WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:

An introduction to Capoeira which is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics and music. This workshop introduces a few basic traveling, attack, and defense movements as well as the "roda." In the roda, two players enter into "dialogues" to achieve games that contain continuity, transformation, and surprise.

About Katie Tang:

Katie Tang (apelido Mulan) has practiced Capoeira for four years under Mestre Chumbinho, founder of Grupo Capoeira Brasil Hong Kong since 2005. She has performed in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and Ho Chi Minh City. She has also co-hosted Capoeira workshop at Quest Festival in Hanoi, Vietnam for two years and volunteered to teach Capoeira to underprivileged children in Ho Chi Minh City and Kathmandu, Nepal.