Rhonda Coleman, Capoeirista. Tucson, AZ | 2023 Rhonda Coleman (Contramestra Onda Mansa) is part of the capoeira community that springs from Grupo Capoeira Angola Guerreiro de Palmares, led by her teacher, Mestre Lazaro, a capoeira arts master in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. Coleman’s movement background includes West African, Honduran, and Afro-Brazilian dance. She has studied and … Read more
Bryan Castle, Capoeirista. Tucson, AZ | 2020 Bryan Castle has been a practitioner of the Brazilian martial artform of capoeira for 22 years, studying throughout North America and Brazil with teachers such as the late Contramestre Dondi “Enxu” in Tucson. Castle now teaches capoeira at Movement Culture, Casa de Cultural, working to preserve the traditional … Read more
Anne Pollack, Capoerista. Tucson, AZ | 2019 Anna Pollack has trained and practiced Afro-Brazilian capoeira and traditional Afro-Brazilian music and dance for 33 years. She worked with apprentice Aidan Miller-Wells passing on capoeira forms and instrument-making.