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![Volta ao Mundo, the Lebanese-Brazilian connection, presents to you - Primeira Volta - with honorary guests, Mestre Acordeon and Mestra Suelly.Live capoeira and maculelê show organized by Capoeira Sobreviventes, Lebanon with support from Capoeira Pernas Pro Ar, Syria, and Capoeira Abadá, UAE. This is a fundraising gala dinner and official launching of Volta ao Mundo as part of our Primeira Volta capoeira and music workshops. [Scroll down for more information about the workshops]Primeira Volta – Gala Dinner ProgramFeatures:
Open bar, featuring the famous Brazilian cocktail, caipirinhas: made from cachaça (Brazilian rum), limes, lemons, and sugar.
Brazilian delicacies: coxinhas de frango (chicken) and risoles de camarão (shrimp turnovers)
Capoeira show and Maculelê (stick dance)
Live music – bossa nova, samba and more
Volta ao Mundo objectives – what are the guests sponsoring:
You are essentially helping us provide Capoeira and music classes to disadvantaged /underprivileged youth in marginalized communities.
Contributions will help finance our programs and recruit full timers for regular handling of different groups.
Our target groups are:
Youth affected by sociopolitical turmoil (trauma groups)
At-risk youth (drugs, violence, depression, school dropouts)
Students in public school
Youth in isolated/marginalized villages of Lebanon
Physically/mentally handicapped
How will our outreach activities help these youth?
Empowerment: Capoeira has proven to help the youth build self-confidence, self-respect, and personal growth.
Peace Building: by channeling their energy and learning how to use their skills, Capoeira helps youth from engaging in violent activities and steering away from drugs.
Discipline: Capoeira engages people towards establishing personal goals and requires a commitment and responsibility towards improving lives; it encourages youth to focus more on staying in school, thus preparing them for the job market.
Dialogue, tolerance, and self-respect: Capoeira challenges to understand and respect each others differences and short comings and pushes us to excel and meet our goals. It is an art form developed from different cultural contexts, and it opens up dialogue and self-reflection thus allowing for integration.
PRESS RELEASEBEIRUT - Lebanon’s premiere Brazilian cultural association Volta ao Mundo announces an historic event with the arrival this week (May 29) of two world renowned icons of the Brazilian folk/martial art called capoeira — Mestre Acordeon and Mestra Suelly.From MAY 28 - JUNE 1, Mestre Acordeon, perhaps the most recognized capoeira master in the world, and Mestre Suelly, the first female master in North America, will be conducting a full program of some 14 capoeira music and capoeira movement workshops.The workshops will be held at City International School - CIS - in downtown Beirut, and prices per workshop are 25,000 LP(20,000 LP for Volta ao Mundo members) Acordeon and Suelly will also be joined by another visiting Brazilian master, Mestre Bira direct from Brazil. The three capoeira masters will bring over 80 years of experience to Lebanon in this one-time event!And on MAY 30 at 8:30pm join Volta ao Mundo and Lebanon’s first capoeira school, Capoeira Sobreviventes for a fundraising gala dinner at the Hotel Bristol.The night is the launch of Volta ao Mundo and will feature a three-course dinner, Brazilian delicacies, drinks, live music - bossa nova, samba - and a capoeira performance and Muculele (stick dance) by Capoeira Sobreviventes.It is guaranteed to be 4 extraordinary days, with proceeds benefiting Volta ao Mundo, a non-profit cultural association dedicated to inter-cultural dialog through arts, dance and music!FOR INFORMATION ABOUT CAPOEIRA WORKSHOPS MAY 29-JUNE 1 - CALL:Arbi Sarkisian at 03-024-967 or Cynthia at 03-411-929 FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAY 30 GALA DINNER @ HOTEL BRISTOL:03-024 967http://www.capoeiralebanon.org/current_events.htm](http://28.media.tumblr.com/FkW5GZwwxnwryyd76ouJXtldo1_400.jpg)
Volta ao Mundo, the Lebanese-Brazilian connection, presents to you - Primeira Volta - with honorary guests, Mestre Acordeon and Mestra Suelly.
