Mestre Sérgio Xocolate & Suzanne Roberts Smith

Traditional Capoeira & Percussion from Pernambuco Brasil
with Mestre Sérgio Xocolate & Suzanne Roberts Smith

Join Mestre Sérgio Xocolate for an authentic Capoeira workshop, featuring rich traditional movements, music, drumming, and call-and-response songs. Audience members will also experience important stories of Afro-Indigenous cultural expression and preservation from the North East of Brazil.

Participants will have the opportunity to showcase their learnings of an original body percussion sequence via spotlights up on stage. Workshop partner, percussionista and storyteller Suzanne Roberts Smith provides audience engagement and accompaniment in English and/or French.

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Booking Details
School In-Person Performance Fee: $1,200 + HST
Audience Size: 300
School In-Person Workshop Fee: $506 + HST
Audience Size: 50 (two workshop minimum per day)
School Virtual Performance Fee: $610 + HST
Audience Size: 500
Virtual format: fully live

Grades: K - 12
Language: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Availability: year-round
Curriculum Connections
Afro-Indigenous education
African Heritage / History
Portuguese Heritage / History
Brazilian History (music and dance focus)
Diversity and Inclusion
Cross Curricular Connections
French Education
Teacher Resources
Study Guide
Tech Rider
XOCÔ Album access
NEW XOCÔ Music Video - Guerrra
Guerrra Press Release
YouTube Channel
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About Mestre Sérgio Xocolate & Suzanne Roberts Smith
Performance duo and married couple, Mestre Sérgio Xocolate & Suzanne Roberts Smith were brought together by the power of percussion from Pernambuco Brazil.

XOCÔ, aka Mestre Sérgio Xocolate is on a mission to bridge the cultural and musical gaps, bringing the vibrant traditions of Afro Indigenous Brazilian rhythms into the contemporary music scene. As a Master teacher of Traditional Capoeira celebrating a forty year practice, XOCÔ's career as a multi-talented artist is recognized world wide for his dedication and contributions to music, culture and education.

XOCÔ's album recently launched to international critical acclaim yet is more than just a record; it's a cultural exchange, a musical journey and an homage to Sérgio's Afro and Indigenous heritage as a descendent of the XUKURÚ, PATAXÓ & PANKARARÚ Nations in northeastern Pernambuco Brazil, uniting ancestral rhythms with psychedelic rock, blues, funk and even drum & bass. XOCÔ’s Canadian debut is arranged and produced by long-time friend, the Brazilian-born and Montreal-based award-winning, multi-instrumentalist Rommel. XOCÔ's self-titled release follows up on his massive hit single with Pedro Luis and Flávio Guimarães, ‘Girando Na Renda’ which reached top five on Brazilian radio.

Suzanne is a Dora award winning actor, critically acclaimed director, physical theatre performer, artist educator, and percussionista. Currently developing an early years theatre seedling piece called Capoeira Criança. Together they speak five languages.
https://www.xocomusic.ca/optin1695143880333
@xoco_music
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