Forró Workshops with Icaro Abreu

Name: Forró Workshops with Icaro Abreu
Start: 2024-11-02T15:30:00+03:00
End: 2024-11-03T19:00:00+03:00
Location: Pés de Pincel Capoeira - Mestre Pium

Schedule

Sat Nov 02 2024 at 03:30 pm to Sun Nov 03 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC+03:00

Location

Pés de Pincel Capoeira - Mestre Pium | Helsinki, ES

Get ready for Helsinki’s biggest forró event of the season! On the first weekend of November, we’ll be hosting Icaro Abreu in Helsinki for the first time ever! 🥳

Icaro is one of the most sought-after teachers in the contemporary forró world. His playful and versatile style and deep cultural knowledge have charmed forrozeiros in both Brazil and Europe, and in about a month we’ll be having the opportunity to dance and learn from him directly. So, mark your calendars and register for this weekend full of inspiration and learning 🌟

💎SCHEDULE
2.-3.11.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY WORKSHOPS
14.30 Intermediate+
15.45 Improvers
17.00 Open level
Same schedule on both days
2.11.
SATURDAY PARTY
More information about the party coming soon!

📍WHERE
WORKSHOPS:
Capoeira Arts House
PARTY:
Will be revealed soon

🦚PRICES
FULL PASS Intermediate+, 6 hours of workshops 110e
FULL PASS Improvers, 4 hours of workshops 80e
FULL PASS Open level, 2 hours of workshops 50e
Party included!

💜TICKETS
Get your tickets here: https://forms.gle/bjezMEMgRigbcfTD7

Bora! 🤩

ABOUT ICARO:
Icaro Abreu Viana was born in Belo Horizonte and had his first contact with forró in his childhood when he lived in the city of Tibau do Sul (RN). As a teenager, he started developing his interest in this cultural manifestation again, but delving deeper into the universitário style. Immersed in forró since 2009, in 2013 he joined the Pé Descalço school as a student. Over the years, he took part of the presentation group, which was formed part of the school's examiners and part of the team of teachers at Pé Descalço Savassi (the main unit) and Pé Descalço Coração Eucarístico (Coréu). Within the school he taught classes in the various units, located in Belo Horizonte, Contagem, Niterói and São Paulo.
His first contact with cultural movements came through Capoeira Angola, which he began as a child (1996) in the group Associação Cultural Eu Sou Angoleiro – Mestre João Bosco. In 2017, in order to better understand the cultural relationship of forró with other cultural movements such as capoeira angola, samba de roda, coco, maracatu, candomblé, he started to research deeper the roots/Itaúnas style and has been acting within this scene until today. On January 2nd, 2020, he left the Pé Descalço institution and started a solo project, teaching classes in Belo Horizonte and other states.
He currently spreads the message of forró in two models: private lessons and workshops, having already visited several cities: Belo Horizonte (MG), Teófilo Otoni (MG), Pedro Leopoldo (MG), Sete Lagoas (MG), São Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Niterói (RJ), Salvador (BA), Feira de Santana (BA), Brasília (BSB) and Itaúnas (ES). Bringing the cultural aspect with him, in July 2022 he was the champion of the 1st Forró Tournament held by Buraco do Tatu in Itaúnas in partnership with Giovanna Silveira. In 2023, he made his first tour in Europe, teaching in 7 countries (Switzerland, Italy, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland and Russia).
As a cultural agent, Icaro currently works with Capoeira Angola and Forró classes, as well as being part of a Rural Samba group called Samba D'ouro. In his classes, he seeks and encourages the understanding that forró, as a cultural manifestation, encompasses several ways of dancing and that each body can choose what suits it best, so that we have a dancing based on respect, dialogue, safety, surrender and energy.