featuring Mestre Cabelo and Jorge
Alabê
with the UC Davis Brazilian Capoeira Ensemble
directed by Juan Diego Díaz, with guests
Mestre Cabello is an experienced master of
Capoeira Angola and disciple of the great Mestre João Grande,
ethnomusicologist Emilia Biancardi and master drummer Jorge
Alabé. Originally from Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil, Mestre
Cabello has dedicated the last 20 of his 40 years in the art to
cultivating Capoeira Angola in Serra Grande, Brazil and around
the world. He casts an attentive and respectful look at the codes
and the rich repository of musicality, tuning, ritual and
movement left by the old masters from the 1940’s, 50’s and 60’s
via audio recordings, texts, photos and drawings. Seen through
these lenses, the study of Afro-Brazilian culture is of vital
importance to the recognition, understanding and appreciation of
a complete capoeirista. Mestre Cabello approaches Capoeira Angola
as a sustainable and nourishing practice for our whole selves:
body, mind and spirit.
