CBSH 2013 Batizado Guest: Professor Tiba

Tiba Vieira started his capoeira training in Brazil with Mestre Jelon Vieira, the pioneer of capoeira in the United States. His first contact with the art was at a very young age, but he only started training when Mestre Jelon developed a capoeira program for kids in “Boca do Rio,” a neighborhood in Salvador, Bahia.

In 1997, Professor Tiba moved to the United States to continue his capoeira training under the mentoring of Mestre Jelon and to attend school.

Professor Tiba has been learning and teaching the art of capoeira for almost two decades. He currently teaches at the Ailey School and at Tisch School of the Arts, and in his spare time he teaches at after-school programs and community centers throughout New York City.

He has taught classes for children and adults from all walks of life in New York City, including the Training Academy, Saint Anthony’s School, Educational Alliance, Broadway Dance Center and the Alvin Ailey School. He has also taught at Bard College, Annadale-on-Hudson, NY; Dance Connecticut, Hartford, CT; the Cleo Parker Robinson Summer Festival, Denver, CO; Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH; Capoeira Luanda, Bandung, Indonesia; and Capoeira Luanda, Istanbul, Turkey. He has also performed regularly throughout the United States and internationally in Pusan, South Korea at the Pusan Film Festival, in Tokyo and Toronto.

In addition, Professor Tiba has appeared in TNT’s “Martial Artists of the 20th Century,” the New York Film Academy’s “Fascinado Pela Capoeira,” the PBS serie’s “Egg: The Arts Show,” GQ Magazine, Free Magazine, LXTV/NBC “Spot light of the week,” and Gettyimages. He also holds a BFA degree in Electronic Design and Multimedia.

*From: http://nycapoeira.com/tiba/

巴西战舞上海团队2013年升级绶带活动嘉宾：Tiba教授

Tiba Vieira早期在巴西跟随Jelon Vieira大师开始了巴西战舞的训练，Jelon Vieira大师是美国巴西战舞文化的先驱。Tiba教授在很小的时候就有接触过巴西战舞这门艺术，但是他正式开始训练是在Jelon大师为波尔蒂芒河畔的儿童创立巴西战舞培训项目的时候，位于巴西东部的巴伊亚，塞尔瓦多市附近。

1997年，Tiba教授搬到美国，在Jelon大师的指导下继续巴西战舞的训练，同时入校学习。

Tiba学习与教授巴西战舞文化已有将近20年。他现在任教于纽约市的亚文阿里学校和提斯克艺术学院，闲暇时间他也给纽约的课后辅导项目和社区中心授课。

他教过的学生有儿童和来自纽约各行各业的成人，包括来自纽约培训学院、圣安东尼学校、教育联盟、百老汇舞蹈中心和亚文阿里学校的学生。此外他也在纽约州安娜戴尔镇的巴德学院、康涅狄格州哈特福德的康涅狄格舞蹈学校、科罗拉多州丹佛市的克莱奥帕克鲁滨逊夏季音乐节、俄亥俄州欧柏林市的欧柏林学院、印度尼西亚万隆的巴西战舞罗安达流派和土耳其伊斯坦布尔的巴西战舞罗安达流派授过课。不仅如此，他在美国有固定的演出，也在国际平台有过表演，比如韩国釜山电影节、东京和多伦多。

另外，Tiba教授曾经入选TNT“20世纪杰出武术家”，出现在纽约电影学院主办的“为巴西战舞着迷”活动，PBS频道“Egg：艺术展”电影、《创奇》杂志、《自由》杂志、LXTV/NBC频道“每周聚焦”节目和华盖创意图片库。他自己还拥有电子设计和多媒体的艺术学士学位。

*来自: http://nycapoeira.com/tiba/

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