Pé de Chumbo
Mestre Pe de Chumbo | |
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Birth name | Gidalto Pereira Dias |
Born | December 8, 1964 |
Origin | Educator |
Instruments | Berimbau, Atabaque, Pandeiro, Agogo, Reco-Reco |
Years active | 1974–present |
Labels | CECA |
Website | [www.mestrepedechumbo.hpg.ig.com.br/mpedechumbo.htm] |
Lineage: Mestre Joao Pequeno de Pastinha |
Pé de Chumbo is a master of
Biography
Mestre Pé de Chumbo was born December 8, 1964, in
By 1981, Pé de Chumbo had become intrigued by the Angolan style of capoeira and decided to travel to Salvador to meet
Starting in 1987, Mestre Pé de Chumbo began bringing such renowned Mestres as João Gande, João Pequeno and Boca Rica to São Paulo during large capoeira events, and in 1991 he brought Mestre Jogo de Dentro to the city. It was during this time that the capoeira mestre moved to Sao Carlos to begin another capoeira group. It was also during this time that Mestre Pé de Chumbo was graduated as a mestre under João Pequeno, who encouraged Pé de Chumbo to use the CECA school name and uniform.
Mestre Pé de Chumbo began taking capoeira out of the country in 1990s with his mestre's blessing. He established schools throughout Europe in the late 1990s and early 2000s. As of 2006, Mestre Pé de Chumbo has established schools throughout Brazil and in Sweden, Denmark, Portugal, Mexico City and the United States.
Currently, Mestre Pé de Chumbo is establishing a new capoeira academy in Germany where he currently lives and teaches.
Lineage of Pé de Chumbo
Pastinha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
João Pequeno | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Barba Branca | Jogo de Dentro | Ciro | Pé de Chumbo | Eletricista | Faisca | Pintor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
External links
CECA Schools established by Mestre Pe de Chumbo
References
- http://www.cecamestrepedechumbo.com.br/site/m_pedechumbo.asp[permanent dead link]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20061207193858/http://www.mestrepedechumbo.hpg.ig.com.br/mpedechumbo.htm
- Simões, R.M.A. (2006). Da inversão à re-inversão do olhar: ritual e performance na Capoeira Angola. São Carlos: UFSCAR.