We had the pleasure of performing at TEDx SLC in 2016. Enjoy the performance!
The Pain & Possibility is a community art project that was catalyzed and funded by Sugar Space Foundation, Mestizo Institute of Culture and Arts, and other collective partners. We are proud to present to you, Capoeiristas for Black Lives Matter. This video is organized by the students of Volta Miuda capoeira and supervised by Mestre Jamaika Romualdo of Salt Lake City, Utah. This concept dance video highlights original song, music, and dance by the creators of the project. Our aim is to shift perspectives through art, to inspire one another, and to uplift our communities. We are a community that stands strong in times of racial oppression and police brutality. Capoeira is our tool of resistance! It's important to share the reality we co-create! We hope you enjoy!
Mestre Jamaika is featured in Samskara Screendance Project.
On the weekend of August 15-18, eight different cultural dance artists were filmed in eight different locations throughout Utah.The project aims to represent a cross section of humanity throughout time and geography. Through Samskara, viewers explore the realms of the past, present, and future as it is expressed through the human form and the tradition of dance. Angela Challis explains, “Samskara (Sanskrit) is the scope of experiences which we collect through our life journeys. This project celebrates humanity–our similarities and differences.”
The Samskara Screendance Project was funded with generous grants from the Utah Film Commission Next Level Grant and from the Utah Division of Arts and Museums with the support of the Utah Dance Education Organization and special thanks to the BYU ARTS Partnership.
There will be a screening on November 23rd, 2019 at the Marmalade Library located at 280 W 500 N, Salt Lake City, UT 84103. A brief question-and-answer session with the dancers, director, and crew will follow the showing. Refreshments will be served.
