HISTÓRIA DO MESTRE CABOQUINHO
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"Native of Salvador, Bahia Brazil, I started Capoeira Angola
when I was twelve years old with my father Jose Vicente Dantas.
He was a student of João Bodeiro de Serrinha. However,
as the Brazilian saying goes, 'a household saint will produce
no miracles.' So I went to train with M. Alfonsinho, the son
of YoYo, a civil policeman. Then after M. Alfonsinho closed
his academy, I began to study with M. Curió. However,
I needed to earn a living, so I decided to quit the academies
and play street Capoeira.
In 1989, I came to the U.S. with Franco Fontana's group 'OBA
OBA' and danced with the troupe in a Broadway show as well as
other shows across the U.S. After the tour, I returned to Bahia
where I met producer Tisuka Yamazaki. This meeting led me to
a cameo in the Brazilian film 'Pagador de Promesa' in which
I played Capoeira with a razor blade in between my toes.
On Oct 23, 1993, I arrived in Miami with the group Scala Miami.
During the show, I would receive little notes from the audience,
brought backstage to me by the waitstaff, asking me to teach
them my art. So I began to teach in the same space I performed.
I have had four Mestres, my father, M. Afonsinho Filho de YoYo
da Polícia Civil, Jaime Martins dos Santos (M. Curió),
and my city Salvador, Bahia. Today, I live in Detroit, USA,
to protect Capoeira Angola, to make my tribe grow and to teach
my roots. I will continue to teach Capoeira Angola with my heart
and I will stop only when Deus tells me."
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