Mestra Marisa & Gingarte Capoeira’s Big Debut at the Chicago Dancing Festival

Rolha Capoeira

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The Chicago Dancing Festival recently celebrated its 10th anniversary and, for the first time, featured a capoeira performance by Mestre Marisa’s Gingarte Capoeira that wowed the audience at the West Performance Platform at the Navy Pier.

The Chicago Tribune reported:

Making their debut this year were the capoeira dancers from the Gingarte Capoeira School. Capoeira is a Brazilian martial arts, acrobatic dance form. Consisting of predominantly male dancers. It is led under the tutelage of Maestra Marisa Cordeiro. She is one of the highest-ranking female capoeiristas in the United States. This year also marks the 25th Anniversary of Cultural Capoeira.

Editor’s note: It is actually the 25th anniversary of Gingarte Capoeira, not Cultural Capoeira as stated in the Chicago Tribune article.

Read the full article, Chicago Dancing Festival - Navy Pier’s Role.

Visit Mestra Marisa and Gingarte Capoeira at their official website and Facebook page.

Mistakenly mentioned in the article is Herança Cultural Capoeira of Chicago, under the guidance of Mestre Catitu. More information can be found at their official website and Facebook page.