Professora Espoleta has taught capoeira all over the world for the last eight years, including the USA, Bahia in Brazil, India, Iran and the UAE. She has recently retuned to the UAE from Bahia, a very important centre for capoeira, where she has spent six months studying under her mestre, Mestre Alabamha. Espoleta was the first person to take capoeira to India and Iran, the introduction of capoeira in India was reported by CNN. The Iranian government offered Espoleta the chance to establish the country’s Capoeira Federation and in India she received an award from the Brazilian Embassy for her musical called BRAZINDIA, which she produced, wrote and choreographed, which drew out the parallels between Brazilian and Indian culture. Espoleta’s work in India also gave opportunities to underprivileged children, teaching them capoeira and giving them discipline and making a better life for themselves, this was reported by The Times of India.
Espoleta's mestre is Mestre Alabama who was a student of Mestre Nô's, he founded Capoeira De Mestre Alabama in 2010. He has a large and modern academy in the bairro of Barris in Salvador. Mestre Alabama is the President of the Federacao Da Capoeira Da Bahia and is responsible for codifying capoeira for the 2016 Olympic Games.
Mestre Alabama developed a style of capoeira which, in his own words ‘… at first shocked, but soon after, impressed the world with the movements that it created such as au batido, au de cotovelos, parafusos and giratórios, all with great speed and accuracy’.
Mestre Alabama is a prolific teacher and has created many mestres who now continue to spread his style all over the world, whether as part of Nacoa Capoiera or having founded their own groups. These Mestres include:
· Mestre Fiinho De Jesus (Grupo Revelação)
· Mestre Dinho (Grupo Topázio)
· Mestre Zéo (Grupo Cordão Bahiano)
· Mestre Jorge
· Mestre King Kong (Grupo Bahia Capoeira)
· Mestre Macaco Branco
· Mestre Louro
· Mestre Aranha (Grupo Nação Capoeira-Paris)
· Mestre Vanjo Dragão (Grupo Nação Capoeira-Bahia)
· Mestre Carlinhos (Grupo Aguia Dourada)
· Mestre Zé Doró (Grupo Nação Capoeira-Lyon)
· Mestre César Dialabama (Grupo Nação Capoeira Salvador/Miami)
· Mestre Azul (Nação Capoeira Salvador/Madrid)
