Bring some Axé To your event!

Book Axe Capoeira and Axe folclorico.

About our group and the dances

Grupo Axé Capoeira will perform at your event anywhere in Arizona. We will also travel further upon request to your event if necessary. Grupo Axé Capoeira adds excitement and enthusiasm to any event. The performance will consist of one or all of these parts depending on your needs:

Capoeira (cap-o-ay-ra)

is a unique, interdisciplinary Brazilian art form combining acrobatics, dance, martial arts and passionate Afro-Brazilian music. The performance will contain capoeira solos and/or duplas (pairs) done within a capoeira roda (ring) which will delight audiences with their dazzling movements.

 

Samba

one of the most popular and well-known dances from Brazil. Featuring a highly contagious rhythm, samba is usually seen during Carnival and Mardi Gras celebrations around the world.

 

 

Samba Reggae

 

With traditional sounds of samba from Salvador, Bahia combined with sounds from other Caribbean music genres like reggae, Samba reggae has given rise to a style of African-influenced dance derived from Afro-Brazilian and candomble dance moves.

Maculele (mah-coo-le-le)

is an Afro-Brazilian dance created by African slave workers on the sugarcane plantations in Bahia, Northeast Brazil. The dance is choreographed based on the movements and drum rhythms used during the harvest. The slaves used machetes to cut the sugarcane, but later they developed a form of dance with sticks.

Afro

like maculelê, originated among the slaves of Brazil’s colonial era. The mixture of the steps, and of the rhythms brought by these slaves, with Indigenous and Europeans influences were essential to the vitality of Brazilian dance. In order to accommodate a rhythmical richness, Afro-Brazilian dance has as its main characteristics the rapid marking of the rhythm by the feet, and free and independent movements of arms, chest, head and hips.

 

Coco De Roda (Cocoo-dee-hoda)

is a typical dance from the beach regions of the Northeast of Brazil and has a strong African drumming influence. The choreography of the dance involves steps and movements traditional of the indigenous Tupis peoples of Brazil.

 

Colheita

is a traditional dance representing the annual bean harvest in rural Brazil portrayed by women. Colourful and flowing traditional skirts punctuate the dancer’s movements as they swing woven baskets to the music, symbolizing the collecting and sifting of beans or seeds.