The Zebra Dance Cultural Center [CEDANZE] created by Luís Roberto Ricardo Mestre Faísca, is an association that was born in Brazil in 1989 in the cities of Mococa and São José do Rio Pardo – São Paulo, was made official in 2003 in the state of Bahia in the city of Salvador, registered with CNPJ under number 06.109.443 / 0001-00, headquartered at Rua Raimundo Viana, nº 61-E, Rio Vermelho | Vale das Pedrinhas, Salvador, Bahia.

When CEDANZE was made official in 2003, it constitutes a Council of Honor with a lifetime position chaired by Dr. João Pereira do Santos – Mestre João Pequeno de Pastinha and other advisors of the highest expression of Capoeira in Bahia, such as Dr. Ângelo Augusto Decânio Filho – Mestre Decânio and the filmmaker, writer, Mestre Jair Moura.

In the same decade, Mestre Faísca established centers with representatives in other Brazilian cities such as Poços de Caldas MG, Florianópolis SC, Maragogipe (lower Guai) – BA, in Latin America in the city of Montevideo – Uruguay, and in European cities like Milan · IT, Brussels · BE, Coimbra · PT, Madrid · ESP, