Expressive Arts Facilitator
Macaco Nova Yolk
Me
Born Saman Dashti, my artist name is Macaco
macaco212@gmail
call/text - (862) 234-0014
Macaco's digital identity
Contramestre in Capoeira - Team Page
Teaching Warrior Arts Cultures @ LinkedIn
FaceBook - Macaco Nova York
Instagram - Liberation Arts
On Twitter as Early Crow circling Central VA
Teaching
Conscious movement at Virginia Commonwealth University
Teaching Liberation Arts in a Communities Conference
& his activities
Member of Local NAACP Branch Education Committee - page
Interviewed on internet radio program
Producing community events Winter 2016@Friendship Court
Performances with VibeFest 2019
Biography
Saman Dashti is an expressive arts facilitator helping people experience warrior arts culture. He is a Contremestre in the Afro-Brazilian art of Capoeira. Saman received his Capoiera artist name Macaco (monkey) because of the style of his physical prowess. He is one of the lead members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira of Mestre Cigano.
Saman was raised in Jamaica Queens and studied Environmental Sciences at UC Berkeley. He learned Capoeira in Newark NJ. He spent 12 years teaching visiting artist residencies in NYC area schools. His students cross diverse socioeconomic groups including children with special needs, autism and in behavioral health communities. As Macaco, he travels often to Bahia, Brazil to visit with elders in the arts. These sabbaticals provide in-depth experiences of the cultural context of the arts that are the foundation of his teaching.
Macaco is currently an arts educator and art circle celebrant in the intentional communities of central Virginia. His is at home with Cambia Community. There he teaches in the EcoVillage community and does social work with communities in and around town.
Contramestre Macaco at the
2019 student graduation of the Academy
of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira
of Professora Amazonas
Capoeira Event GLDC 2019.mp4
