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Capoeira Angola Palmares
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Capoeira Angola Palmares is a worldwide, world-reknown group. Our New York academy is under the leadership of Grand Master Lincoln. Please take a moment to browse through our site.
Website: http://capoeiraartsny.com/index.html
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Mestre(s): Lincoln, Mestre Nô
Mestre Lincoln (Lincoln de Melo) was born in 1964 in Salvador Bahia, Brazil. He has been studying Capoeira for over 30 years with the Capoeira Palmares Group under the leadership of Mestre Nô. In 1993 he was awarded his second Masters degree. Widely recognized as a pivotal force in Capoeira, Mestre Lincoln is often invited to lend his expertise and teach not only movements but also Capoeira ideology at academies all over the world.
Besides teaching Capoeira full time, Mestre Lincoln founded the non-for-profit organization, Bahia Group Dance and Arts Inc., with the intention of sharing an authentic vision of the Brazilian folkore worldwide. Bahia Group has and continues to perform in colleges, museums, schools and cultural centers in the Tri-State area.
Mestre Lincoln is currently heading Bahia Group while also teaching Capoeira to children and adults in Queens, New York.
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