Workshops and Courses
All the 2-hour workshops (Fri., Sat. and Sun.) are free of charge for festival-goers (no registration required)
The 5-hour courses (Wednesday and Thursday) are at extra charge (advance registration obligatory).
MERCREDI
‟Grand Stage
SAMBA-REGGAE”:
course with
Mestre JACKSON
2 p.m.-7 p.m.: €20 per person. At the ‟Petite Scène”.
Mestre Jackson is one of the leading musicians in the world of samba-reggae. He worked
alongside the great Neguinho do Samba creating the rhythms
that made OLODUM famous.
Required : Minimum of one year batucada practice. Instruments not provided.
Please register at least one day in advance.
JEUDI
‟Grand Stage
SAMBA-ENREDO”:
course with NIELSON
2 p.m.-7 p.m.: €20 per person.
At the ‟Petite Scène”.
Nielson has been bateria director at
MANGUEIRA, one of Rio’s most
prestigious samba schools, for
over 15 years. He began at
the age of 11. His nickname:
the ‟King of the Tamborim”.
Required : Minimum of one year
batucada practice.
Instruments not provided.
Please register at least one day
in advance.
VENDREDI
Samba-Reggae workshop
with Mestre Jackson
11 a.m.-12.30 p.m. Conference
on the history of samba-reggae.
At the church.
Open to all festival-goers.
Samba-Reggae workshop
with Mestre Jackson
3.30 p.m.-5.30 p.m.
at the ‟Petite Scène”.
SAMEDI
Maracatu Naçao workshop
with Pitoco de Aira
10.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m.
at the ‟Petite Scène”.
Open to all
festival-goers.
Pitoco de Aira grew up
in the ‟Alto José do Pinho”
area of Recife. He first entered the
maracatu "ESTRELA BRILHANTE"
at the age of six and is
now one of the leading
percussionnists.
Capoeira workshop
with Monitor Porreta
2 p.m.-4 p.m.
at the ‟Petite Scène”.
Open to all
festival-goers.
DIMANCHE
Samba Enredo workshop
with Nielson
10.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m.
at the ‟Petite Scène”.
Open to all
festival-goers.
Samba Dance workshop
with Tereza Azevedo
2 p.m.-4 p.m.
at the ‟Petite Scène”.
Open to all
festival-goers.