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	Mestre Jelon Vieira Offical Web Site
		Mestre Jelon Vieira, a leading Mestre ("master") of capoeira in Brasil and the United States, has described it as a dance which is a fight and a fight which is a dance.
		Mestre Bimba is considered one of the founding fathers of capoeira's modern era and the creator of the style known as capoeira regional, which incorporated movements from other martial art forms such as boxing and jujitsu.
		Because of Mestre Bimba, Mestre Pastinha, and others, capoeira's movements, songs, rhythms, and rituals were preserved, popularized, and transformed into a formal discipline and a respected art form.
	www.mestrejelon.com /capoeira.html (804 words)

	Mestre Jelon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Mestre Jelon Vieira is the founder and artistic leader for the Capoeira Foundation.
		He is one of the 12 mestre of Grupo Capoeira Brasil.
		Mestre Jelon currently teaches cultural dance at the University of Florida.
	kmr.nada.kth.se /~capoeira/Mestre_Jelon-en.html (59 words)

	About Capoeira- brazilianmartialarts.org
		Mestre Bimba's systematization and teaching of capoeira made a tremendous contribution to the capoeira community.
		Together, Mestre Bimba and Mestre Pastinha are generally seen as the fathers of modern Capoeira Regional and Capoeira Angola respectively.
		Some mestres will playfully involve spectators in the chamada (for example, introducing a female bystander to their opponent only to take the opponent down while he doffs his hat).
	www.brazilianmartialarts.org /aboutcapoeira.htm (3161 words)

	Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre João Grande
		Mestre João Grande was born on Jan. 15, 1933 in the tiny village of Itagi in the south of the state of Bahia, between Ilheus and Itabuna.
		Mestre João Grande eventually became such an acclaimed capoeirista that when Carybe, a painter famous for his documentation of African Culture in Bahia, chose to do studies of capoeira he chose João Grande as a model.
		Jelon was the first to formally introduce capoeira to the US in 1974.
	www.joaogrande.org /mestre.htm (1058 words)

	Mestre Jelon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Jelon Vieira is the Cofounder of Ilê Bahia de San Antonio.
		Vieira studied capoeira with the famous Mestres Bimba, Eziquiel, and Bobo, Afro-Brazilian dance at Escola de ballet Teatro Castro Alves in Salvador, Bahia, modern dance with James Truite, Thelma Hill, Fred Benjamin, and ballet with Don Farnsworth.
		Vieira teaches capoeira to people of all ages and from all walks of life in both Brazil and the United States.
	www.miamicapoeira.org /gpage1.html (428 words)

	Capoeira:From Africa To Brazil And Beyond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In 1937, Mestre Bimba had his students perform before government and foreign dignitaries where the art was officially accepted by the Brazilian government and the official ban against the art was lifted.
		Mestre Pastinha dedicated his life to Capoeira Angola and in 1966 he went to Senegal at the request of the Brazilian government to demonstrate Capoeira at the 1st International Festival of Black Arts.
		Mestre Jelon Vieira, originally from Bahia, brought Capoeira to the U.S. in 1975 where it sparked the Breakdancing craze and has been enjoying a strong following ever since.
	www.uaia.org /uaia/brazil/capoeira.htm (1502 words)

	Grupo Capoeira Brasil
		The inauguration, sponsored by a council of legendary mestres from various organizations, began an amazing capoeira dynasty, which today is one of the largest in the world.
		Each of the 4 mestres compliment the Capoeira Brasil family in their own unique way, each having individual programs with numerous graduated students assisting in the cultivation and evolution of the group's work.
		Under the supervision of Mestre Jelon Vieira, Instructor Gringo teaches classes as well as choreographs, directs and performs in shows around the city.
	www.grupocapoeirabrasil.com /info/group.html (420 words)

	Grupo Capoeira Brasil
		In 1999 he met with Mestre Jelon Vieira in San Antonio, Texas and after a good conversation and the permission of Mestre Dantas, he decided that to continue to grow in Capoeira he needed to be with a Mestre in the USA.
		Training with Mestre Jelon gave him the opportunity to grow and be a part of the Grupo Capoeira Brasil family.
		The connection could not be better and with the support from Mestre Jelon and the group, his skill and technique quickly improved.
	www.grupocapoeirabrasil.com /info/instructor.html (351 words)

	directopedia : Directory : Sports : Martial Arts : Capoeira
		Mestre João Pequeno: Mestre of Capoeira Angola, student of Mestre Pastinha.
		Mestre Suassuna: Student of Mestre Bimba and Mestre Canjiquinha, leader of the international Cordão de Ouro organization and one of the pioneers of Capoeira in São Paulo, Brazil.
		Mestre Pintor: Founder of Bantus Capoeira and mestre of Capoeira Angola.
	www.directopedia.org /directory/Sports-Martial_Arts/Capoeira.shtml (4840 words)

