Capoeira, the Brazilian martial arts form takes a new dimension in London, in October. BCA introduced Capoeira to the London communities in 1987. To celebrate 20 years of the art form in London, and to highlight its importance as an element of resistance and social inclusion for black Brazilians, as well as the work of UK-based capoeira masters and instructors, BCA has designed the Capoeira Encounters of the First Kind Festival, in two phases. The Festival’s first phase took off in September. Capoeira and the need for it to become one of Brazil’s Immaterial National Heritages was dissected in seminars. This October, very fittingly scheduled to coincide with Black History Month, Capoeira will hit London with all its might. This is undoubtedly the most comprehensive Capoeira Festival the UK will have ever seen. BCA is grateful for the support of the Embassy of Brazil in London and the Ministry of Culture in Brasilia, our partners in the initiative, without which the festival would not have been possible. Join us at the BCA House, the Islington Arts and Media School and the London School of Capoeira to discover why this popular Brazilian art form has become a passion world-wide.

Visual Arts Exhibition
Oct to 15 Nov – BCA House W4

Sérgio Rabinovitz was born and lives in Salvador, Bahia. Painter, draughtsman, and printmaker, he studied with two of Bahia's greatest masters of painting: Calasans Neto and Mario Cravo Jr. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Arts, in New York. He has exhibited throughout Brazil and his work features in some of the most prestigious collections in the arts world, such as the Bass Museum of Art, Peter Cooper Foundation, Window South Collection, Davison Art Centre (USA); Southward Art Collection (Buenos Aires), to mention just a few, and in most of Brazil's major museums and galleries. Sérgio brings his tribute to Capoeira to the BCA House, in an exhibition rarely seen outside Brazil, as a solo piece of work. Admission: Free. ole0.bmp Capoeira (2006), by Sérgio Rabinovitz.