Companhia Pernas Pro ArCapoeira East Finchley, London

Inside the roda

Photos

Movement, music, and moments together.
Our CPPA London batizado.

The Capoeira roda gathered with berimbaus and drums
A student receiving a yellow cord at the batizado
Two capoeiristas moving through cartwheels in the roda
Students celebrating with their batizado certificates
A yellow cord held up during the grading ceremony
Two capoeiristas playing beside the atabaque
A student receiving a cord beside the musicians
A kick and an evasion during a Capoeira game
Capoeiristas playing as the roda sings and claps
A low movement and a kick in front of the musicians
Two capoeiristas exchanging a kick and an evasion
A capoeirista balancing upside down on both hands
A capoeirista with a red cord moving through the roda
A student with a yellow cord practising a high kick
Two capoeiristas turning through flowing movements
A student evading a cartwheel in front of the musicians
An airborne movement above a low evasion in the roda
A sweeping kick beside an inverted balance
Two capoeiristas exchanging low and inverted movements
A capoeirista ducking beneath an inverted kick
A high kick and a crouching evasion as the roda watches
A student with a yellow cord turning on one hand
A wide view of the group watching a game in the sunlit hall
A high kick met with a low evasion beside the musicians