	Capoeira Community and Resources
		Mestre Bene combines his extensive knowledge of the game of Capoeira gained through years of practical experience with his progressive approach to teaching philosophical and strategical aspects of the game in a theoretically informed manner.
		Mestre Jelon Vieira is the founder and Artistic Director of The Capoeira Foundation and Dance Brazil and credited as the first artist to bring Capoeira to the United States.
		Mestre Jelon took his advice and has guided the company through breathtaking performances of Capoeira and Afro-Brasilian dance before audiences in Europe, Asia, Brasil, and the USA.
	www.thisbusinessofdanceandmusic.com /Capoeira.htm (4941 words)

	Capoeira History Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		To further disguise it, the mestres created different rhythms on their berimbaus, and used them to tell the capoeiristas if the slave masters were in the vacinity.
		This way, the mestres had control over the roda, and could change it from a playful, friendly dance to a nearly brutal training session and back again in an instant.
		In 1973, the first Capoeira mestre, Jelon Vieira, moved to the United States.
	web.ics.purdue.edu /~jdnelson/history.html (345 words)

	Lycos 50 with Dean -- One to Watch: Capoeira
		According to the Mestre I spoke to, Jelon Vieira, the group then forms a circle or a roda, around two people who will run through specific moves, more like a dance than a fight.
		Finally the Mestre might sing a traditional song along with the unique beats further directing the pace and direction of the sparring.
		Mestre Jelon says that Capoeira works out 100 percent of the body, bringing all types of people together to transcend martial arts, and on its deepest level, is a philosophical framework for approaching and interacting with others.
	50.lycos.com /092404.asp (585 words)

	Capoeira 4 All - Mestre Jelon Vieira - Grupo Capoeira Brasil
		Due to the large amount of mestres and information we found on the internet, we are not able to place the proper credits with each mestre.
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		Mestre Jelon was one of the pioneers to teach Capoeira in the USA.
	www.capoeira4all.com /mestres/index.php?id=73 (150 words)

	ESQUILO PRETO
		An enthusiast of martial arts since childhood, Washington Luiz Lima Porto (Esquilo) developed an interest in Capoeira as a teenager when he began studying with Mestre Jelon Vieira in Salvador, Bahia,Brazil.
		A student of Mestre Jelon and a member of Grupo Capoeira Brasil since 1994, Mr.
		Between 1996 and 1998, he served as an assistant to Mestre Jelon for beginning level students in Salvador.
	www.miamicapoeira.org (227 words)

	Grupo Capoeira Brasil of San Antonio
		It was not until the 1930s that capoeira's shady reputation began to improve when Manoel dos Reis Machado, better known as Mestre Bimba, opened the first capoeira academy in 1932.
		Other famous capoeira Mestres ("masters"), emerged during this period, including Vincente Ferreira, also known as Mestre Pastinha, the father of capoeira angola, a style of capoeira distinct from but complementary to capoeira regional.
		Pastinha, and others, capoeira's movements, songs, rhythms, and rituals were preserved, popularized, and transformed into a formal discipline and a respected art form.
	www.capoeiratexas.com /history.html (801 words)

	village voice > news > Blame it On Brazil by Thad Dunning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Capoeira master and choreographer Jelon Vieira, who helped pioneer its introduction here, commemorates the occasion May 23 through 28, when his company, DanceBrazil, performs two world premieres at the Joyce Theater.
		A second premiere, by Vieira, is called Ginga, a word meaning "to swing or sway," as in capoeira's fundamental side-to-side movement.
		Some schools descend from the Capoeira Regional of Mestre Bimba, the first master to set up an officially sanctioned academy in the city of Salvador, Bahia, in the 1930s, and his students; others from the Capoeira Angola of Mestre Pastinha; and yet others from disparate but less widely recognized lineages.
	www.villagevoice.com /issues/0020/dunning.shtml (801 words)

	Mysite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Mestre Bimba (pronounced been-bah) was born in the Bahian capital of Salvador in 1900, and started learning Capoeira from a merchant marine captain named Bentinho around 1912.
		As a boy, Pastinha (pronounced Paz-teen-ya) learned Capoeira from a fl man called Mestre Benidido, and by the time he was twelve he was such a good fighter that he was able to obtain employment as a bouncer in a brothel.
		Some people have said that Vieira's methods influenced the break-dancing craze of the 1980s, but that was really owed to the New York City dance troupe called High Times Crew.
	www.capoeirabermuda.bm /runcms/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5 (4293 words)

	Amazon.com: Capoeira, a Brazilian Art Form: History, Philosophy, and Practice: Books: Bira Almeida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Mestre Bimba, Rio de Janeiro, Mestre Pastinha, Vem Camard, Sdo Bento, Reis Machado, Stanford University, World Capoeira Association, Companhia Brasileira de Discos, Jelon Vieira, Nordeste de Amaralina, Lyra Filho, San Francisco, Bay of All Saints, Cobrinha Verde, Camisa Rbxa, Saint Benedict, Chorus Parand
		Mestre Acordeon's book has long been praised for its clear writing, for his thoughtful coverage of the history, philosophy, and artistic traditions surrounding this art-form.
		Mestre Acordeon takes you on a journey through capoeira, sharing his experiences and inviting the reader to use his imagination.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0938190296?v=glance (1222 words)

