ART BRASIL

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
- Cap

oeira (Brazilian Martial Art Dance)
- Brazilian Carnival Drumming
- Afro-Brazilian Hand Drumming & Song


OUR COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS include:
- Visits to childrenโ€™s centres for one-off music and dance sessions with families
- Chair based dance and drumming workshops for older peopleโ€™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:
[email protected]

Read to the Beat! ๐Ÿ“–๐ŸŽตBrilliant start to our collab with Stoke-on-Trent Libraries today! Mika has been working with childr...
13/08/2026

Read to the Beat! ๐Ÿ“–๐ŸŽต
Brilliant start to our collab with Stoke-on-Trent Libraries today! Mika has been working with children at the Longton and City Centre Libraries exploring rhythms, chants, singing and drumming as part of the Summer Reading Challenge 'Read to the Beat'

Fancy trying some chair based yoga to help support your strength, mobility and posture? Join us Monday afternoons in Pen...
09/08/2026

Fancy trying some chair based yoga to help support your strength, mobility and posture? Join us Monday afternoons in Penkhull

๐Ÿช‘ ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฎ?
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.

๐Ÿช‘ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป & ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ
Mondays 1.45-2.30pm
at Penkhull Village Hall
Complimentary brews from 1.15

๐Ÿช‘ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜
ยฃ4 per class (cash on the door), no need to pre-book

๐Ÿช‘ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ
Before your first class, we'll ask you to complete a short registration form which you can do in person, or in advance on our website here:
artbrasil.org.uk/chairyoga

Any questions? Just let us know.

Thank you Penkhull! โญ๏ธ๐ŸŽ‰We had such a great day at the Penkhull Village Hall Summer Fayre! So many fantastic things happe...
09/08/2026

Thank you Penkhull! โญ๏ธ๐ŸŽ‰
We had such a great day at the Penkhull Village Hall Summer Fayre! So many fantastic things happening and all the community coming together. It was a pleasure to perform and share our love for drumming with you all.

โญ๏ธ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ โญ๏ธJoin us today for:๐Ÿช‘ CHAIR BOOGIE10.30 at St Wulstan's Community Centre / ยฃ4๐Ÿ’ƒ BRAZILIAN DANCE 19.0...
05/08/2026

โญ๏ธ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ โญ๏ธ
Join us today for:

๐Ÿช‘ CHAIR BOOGIE
10.30 at St Wulstan's Community Centre / ยฃ4

๐Ÿ’ƒ BRAZILIAN DANCE
19.00 at Penkhull Village Hall / ยฃ5

๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™€๏ธ YOGA
20.00 at Penkhull Village Hall / ยฃ8

Check out all our ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ & ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ for Health & Happiness:
www.artbrasil.org.uk/cc

Happy Tuesday!We're keeping our members MOVING & GROOVING on a ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† with:๐Ÿช‘ CHAIR BOOGIE- 1.30 to 2.30pm at Penkhull V...
04/08/2026

Happy Tuesday!

We're keeping our members MOVING & GROOVING on a ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† with:

๐Ÿช‘ CHAIR BOOGIE
- 1.30 to 2.30pm at Penkhull Village Hall
- ยฃ4 cash on the door
- For anyone who fancies some exercise for the body & brain
- Cuppas and chat time from 1.15

๐Ÿฅ CARNIVAL DRUMMING COURSE
- 7 to 8.30pm at our Drum HQ, King St Studios in central Newcastle
- Our Summer Course is fully booked but if you're interested in doing some of this join oir waitlist for first dibs on the next workshop here: artbrasil.org.uk/cd

30/07/2026

We wish our amazing friends Isla & Jenny all the best on the next part of their journey as Wild Edge Arts ๐Ÿฉต We're in no doubt that they will continue to have an incredible impact on community arts in our area โญ๏ธ

Did you know both have been connected to ART BRASIL for 10 years? Isla supported Mika in her first research projects with older adults, bringing drumming and dance to older adults in our community. And Jenny was our fabulous photographer for those projects and many more since, and as a member our family drumming projects with her children!

We're feel so lucky that we've worked for 10 years with these outstanding women. Here's to many many more... ๐Ÿ™

Mika says Hi ๐Ÿ‘‹ from the office Our Community Classes are BACK next week and we can't wait to get moving and grooving wit...
28/07/2026

Mika says Hi ๐Ÿ‘‹ from the office
Our Community Classes are BACK next week and we can't wait to get moving and grooving with you all. Who's coming?

๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† 3๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿช‘13.30 Chair Yoga, Penkhull Village Hall

๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† 4๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿช‘13.30 Chair Boogie, Penkhull Village Hall
๐Ÿฅ 18 30 Carnival Drumming Course, King Street Studios

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† 5๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿช‘10.30 Chair Boogie, St Wulstan's Community Centre
๐Ÿ•บ19.00 Brazilian Dance &
๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™€๏ธ 20.00 Yoga, Penkhull Village Hall

๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† 6๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿช˜ 19.00 Hand Drumming, King Street Studios

๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† 7๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿช‘ 11.15 Chair Boogie, Beechwood May Bank

And if you fancy some fun Line Dancing, Mika's ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—จ๐—ฃ classes are back from next week too:
- Wednesday 5pm at Penkhull Village Hall
- Friday 10am at St Wulstan's Community Centre

Mika loves a brain workout break with our Carnival Drummers! ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿคฃ
16/07/2026

Mika loves a brain workout break with our Carnival Drummers! ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿคฃ

โญ๏ธ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† โญ๏ธJoin us today for:๐Ÿช‘ CHAIR BOOGIE10.30 at St Wulstan's Community Centre ๐Ÿ’ƒ BRAZILIAN ...
15/07/2026

โญ๏ธ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† โญ๏ธ
Join us today for:

๐Ÿช‘ CHAIR BOOGIE
10.30 at St Wulstan's Community Centre

๐Ÿ’ƒ BRAZILIAN DANCE
19.00 at Penkhull Village Hall

๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™€๏ธ YOGA
20.00 at Penkhull Village Hall

We're having 2 weeks off our Community Classes at end of July, so we can catch up with all the work that goes on in the background, then we're back from Monday 3 August!

Check out all our ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ here:
artbrasil.org.uk/cc

๐— ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ & ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ for Health & Happiness

24/06/2026

๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ 2๏ธโƒฃ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ โš ๏ธ๐Ÿฅ
Join Mika and this lovely bunch of drumming buds for our summer course

๐—–๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ฅ๐—จ๐— ๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐— ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—–๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—˜
3 week course Tues 4, 11 & 18 August
7-8.30pm
Contribution ยฃ25
at King St Studios, central NUL

Whether you're a complete newbie or a table tapping pro - we'll get everyone moving and grooving with some toe tapping beats from Brazil.

Drumming is great for the body and brain, helping to improve focus, reduce stress, boost mood and support general well-being.

Places are limited and we expect to sell out
๐ŸŒ artbrasil.org.uk/cd

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King Street
Newcastle Under Lyme
ST51EJ

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