Doing capoeira with the pyramids in Sudan (Photo: Emily O'Dell)
Capoeira is the fight of ballerinas. It is the dance of the gladiators. It is the dual between comrades. The game is a dance, it is a perfect symbiotic dispute between force and rhythm, poetry and agility. Unique because the movements are commanded by the song. The submission of forces, of rhythm, of violence, of melody; a subliminal antagonist.
In capoeira, the contestants, are not adversaries, they are “comrades”. They do not fight, they pretend to fight. They look genially, giving an artistic vision to combat. Above the spirit of competition. They have a feeling of beauty.
The capoeirista is an artist, is an athlete, is a player and a poet.
— Dias Gomes
