Prof Fabiano Aparecido Lucas
Capoeira Balance was started by Professor Fabiano Lucas in 2005. He has been doing capoeira for over 20 years and he has been teaching in Conneticut for over a decade.
Fabiano was born in Braganca Paulista, a small town in the interior of Sao Paulo, on April 30th,1980. Coming from a very poor family of three kids and a single mom, Fabiano had to start working at age 11 in order to help support his family. He always had a passion for sports and tried a lot of different ones (always by charity of others) like Judo, soccer, basketball and break dance. It was during his time of break dancing that he incidentally discovered his love for capoeira.
His future mestre, Mestre Enir, one day invited Fabiano’s entire break dancing group, which up until then practiced on the streets, to come to his academy on the weekends and practice there. They all of course accepted and after the first weekend of their practice at his school, Mestre Enir invited Fabiano and a friend of his to try capoeira for a month, free of charge. Fabiano accepted this offer with the intention to go a few times, practice backflips, which he could use for his break dancing, and then stop capoeira. Little did he know that things will turn out to be quite different. When he saw his first capoeira roda, it was love at the first sight.
He started practicing capoeira in 1993 and hasn’t stopped since. Fabiano is two-times regional champion (1999 and 2002) of the state of Sao Paulo and also the 2002 state champion. This qualified him to represent his state in the national championships, but before he had a chance to compete, he was invited by Mestre Efraim to come to the United States and work there as a performer and capoeira teacher. He accepted this invitation and in February of 2003 came to the United States.
Among his various performances all around the country CT, NY, MA, RI, MN, CA, NJ, KY. Fabiano also performed at the Museum of New York, the Brooklyn Museum, the CT National Coast Guard, Foxwoods Casino and Mohegan Sun Casino Resorts. Since his arrival to the U.S., he also did teach capoeira at Yale University, University of Connecticut (currently), Norwalk Community College and a variety of other schools in the tri state area. Currently he is working in partnership with his friend Ja Shaia on a Capoeira Fitness video, in order to offer a convenient way for beginners to discover the incredible world of capoeira and its infinite variety of benefits for those who welcome capoeira into their lives.