For an entire week, the School of Music, Theater, and Dance embraced Brazilian colors. From Monday, October 5th, to Friday, October 9th, all students, from middle schoolers to young dancers and adults, moved to the sound of Capoeira. The school welcomed Pretinho Rocha, a Capoeira professor globally recognized as a singer-songwriter. After working in his hometown of Barra Mansa (in the state of Rio de Janeiro), Brazil, he has traveled to over 40 countries teaching the values of Capoeira: its music, instruments, and the game of this dance.
To reach as many young people as possible, Pretinho Rocha, along with two facilitators from the Bem Viver association in Chambéry, Foguete and Primavera, visited the schools of Macot, Peisey-Nancroix, Aime, La Plagne, and La Côte d'Aime to introduce children to the art of Capoeira and, more broadly, to Brazilian culture.
This week dedicated to the Brazilian martial art, where the musical arc dictates the pace of the steps, was a wonderful collective initiation. With its elements of game, music, acrobatics, struggle, song, and dance, Capoeira is multifaceted and represents a true artistic and cultural expression. The youngest student was 3 years old, and the oldest was 96.
