian culture is essential to the development of a complete capoeirista — and Capoeira Angola, a sustainable and nourishing practice for body, mind, and community.