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BRAZILIAN DANCE FESTIVAL PUTS BRUM CENTRE STAGE - 23-25 April

Birmingham is to host its first international Capoeira festival from 23-25 April at the
Friends Institute in Moseley.

With stars such as Amy Winehouse and Birmingham’s own Kerrang! Radio DJ Kate
Lawler practising this spectacular Brazilian art-form, where dance meets martial arts, the
popularity of Capoeira in the second city is growing and is demonstrated by the calibre of
this event.

Featuring artists and masters from around the world, including the renowned Mestre
Jogo de Dentro, from Brazil, there will be a variety of specialist workshops, including
Afro-Brazilian dance during the three day event.

A free performance and grading ceremony will take place Saturday, 24 April 2-5pm
when members of Cordão de Ouro Birmingham (CDOB) demonstrate their skills of
trickery, music and acrobatics.

Comments Samuel Mascote from CDOB and festival organiser: “Timed to coincide with
the International Dance Festival Birmingham, our event is a first for the city and gives
momentum to placing Birmingham on the map as a world stage for dance.

“With around 200 guests expected and commuters confirmed from as far afield as Israel
and Poland, as well as other major cities in the UK, our festival demonstrates the
enthusiasm for Brazilian culture and dance, and is personally a major achievement
following our group’s formation just over a year ago.”

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The festival spirit continues into the evening on Saturday 24 April with a Brazilian
themed after-party at The Cross from 8pm. As well as workshops and demonstrations
from international guests, there will also be Capoeira displays, live percussion and
Brazilian dance music.

Those interested should go to www.cdob.co.uk or look up Cordão de Ouro Birmingham

on Facebook.

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“Kate Lawler from Kerrang! is learning Capoeira as part of the IDFB Dance Challenge.
Photos by Ed Moore”

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Samuel Mascote

Notes to editors:
Available for interview: Samuel Mascote
Aged 24, Samuel Mascote is one of the first, and youngest, CDO Capoeira instructors in the
country and founded CDOB in 2009. The group already has a core of sixty members and classes
are held throughout Birmingham and the West Midlands including Coventry, Worcester and
Wolverhampton. A graduate of the University of Nottingham in Sociology, his dissertation covers
the sociology of Capoeira discussing how social theory can be applied to the art.

Press information issued on behalf of Cordão de Ouro Birmingham by Katie Robbins. For more information contact Katie
on 0788 7948861 or email Katie.Robbins@zen.co.uk or Mascote on 0781 2991769