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Event name: Capoeira: History, Performance & Interactive Workshop with Mestre GaivotaDate & time: Wednesday, October 28, 2026, 1:00–2:20 PM
Location: John Cotton Dana Library, Dana Room (4th Floor), 185 University Ave, Newark, NJ 07102
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🔥 Experience the Energy of Brazil! 🇧🇷
Everyone is invited! Join us for an afternoon of capoeira, the Afro-Brazilian tradition that combines martial arts, dance, acrobatics, and music.
Capoeirista Mestre Gaivota (David Morgan), founder and director of Afro-Brazilian Cultural Center in Bloomfield (https://www.abccnj.com), and his students will lead a history talk, a live performance, and an interactive workshop. We’ll explore the history, cultural resilience, and enduring legacy of Afro-Brazilian traditions, from the senzalas to UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. No experience needed, just come ready to move!
🍴 Brazilian refreshments will be served!
📍 John Cotton Dana Library, Dana Room (4th Floor)
185 University Ave, Newark, NJ 07102
🗓 Wednesday, October 28 | 1:00–2:20 PM
Presented by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at Rutgers University–Newark, with the support of Sheila Y. Oliver Center for Politics and Race in America, Camões – Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, and the Afro-Brazilian Cultural Center of NJ.
Free and open to the public.
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Rutgers University—Newark, Rutgers University-Newark, 249 University Ave, Newark, NJ 07102, United States
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