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Michael Goldstein

Teaches at 92nd Street Y

Michael Goldstein (Mestre Ombrinho) has dedicated over 25 years to enriching the lives of people of all ages and backgrounds through classes and performances in capoeira, the Brazilian form of self-defense disguised as dance. He is a master teacher, the founder and executive director of the non-profit organization Afro Brazil Arts and the first non-Brazilian to become a master of capoeira. Through his leadership, Afro Brazil Arts (ABA), has produced close to one thousand performances and many thousands of classes featuring capoeira and Brazilian music and dance. For the past twenty years, Mr. Goldstein has been active internationally teaching courses, participating in panel discussions, organizing events and international encounters in Brazil, the US, Israel and Europe. Each year since 1999, Mr. Goldstein has led the ABA Capoeira and Cultural Retreat in Brazil in which North Americans and Brazilians experience capoeira, its culture and community. Mr. Goldstein grew up in Teaneck, NJ, received his BA in Art at Oberlin College and lives in Manhattan's East Village.

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