Edward Luna

Instructor: Edward Luna

Instructor: Edward Luna

Luna is also a recent Master's graduate from the Department of Dance at The Ohio State University, where he remains a guest lecturer.
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Luna has also spent several months in Bahia, Brazil, where he has trained and played Capoeira under a variety of teachers.In 2004, Luna took part in T.A.B.C.A.T.'s "Encontro da Nata."In 2005, he returned for a second, solo trip.On the third trip, in August, 2006, Luna graduated as an official T.A.B.C.A.T. trainer, and was given the Capoeira name of "Fuça Fuça" (FOO-sah FOO-sah).

Luna is also an experienced maker of berimbau instruments, which are custom made and available for sale.He is also available to give berimbau lessons and berimbau -making workshops.Please contact him at tabcatcolumbus =AT= gmail =DOT= com for more information.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A special thanks to ele mental for hosting this site.Along with a number of others, Ed Luna co-founded ele mental in 1993 to explore a wide range of artistic endeavors, including electronic music, multi-media design, performance, and art.

Edward Brough Luna ("Luna") is a graduate student and MA candidate in dance at The Ohio State University.He is the recognized instructor of T.A.B.C.A.T. Columbus under Mestre Caboquinho, a Brazilian mestre based in Detroit, MI.

Luna's studies in capoeira began at OSU in the year 2000.Since 2002, he has studied exclusively under the tutelage of Mestre Caboquinho, who is dedicated to the preservation of the authentic, improvisational capoeira angola found in Bahia, Brazil.

From 2002 to the present, he has also taught an introductory elective course in capoeira angola in the Department of Dance at The Ohio State University.He has also performed capoeira and its music at various venues in Columbus, and as part of the American Dance Festival in Durham, NC.He is currently about to finish his Master's thesis, examining capoeira angola as a "movement tradition" using movement analysis and Labanotation.

In 2004, Luna was honored to spend five weeks in Bahia, Brazil, as part of T.A.B.C.A.T.'s "Encontro da Nata."In 2005, he returned for a second, solo trip where he trained with Mestre Zé do Lenço and Mestre Neco, both trusted friends of Mestre Caboquinho.In September, 2005, Luna was officially recognized by Mestre Caboquinho for his work teaching capoeira angola in Columbus.He is scheduled to graduate from Ohio State, and hopefully as an official trainer within T.A.B.C.A.T., in 2006.

THANKS

A special thanks to ele mental for hosting this site.Along with a number of others, Ed Luna co-founded ele mental in 1993 to explore a wide range of artistic endeavors, including electronic music, multi-media design, performance, and art.

Flamenco Caravan hosts Ed Luna, T.A.B.C.A.T. Columbus, and Maggie Green (vocalist) for an evening of Afro-Bahian music and movement.
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Ed discusses some of the general philosophies of Capoeira Angola and invites audience members to take the stage for a samba-de-roda.
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Luna teaches a beginner's capoeira class at Balanced Yoga.
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Our Philosophies of Training F.A.Q. causes a stir on the capoeira.com online forum, to which Luna reminds his readers: don't trust everything you read.