	Capoeira Brasil: Instrutor Aladin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		He began his Capoeira training at the age of 13 with Mestre Jelon Vieira at the Grupo Capoeira Brasil, in Boca do Rio (the neighborhood where he grew up in Salvador, Bahia).
		He started his performing training with The Capoeiras of Bahia, a dance company for teenagers directed by Mr.
		He taught us many things in life, not just capoeira, and we hope to continue on with the things he had time to teach us and carry on his legacy here in Gainesville.
	www.capoeirabrasilfl.com /aladin.shtml (269 words)

	Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Because of Mestre Bimba, and others, capoeira’s movements, songs, rhythms, and rituals were preserved, popularized, and transformed into a formal discipline and a respected art form.
		Both were practiced and developed by Afro-American slaves, both retained distinctive African aesthetics and cultural qualities; both were shunned and looked-down upon by the larger Brazilian and North American societies within which they developed, and both fostered a deep sense of afrocentric pride especially amongst poorer and darker skinned Blacks.
		In the mid-1970s, when masters of the art form - mestre capoeiristas, began to emigrate and teach Capoeira in the United States, it was still primarily practiced amongst the poorest and Blackest of Brazilians.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/jan/21/21012005mg.htm (18825 words)

	Capoeira Performance Arts Center \| New Rochelle, NY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Bom Jesus was born in Bom Jesus City, ES, Brazil, where his interest in capoeira began at the age of ten.
		He began his formal training under Mestre Capixaba.
		He soon became a member of Dance Brazil by invitation from Mestre Jelon Vieira, with whom he toured internationally for a number of years.
	www.capoeiraperformancearts.com (519 words)

	Capoeira Arts Cafe - School - Instrutores
		Janeiro in April, 1994 with Mestre Gil Velho...
		I first saw Capoeira when Jelon Vieira brought his performing troupe Capoeira Brazil to my college where I was studying dance...
		I have been a student of Mestres Acordeon, Ra and Suelly since 1997.
	www.capoeira.bz /school/instructores.html (146 words)

	ABADA CAPOEIRA - >> about edna lima - articles <<
		For example, if two Mestres are playing, nobody except another Mestre is allowed to buy that game.
		Right away, I got in contact with Jelon Vieira who has the Dance Brazil company.
		I came to New York to visit a school, and Jelon invited me to be part of his company.
	www.abadacapoeira.com /html/edn-art3.html (3420 words)

	Instructor Borracha Capoeira Brasil of St. Louis
		Borracha (Wellington Porto) was born in Bahia, Brasil.
		He began his Capoeira training with Jelon Vieira, renowned Capoeira master and dance choreographer, at the Grupo Capoeira Brasil, in Boco do Rio, at the age of thirteen.
		Borracha started performing with The Capoeiras of Bahia, a dance company for teenagers, directed by Jelon Vieira.
	www.capoeirastl.org /InstructorBorracha.html (241 words)

	Dance Magazine: Capoeira: from self-defense to self expression.(DanceBrazil)@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		"CAPOEIRA IS A GAME," SAID JELON VIEIRA, A MASTER of the Brazilian dancelike martial art.
		The 48-year-old Mestre (master) Jelon, as he is known to his students, was a long way from his hometown in Brazil's northeast state of Bahia, home to the majority of the country's Afro-Brazilian population.
		Wearing a fl turtleneck with jeans and occasionally holding a cell phone up to his closely cropped graying hair,...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:80714382&refid=holomed_1 (215 words)

	Dance Teacher Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Take the headache out of traveling to Regionals with these products.
		Jelon Vieira, one of two masters who brought the Afro-Brazilian art of capoeira to the U.S., is still kicking high at 50.
		The Chicago Moving Company settles into its permanent home and celebrates 30 years of innovative choreography.
	www.dance-teacher.com /backissues/oct03/oct03toc.shtml (228 words)

	Brazil From the Ground Up
		Tonight, at 7:30 p.m., up the street from the building where Mestre Pastinha's academy was located on the Largo do Pelourinho (at the Associação Brasileira de Capoeira Angola, Rua Gregório de Matos, 38), there will be a celebratory roda de mestres (capoeira circle open to masters of the art).
		(Master of Capoeira and Choreographer Jelon Vieira and his friend Loremil Machado were the first to take capoeira out of Brazil and into the United States).
		Salvador's capoeira and dance master Jelon Vieira, director of DanceBrazil, presents Missão, a show of modern dance combined with capoeira, at New York City's Joyce Theater.
	www.bahia-online.net /ground1.htm (5530 words)

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