Carioca Biography Page 3
During the summer of 2000, Carioca performed capoeira and samba at Sean "Puffy" Combs, aka P.Diddy (famous rapper and fashion designer) private party at his home in South Hampton, New York. Later that year Carioca performed capoeira at a private party at Yale University for Govenor Pataki. In May - June of 2001 Carioca was on Nike.com's website. Nike aired an alternative sports video in which Carioca and Boca Do Mundo were featured playing capoeira. In the summer of 2001 Carioca performed capoeira and samba at rock star and actor Jon Bon Jovi's private party at his home in New Jersey. In November he performed capoeira and berimbau music at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City with "Roots of Brazil" dance company celebrating 500 years of Brazil. In addition Carioca did demonstrations to children in grade school at the Guggenheim Museum. Throughout 2001 Carioca continued teaching and performing capoeira workshops with Bob Thompson at Yale University. Carioca's performances and workshops at Yale University began in 1999 and are planned to continue thru 2003 and beyond. In March of 2002 Carioca was invited to give a capoeira performance for a private party at the home of superstar Diana Ross.
