About Curtis Pierre SPECIALTIES -COMMUNITY PROJECTS -VIDEO AND MOVIE APPEARANCES - ALBUM RECORDING & APPEARANCES

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RECORDING & APPEARANCES VIDEO AND MOVIE COMMUNITY PROJECTS

SPECIALTIES
Malabarismo Pandeiro juggling master (Brazilian tamborine) which includes not only playing the Pandeiro as an instrument but able to perform amazing acrobatic stunts similar to that done by the Harlem Globetrotters and some of the soccer stars in Brazil. Spinning two to three pandeiros simultaneously on mouth, elbow and toes. Samba Percussion music director, Hand drums and a wide range of percussion instruments; fight choreographer, and dancer in the various Afro-Brazilian cultural dances, such as samba, maculele, capoeira and also stilt dancing. Showing the history and influences of Afro-Brazilian music and its similarities to New Orleans culture and music. Costume and prop designer, and pen and ink artist. Assistant parade coordinator for Endymion Coronation. Film score percussion music composer, and instrument maker. Working with children

*"Bush Dance Arobebics" Curtis solo album 2004
*"Tambores Do Mar" Curtis Pierre solo album 2003
* Creole Moon" - Dr John 2001
* Do Rio Camagua Ao Rio Mississippi Ricardo Crispe 2000
* Los Hombres Callientes, Vol. 2. 1999
* Do Brasil, Antionio Carlos Jobim/Powell/Gilberto - a Compiliation 1998
* "Time for Love ", Philip Manuel- 1995
* Earl Turbinton - "Brother for Life" 1987
* Recorded with Bill Summers - Project Higher Octave 1994
* Casa Samba:" An Afro-Brazilian Fantasy" (first album) 1993
* "Freedom Song" Ben Hunter & Plantation Posse 1991
* "Eye of the Tiger" - Jasmine and Ensemble Acoustic de Guatemala 1987
* "Windswept" -Percussion Inc. 1988
* "Jasmine featuring Casa Samba" 1989

VIDEO AND MOVIE APPEARANCESback next top

*Donna Richardson "Afro Brazilian Workout"
* Hall and Oates Video, Pandeiro Acrobatics, 1988"
* Movie-"Angel Heart"-Drum Coordinator for Ritual Scene, 1988
Appeared in Billboard magazine interview June/8/96 issue New Orleans, LA
Movie- "Interview with a Vampire" New Orleans, LA
Commercial- Birds Eye Food, New Orleans, LA
American Express Commercial, Jackson Square New Orleans, LA
Sinbad's Comedy Strip, Orpheum Theater, Fox Television New Orleans, LA
American Express Commercial, French Quarter, New Orleans, LA
Eye on Carnival- Spotlight, WDSU TV New Orleans, LA
Festival Latino Promotional Commercial New Orleans, LA
Cabildo Museum Fundraiser New Orleans, LA
"Rebel Without a Cause" Promotional Commercial New Orleans, LA

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Young Audience Program New Orleans, LA.
Curtis Pierre Curtis Pierre: The Samba Man 1988 -Present
· Performances and workshops in New Orleans public school system & Southern Region, reaching over 1,000,000
children in over fifth teen years.

Starting the first Summer Camp in New Orleans Based entirely around a foreign country in his on Community just minutes away from his home CASA SAMBA BRAZIL CAMP 2005. Also an after school Samba Kids Program at neighborhood school Andrew Jackson Elementary also minutes away from his home.

Kuji Center, St Thomas Neighborhood Development, New Orleans, LA. Instructor 1989- Present
· Teaches capoeira and African drumming to children from St. Thomas Housing Development and neighborhood area.

Capoeira Angola
International Capoeira Angola Federation( ICAF)- Member 
· Leader of the Capoeira Angola group of New Orleans which is a affiliate member of the ICAF under the direction of founder, Mestre Cobrinha Mansa, President.
· Has been Capoeira throughout the New Orleans area for the past twenty two years
· Taught Samba and capoeira to children at North Foster Medical Center, Baton Rogue, LA (1994-99)

Tulane University Adjunct Professor for a Brasilian Cultural credit class 2002-Presnt

Instructor for Capoeira Angola Club at Tulane University 2003-Presnt

University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS.
Adjunct Professor 1997- Present
· Currently teaches Samba percussion and Capoeira to USM Students.

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