ART BRASIL

ART BRASIL
Music & Dance to Support your Health & Happiness ART BRASIL is a not-for-profit collective of freelance artists working in movement and music.

We aim to help improve health and well-being, providing opportunities for all in our communities and encouraging a healthy and active physical and social lifestyle. We deliver a range of weekly classes in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme, as well as offering bespoke workshops in our area and further afield. OUR COMMUNITY CLASSES include:
- Brazilian Dance
- Chair Based Dance
- Yoga
- Capoeira (Brazilian Martial Art Dance)
- Brazilian Carnival Drumming
- Afro-Brazilian Hand Drumming & Song

OUR COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS include:
- Visits to children’s centres for one-off music and dance sessions with families
- Chair based dance and drumming workshops for older people’s groups (e.g. local friendship groups, carers groups, housing associations and residential complexes)
- Drumming workshops at community events (eg. local festivals, community days)

EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL WORKSHOPS include:
- Brazilian Carnival Dance
- Body Percussion
- Brazilian Carnival Drumming
- Afro-Brazilian Hand Drumming
- Junk Percussion
- Singing

MEET THE TEAM
Mika De Oliveira - Artistic Director/ Percussion, Song & Dance
Mestre Piolho - Capoeira
Amy Cowap - Music for Special Needs
Kirsty Booth - Yoga

GET IN TOUCH
For more information, please get in touch with Mika:
info@artbrasil.org.uk

21/01/2026

𝗬𝗮𝘆, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆!
Join us for:

🪑 CHAIR BOOGIE
10.30 at St Wulstan's Community Centre

💃 BRAZILIAN DANCE
19.00 at Penkhull Village Hall

🧘‍♀️ YOGA
20.00 at Penkhull Village Hall

Check out all our 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 here:
artbrasil.org.uk/cc

Moves & Grooves for Health & Happinea

20/01/2026

Here's our 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀

🪑 CHAIR BOOGIE
- 13.30 to 14.30 at Penkhull Village Hall
- £3 cash on the door
- For anyone who fancies some exercise for the body & brain
- Includes a cuppa and chat at the start

🥁 BRAZILIAN CARNIVAL DRUMMERS
- 18.30 to 20.30 at our Drum HQ, King St Studios in central Newcastle
- For our existing drum members
- Interested in doing some of this? Have a look at our next workshops here: artbrasil.org.uk/cd

We're here to keep you moving & grooving!

16/01/2026

There's still time to join us for our new CHAIR YOGA CLASSES on Monday afternoons at Penkhull Village Hall

🪑 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮?
We know there's lots of people who would love to try yoga, or get back into it, but floor yoga is not for them.

Chair Yoga means no getting up and down off the floor - and instead uses the chair as the base for seated poses, as well as for support in standing/balancing poses.

It's a great way to support you to move more, in your way - and to help you relax, unwind and take some time for yourself.

🪑 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 & 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲
Mondays 1.45-2.30pm from 19 Jan
at Penkhull Village Hall

🪑 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
- £5 per class (cash on the door)
- £16 for 4 weeks 19 Jan to 9 Feb (by card online or cash on the door)

🪑 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿
Register your place on our website here, then choose how to pay:
artbrasil.org.uk/chairyoga

08/01/2026

❄️𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗦 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗗❄️
Due to the heavy snow forecast we won't be running our classes this evening:

🤸‍♀️ CAPOEIRA
18.30 at Restoke's Fenton Town Hall

🪘 HAND DRUMMING
19.00 at King Street Studios

Just keep on moving & grooving at home!

08/01/2026

🪑🙏NEW CHAIR YOGA CLASSES🙏🪑

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮?
We know there's lots of people who would love to try yoga, or get back into it, but floor yoga is not for them.

Chair Yoga means no getting up and down off the floor - and instead uses the chair as the base for seated poses, as well as for support in standing/balancing poses.

It's a great way to support you to move more, in your way - and to help you relax, unwind and take some time for yourself.

