Gingarte Capoeira

03/16/2026

It was our Mestre Marisa’s Birthday yesterday! ✨ Help us celebrate her and her dream by donating to our campaign if you have means. We would be so thankful🙏🏽. The donation link is our bio

01/24/2026

11/29/2025

Tomorrow is our first raffle drawing! Donate by 10am tomorrow for the maximum chances to win! Donate anytime to help us literally build this dream. ♥️

11/25/2025

End-of-Year Fundraiser + Raffle for Gingarte Capoeira

Gingarte Capoeira is hard at work turning an abandoned church building on Chicago’s south side into a community center that will promote dance, music, and martial arts of capoeira and the African diaspora.

Donate now and be entered to win in up to 5 raffle drawings! Every Sunday from now until the end of 2025, we will raffle off a prize. ANYONE who has donated will be eligible for that week’s raffle so donate NOW to maximize your chances to win.

We will be raffling off…
2 berimbaus from Mestre Olavo
3 private lessons (in person or Zoom) including music with CM Poderoso, dance with Instructor Tempero, or personal training consultation with Debra Hollander

Any donation amount is eligible to win. Max one prize per person. Prizes are transferable, so this makes a great Christmas gift! Gingarte is a 501c3 grassroots organization.

To learn more and donate visit: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/gingarte-new-academy-renovations

(Donation link also in the bio and on the Gingarte website.)

10/11/2025

Family, friends, community, as you may already know, we recently bought a building. We are renovating this space to realize the dream Mestre Marisa has always wanted - a permanent home for Gingarte. If you have interacted with her, you know how humble she is and how she never asks for any help. So we are doing it for her. Please watch (and share!) this video we made and donate what you can to help make her dream a reality.
Thank you from her students 🙏🏽
Donation link - https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/gingarte-new-academy-renovations

07/08/2025

Hello All!
We have opened advanced registration for Batizado 2025 back up until July 16th! PLEASE register ASAP and take advantage of a LOWER EVENT PRICE (not available at the door)!

Join us for our annual Batizado! It will be a long weekend of capoeira movement and dance, music, discussions, a show performance and MORE!Check back often as event details continue to be added.

01/05/2025

Happy New Year! Feliz Ano Novo gente! Classes resume at Ruth Page Dance Center this week starting Wednesday, January 8th.

(No class today Jan 5th, last day of break)

Wednesday 7-9pm
Thursday 6:30-8pm
Sunday 11am-1pm (kids 11:30-12:30)

See you soon!

https://www.gingartecapoeira.org/classes

09/29/2024

Aula da crianças hoje as 10:30am. Kids capoeira class Sundays from 10:30 - 11:30am. Join us at Ruth Page Center for the Arts. Just bring your positive attitude and eagerness to learn and play (capoeira). No previous experience required.

Parents - you can also take class with the adults 10am-12pm while your child is in class.

More information at gingartecapoeira.com

09/22/2024

Hoje! Today, the rain won’t stop the Globo Carnaval. Bring your umbrella and rain coat. Friends Mãe Dill Costa and DDG Dance x Blogo Maximo along with Praise Mother, Muntu Dance, Azania, Jukeboxx and many others will perform before Ilê Ayê direct from Brasil.

TOMORROW💥 You are absolutely not going to want to miss Old Town School’s FREE Global Carnival extravaganza featuring Afro-Brazilian carnival block and New Orleans Black Masking Indian artists & The Wild Tchoupitoulas at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion.

This immersive experience will also feature performances throughout Millennium Park including , , , , , , & Bloco Maximo, and Shon Dervis.

Thank you to and our partners and . Get ready to end your weekend with a unique and spectacular celebration! We’ll see you there, rain or shine.