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Jelon Vieira is a Brazilian choreographer and teacher who, in 2000, achieved recognition by New York City's Brazilian Cultural Center as a pioneer in presenting to American audiences the Afro-Brazilian art and dance form, Capoeira.
2008 National Heritage Fellow Jelon Vieira has been at the forefront of promoting and presenting traditional capoeira through performing, teaching, and providing a wealth of knowledge and expertise on Brazilian culture to scholars and historians.
Support the Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, sustainability projects, educational outreach, and more. Mestre Jelon Vieira, founder of Capoeira Luanda, is a world-renowned master and teacher of capoeira.
Artist Jelon Vieira. 32 of 35. Jelon Vieira. Culture. Brazilian. State. New York. Tradition. Capoeira Angola , Musician. Year. 2008. Loading... See More Images. Jelon Vieira first encountered capoeira at age 9 in his hometown, Santo Amaro da Purificação, Bahia, Brazil.
Visiting Artist: Mestre Jelon Vieira. Mestre Jelon Vieira, founder of Capoeira Luanda, is a world-renowned master and teacher of capoeira. Born in Santo Amaro da Purificação, Bahia, Brazil, in 1953, he started learning capoeira Angola at the age of 10 with Mestre Emerito and later with Mestre Bobô.
Jelon Vieira: Artistic Director, DanceBrazil. As a 10-year-old boy in Brazil, Jelon Vieira began to study Capoeira, the Afro-Brazilian martial art that is central to his life philosophy. In the mid-1970s, after joining a Brazilian folk dance company, he went on tour to Europe.
21 de sept. de 2017 · As Mestre Jelon Vieira explained during the Festival, “Capoeira was conceived in Africa and born in Brazil.” Capoeira game or war dance Lithography by Johann M Rugendas, 1835. The Tradition:...