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 & 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲
Mondays 1.45-2.30pm from 12 Jan
at Penkhull Village Hall

𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
- £5 per class (cash on the door)
- £20 for 5 weeks 12 Jan to 9 Feb (by card online or cash on the door)

𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿
Register your place on our website here, however you're choosing to pay:
🌐 artbrasil.org.uk/chair-based-yoga

07/01/2026

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝗡 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆!
We're running classes as usual today

🪑 CHAIR BOOGIE
10.30 at St Wulstan's

💃 BRAZILIAN DANCE
19.00 at Penkhull Village Hall

🧘‍♀️ YOGA
20.00 at Penkhull Village Hall

Let's keep on moving & grooving!

06/01/2026

🪑🙏NEW CHAIR YOGA CLASSES🙏🪑

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮?
We know there's lots of people who would love to try yoga, or get back into it, but floor yoga is not for them.

Chair Yoga means no getting up and down off the floor - and instead uses the chair as the base for seated poses, as well as for support in standing/balancing poses.

It's a great way to support you to move more, in your way - and to help you relax, unwind and take some time for yourself.

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮 with Kirsty B
Mondays 1.45-2.30pm
at Penkhull Village Hall

Places are on sale now!
Get 5 weeks for just £20
12 Jan to 9 Feb

🌐 artbrasil.org.uk/chair-based-yoga

06/01/2026

❄️𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗦 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗗❄️
Due to the weather we won't be running our classes today:

🪑 CHAIR BOOGIE
13.30 at Penkhull Village Hall

🥁 CARNIVAL DRUMMING
18.30 at King Street Studios

Stay warm, stay safe and keep on moving & grooving!

05/01/2026

BRAZILIAN DANCE with Mika is back!
💙 Wednesdays from 7th Jan
💚 19.00-19.50
💛 at Penkhull Village Hall

⭐️ Pay on the door £5
⭐️ Or get 6 weeks for £20

More info and buy your block discount here:
🌐 artbrasil.org.uk/dance

04/01/2026

Who'd like to join us for 𝗕𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗢𝗘𝗜𝗥𝗔 in the new year?? 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️🙋

Get moving in a whole new way - a playful and friendly fusion of non-contact martial arts, dance and music.

And, as always, we are blessed to have world renowned Mestre Piolho to guide you through the journey!

Adults Beginners Capoeira starts Thurs 22nd Jan , 6.30pm at Restoke Fenton Town Hall Ballroom

Booking opens soon.
𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘂𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗯𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴!

01/01/2026

Happy New Year to all our members & friends!🎉🎉🎉
Thank you all for your support throughout the year! Here's to more moving and grooving together in 2026 ⭐️

Address

King Street
Newcastle Under Lyme
ST51EJ

Website

http://www.artbrasil.org.uk/

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ART BRASIL is a non-profit collective of freelance artists working in movement and music with a community focus. We deliver a range of weekly classes in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme, as well as offering bespoke outreach workshops nationwide. Our team are locally based and are committed to sharing their knowledge and passion for the arts with the community. The way we work in our communities has changed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. We've been working hard to adapt our teaching, content and delivery to teach from home, enabling us to continue our community classes programme and support our members to attend classes online. ONLINE COMMUNITY CLASSES - Brazilian Dance Fitness - Low Impact Dance for Over 50s - Beginners Friendly Hatha Yoga - Capoeira (Brazilian Martial Art Dance) for young people and adults - Brazilian Carnival Drumming - Afro-Brazilian Hand Drumming & Song CLASSES COMING SOON - Seated Dance for Over 50s - Family Drumming for children and their grown ups - Family Capoeira for children and their grown ups COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS include: - Visits to children’s centres for one-off music and dance sessions with families - Seated samba dance and drumming workshops for older people’s groups (e.g. local friendship groups, carers groups, housing associations and residencial complexes) - Drumming workshops at community events (eg. local festivals, community days) - Interactive Street Samba Show, a workshop performance where the public can be part of the band. EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL WORKSHOPS include: - Brazilian Carnival Dance - Body Percussion - Brazilian Carnival Drumming - Afro-Brazilian Hand Drumming - Junk Percussion - Language/Singing in Portuguese - Yoga MEET THE TEAM Mika De Oliveira - Artistic Director/ Percussion, Song & Dance Mestre Piolho (Rafael Braga) - Capoeira Mike Walsh - Percussion Amy Cowap - Music for Special Needs Kirsty Nicol - Yoga Helen Morris - Percussion & Dance GET IN TOUCH For more information, please get in touch with Mika: info@artbrasil.org.uk

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