The next day we started slowly but by the afternoon we got in the car to visit some more of André's friends and make a documentary. We met two of his friends, William Capeta and Cidinho (nickname meaning devil), who are in a group called Saltos Mortais. I think (from my understanding of André's portuguese translation) that this means something like death-defying. They are like an acrobatic group that concentrates on flips and tricks evolved from a mix of Capoiera and Break dancing.
These guys are amazing! We first met them at a gasolina station and they led us to a patch of dirt near a basketball court where they train. There we some other guys there that trained with them and eventually a little group of kids and parents started watching from the road above as they made their way home from school. I was filming as André asked them questions like what do you think of the floor where you train? They all aswered this question with 'it's fine', 'I like it'. But they needed to use a little bit of wood sometimes for support, so this obviously was not the best floor...It was amazing to see what they were capable of, being self trained in a patch of dirt!
André had started teaching his students from skadada/syrc some of these tricks and he posted a video on youtube, if you want to check it out search for 'saltos mortais perth'. Then you can see what floor they should be training on!
We went back to William's house with Cidinho for some more interview questions and met his beautiful wife and his gorgeous baby boy asleep on their bed. His wife was really nice and talked to me heaps, taking time to speak slowly to make sure I understand! We got about halfway through the questions when the tape finished, so we tried the camera because we thought hey they memory card is empty this will work! but only got one question recorded... So we will have to go back another day to finish.
When we are back in perth André will edit it and post on youtube. His other video recieved heaps of positive comments and interest in his 'classes' so we also want to start some proper classes and register the name 'saltos mortais'. I think André already has about 6 people eager to be his students!
