Past Performances
DRUM CAMP @ Bungay, Suffolk July 2010 ART BRASIL were invited back to Drum Camp -a renowned Annual World Music & Dance Festival held in Suffolk -to deliver workshops in Capoeira Dance and traditional Afro-Brazilian Music for the festival in July 2010!
SANITY FAIR @ Hanley June 2010
ART BRASIL & SAMBA CULTURA performed with RIFF RAFF, our Outreach Samba Band from Blurton High School, to open the Sanity Fair 2010 event on Saturday 19th June.
2010K Run @ Stoke May 2010
ART BRASIL & SAMBA CULTURA performed traditional Afro-Brazilian singing & hand drumming and Carnival Samba at Kings Hall Car Park for the 2010K Run on Sunday 30th May 2010.
WORLD HEALTH DAY @ BURSLEM PARK April 2010
ART BRASIL & SAMBA CULTURA performed live drumming and capoeira for World Health Day at Burslem Park on Sunday 11th April 2010.
FESTA BRASILEIRA @ KEELE UNIVERSITY March 2010
SAMBA CULTURA performed live for the Keele Capoeira Society Brazilian Night Fundraiser on Wednesday 31st March 2010.
KEELE UNIVERSITY DANCE SOCIETY SHOWCASE March 2010
ART BRASIL & SAMBA CULTURA performed live drumming and dance as guests at Keele University's Dance Society Annual Showcase on Tuesday 16th March 2010.
010 DANCE @ THE REGENT January 2010
Children from our Capoeira Kids! project took to the stage for the first time to perform in ART BRASIL's 4th appearance at the Regent Theatre's annual dance festival on 24 January 2010.
Pictures coming soon.
SPECTRUMS OF SOUND November 2009
ART BRASIL and Samba Cultura performed at Planet Sound Community Arts' annual showcase at the Victoria Hall on 26th November.
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"ESTOU CONTENTE 2" @ The Leopard October 2009
Our second Brazilian Night "Estou Contente" at The Leopard in Burslem on 16th October featured live performances from ART BRASIL and Samba Cultura.
SAMBA MELA PARADE September 2009
ART BRASIL and Samba Cultura parade and perform on stage for Stoke's SAMBA MELA at Hanley Park, Sunday 27th Sept.
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LEEK SUMMER JAM August 2009
ART BRASIL performed with Samba Cultura at Leek's Summer Jam festival on Saturday 15th August 2009.
NANTWICH FESTIVAL August 2009
Samba Cultura performed in Nantwich Centre as part of their summer festival on 27th August 2009.
BATIZADO WEEKEND 2009 & "Estou Contente" August 2009
Our third Batizado ceremony weekend included workshops in Capoeira, Samba Music and African dance. The weekend finished with our first Brazilian night "Estou Contente" at the Leopard in Burslem with performances by Planet Sound Drum School, Cuban group Yorubanto, ART BRASIL and Samba Cultura.
DRUM CAMP 2009 July 2009
ART BRASIL were the first to deliver capoeira workshops and perform capoeira in the 10 years of the famous World Music Festival.
Pictures on "Will Sherrat" - Capoeira ART BRASIL at Drum Camp on Facebook.
BURSLEM ARTS FESTIVAL May 2009 ART BRASIL returned to the Burslem Arts Festival on Saturday 2nd May with Capoeira in the morning and Samba Cultura in the afternoon.
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09 DANCE @ THE REGENT January 2009
ART BRASIL returned to the Regent Theatre on Saturday 24th January 2009 to perform as part of the 09 Dance Festival.
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SPECTRUMS OF SOUND December 2008
ART BRASIL and Samba Cultura performed at Planet Sound Community Arts' annual showcase at the Victoria Hall on 14th December.
Pictures at Planet Sound
BURSLEM ARTS FESTIVAL December 2008
ART BRASIL and Samba Cultura performed for the Burslem Arts Festival and Xmas Lights Switch On on 6th December.
XMAS LIGHTS SWITCH ON November 2008
Samba Cultura paraded around the City Centre for the Xmas lights switch on on 13th November.
Pictures at Planet Sound
BATIZADO 2008 September 2008
Day of capoeira workshops and our second Batizado ceremony followed by our Fundraiser evening with Capoeira and Samba performances from ART BRASIL.
STRAWBERRY MOON FESTIVAL June 2008
ART BRASIL delivered workshops and performed for REAP's Strawberry Moon Festival on 28th June.
CENTRAL FOREST PARK June 2008
ART BRASIL performed as part of the Stoke-on-Trent City Council Networking Event on 21st June.
CARNIVAL 2008 June 2008
ART BRASIL delivered Samba dance workshops and performed for the City Centre Carnival on 14th June.
Pictures courtesy of Planet Sound
BURSLEM ARTS FESTIVAL May 2008
ART BRASIL gave informal workshops and performed throughout the day for the Burslem Arts Festival on 10th May.
FULL MOON March 2008
ART BRASIL performed as part of Planet Sound's showcase at the Full Moon in Newcastle-under-Lyme on 13th March.
Pictures courtesy of Planet Sound
08 DANCE @ THE REGENT February 2008
ART BRASIL performed Capoeira and another traditional Afro-Brazilian dance, Maculele as part of the Regent's Dance festival on 2nd February.
Pictures in our Gallery
CAPOEIRA FOR YOUTH! PERFORMANCE November 2007
Children from our Capoeira for Youth! Project (including Mill Hill Primary, St. Mary's Primary and St. Maragaret Ward High) performed for their family and friends to conclude the project on 28th November.
Pictures on our Gallery
BATIZADO 2007 August 2007
Day of capoeira workshops as part of our first Batizado Ceremony were held on 18th August.
Pictures on our Gallery
CARNIVAL 2007 June 2007
ART BRASIL joined Planet Sound's Samba Bateria in the City Centre Carnival on 16th June.
Pictures courtesy of Planet Sound
07 DANCE @ THE REGENT January 2007
ART BRASIL's first performance at the Regent Theatre's Dance Festival on 27th January.
Pictures on our Gallery
FUSION FESTIVAL September 2006
ART BRASIL performed Capoeira and Maculele, an Afro-Brazilian stick dance at Hanley Park's Fusion Festival on 3rd September.
BIG DANCE WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT July 2006
ART BRASIL members participated in the Big Dance World Record Attempt on 22nd July.
Pictures courtesy of BBC Stoke
CARNIVAL 2006 July 2006
ART BRASIL paraded performing capoeira moves for the City Centre Carnival on 1st July.
Pictures courtesy of Planet Sound