PE1, Gymnasium/PE Building, Dance Studio 1.

Space will be limited. Please email kristen.daley@sonoma.edu to RSVP.

(THAR 373 discussions will include a movement session, but no dance experience is required)

About Mestre Espaço: Born and raised in Brazil, Contra Mestre Espaço (Fabio Mendes) discovered capoeira at 18 years of age and instantly knew he was going to dedicate his life to training and teaching. After a few years of intensive training, he began teaching capoeira to youth at a number of elementary schools and to mentally and physically handicapped adolescents and adults at CERPAM.

About Instrutora India (Jamie Nakama): Jamie is an educator, dancer, performer, youth mentor, environmentalist, anthropologist, capoeira instructor and more! She has a master’s degree in ecological anthropology and is deeply engaged in social activism and environmental sustainability. Jamie is the Youth Program Manager at LandPaths, a non-profit organization based in Sonoma County dedicated to community conservation and social change.