Live capoeira and maculelê show organized by Capoeira Sobreviventes, Lebanon with support from Capoeira Pernas Pro Ar, Syria, and Capoeira Abadá, UAE.
This is a fundraising gala dinner and official launching of Volta ao Mundo as part of our Primeira Volta capoeira and music workshops.
[Scroll down for more information about the workshops]
Primeira Volta – Gala Dinner Program
Features:
- Open bar, featuring the famous Brazilian cocktail, caipirinhas: made from cachaça (Brazilian rum), limes, lemons, and sugar.
- Brazilian delicacies: coxinhas de frango (chicken) and risoles de camarão (shrimp turnovers)
- Capoeira show and Maculelê (stick dance)
- Live music – bossa nova, samba and more
Volta ao Mundo objectives – what are the guests sponsoring:
- You are essentially helping us provide Capoeira and music classes to disadvantaged /underprivileged youth in marginalized communities.
- Contributions will help finance our programs and recruit full timers for regular handling of different groups.
Our target groups are:
- Youth affected by sociopolitical turmoil (trauma groups)
- At-risk youth (drugs, violence, depression, school dropouts)
- Students in public school
- Youth in isolated/marginalized villages of Lebanon
- Physically/mentally handicapped
How will our outreach activities help these youth?
- Empowerment: Capoeira has proven to help the youth build self-confidence, self-respect, and personal growth.
- Peace Building: by channeling their energy and learning how to use their skills, Capoeira helps youth from engaging in violent activities and steering away from drugs.
- Discipline: Capoeira engages people towards establishing personal goals and requires a commitment and responsibility towards improving lives; it encourages youth to focus more on staying in school, thus preparing them for the job market.
- Dialogue, tolerance, and self-respect: Capoeira challenges to understand and respect each others differences and short comings and pushes us to excel and meet our goals. It is an art form developed from different cultural contexts, and it opens up dialogue and self-reflection thus allowing for integration.
PRESS RELEASE
BEIRUT - Lebanon’s premiere Brazilian cultural association Volta ao Mundo announces an historic event with the arrival this week (May 29) of two world renowned icons of the Brazilian folk/martial art called capoeira — Mestre Acordeon and Mestra Suelly.
From MAY 28 - JUNE 1, Mestre Acordeon, perhaps the most recognized capoeira master in the world, and Mestre Suelly, the first female master in North America, will be conducting a full program of some 14 capoeira music and capoeira movement workshops.
The workshops will be held at City International School - CIS - in downtown Beirut, and prices per workshop are 25,000 LP(20,000 LP for Volta ao Mundo members) Acordeon and Suelly will also be joined by another visiting Brazilian master, Mestre Bira direct from Brazil. The three capoeira masters will bring over 80 years of experience to Lebanon in this one-time event!
And on MAY 30 at 8:30pm join Volta ao Mundo and Lebanon’s first capoeira school, Capoeira Sobreviventes for a fundraising gala dinner at the Hotel Bristol.
The night is the launch of Volta ao Mundo and will feature a three-course dinner, Brazilian delicacies, drinks, live music - bossa nova, samba - and a capoeira performance and Muculele (stick dance) by Capoeira Sobreviventes.
It is guaranteed to be 4 extraordinary days, with proceeds benefiting Volta ao Mundo, a non-profit cultural association dedicated to inter-cultural dialog through arts, dance and music!
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT CAPOEIRA WORKSHOPS MAY 29-JUNE 1 - CALL:
Arbi Sarkisian at 03-024-967 or Cynthia at 03-411-929
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAY 30 GALA DINNER @ HOTEL BRISTOL:
03-024 967
http://www.capoeiralebanon.org/current_events.htm
