 | In 1990, Mestre Barrão was invited to demonstrate his art at the International Children's Festivals throughout North America and eventually found himself in Canada at the Vancouver International Children's Festival. After spending 1991 teaching in Italy, Barrão decided to immigrate to Canada in 1992 and begin teaching here at various locations. He started The Annual International Capoeira Encounter and has renowned and respected Mestres from all over the world visit and share their skills. In 1996, he opened Canada's first Academy of Capoeira.
Today, Mestre Barrão frequently receives invitations to conduct and teach Capoeira at international workshops. The mestres who assembled at the Melhores Do Seculo event in Curitiba Parana in 2000, recognized Mestre Barrão as one of the great capoeiristas of the century, due to his skill and contribution to Capoeira. Mestre Barrão and his Grupo Axé Capoeira have recorded six CD volumes of Capoeira music and one other, together with Mestre Burguês which continues to be tremendously popular throughout Brazil. They have also produced several VHS and DVD performance releases and the four Volume Instructional DVD compilation. Mestre Barrão now has schools in Canada, Brazil, the United States, Barbados, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, England, France, Kazakstan, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey and Ukraine. |
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