The Team
Ian Fein I am a filmmaker originally from Northport, Maine, currently located in Boston, MA. Growing up on the coast of Maine sailing, swimming and scuba diving, I acquired a natural curiosity of the world around me. FeinProductions allows me to continue to explore the world through video and audio production. I love telling a story using multimedia in a unique way to engage, inform and entertain the audience. www.feinproductions.com
I have trained Capoeira under Contra-Mestre Graveto and Mestre Ombrinho for the past 7 years, and like many people, have fallen in love with this complex art form. Creating a long form documentary is the only way I see of both discovering and sharing the full story of Capoeira with the rest of the world.
I have trained Capoeira under Contra-Mestre Graveto and Mestre Ombrinho for the past 7 years, and like many people, have fallen in love with this complex art form. Creating a long form documentary is the only way I see of both discovering and sharing the full story of Capoeira with the rest of the world.
Liz Warburton I currently live in Santa Cruz and San Francisco, CA. I have forged a career in helping projects deliver their story by focusing on the logistics of production. Drawing directly from my upbringing in the business world and my training as a sociologist, I bring a combination of big picture thinking and execution-orientated management. I believe in work and practices that help people communicate their purpose, capoeira being a particularly diverse and complex movement art which has influenced people worldwide. www.wciprojects.com
I started training with Capoeira Angola Quintal under Contra-Mestre Graveto and Mestre Ombrinho in 2007. I have also learned a tremendous amount from conversations and visits with numerous teachers in Capoeira Angola Palmares, Capoeira Mandinga and Capoeira Raca Em Movimento from 2003 to the present day.
I started training with Capoeira Angola Quintal under Contra-Mestre Graveto and Mestre Ombrinho in 2007. I have also learned a tremendous amount from conversations and visits with numerous teachers in Capoeira Angola Palmares, Capoeira Mandinga and Capoeira Raca Em Movimento from 2003 to the present day.
Anne Haggerson I am a teacher, artist, and educational theorist and I currently live in New York City. I focus on art as a tool to create change in ourselves and our world, re-imagining education for future generations. I integrate a variety of disciplines into my research and praxis such as cultural anthropology, education, dance theory, and arts-based methodologies. I draw upon the movement lexicon from capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian art form that involves ritual dance, play fighting, and traditional music. www.annehaggerson.com
I started studying capoeira as part of my undergraduate honor’s thesis in 2000, when I focused on capoeira as a powerful pedagogical tool to engage youth in their communities.
I started studying capoeira as part of my undergraduate honor’s thesis in 2000, when I focused on capoeira as a powerful pedagogical tool to engage youth in their communities.
Michael Goldstein Michael has dedicated over 32 years to enriching the lives of people of all ages and backgrounds through classes and performances in capoeira. He is a master teacher (Mestre Ombrinho), the founder and executive director of the non-profit organization Afro Brazil Arts, and the first non-Brazilian to become a master of capoeira. For the past twenty years, Michael has been active internationally teaching courses, participating in panel discussions, organizing events and international encounters in Brazil, the US, Israel, and Europe.
Each year since 1999, Michael has led the ABA Capoeira and Cultural Retreat in Brazil in which North Americans and Brazilians experience capoeira, its culture, and community. He grew up in Teaneck, NJ and lives in Manhattan's East Village.
Each year since 1999, Michael has led the ABA Capoeira and Cultural Retreat in Brazil in which North Americans and Brazilians experience capoeira, its culture, and community. He grew up in Teaneck, NJ and lives in Manhattan's East Village.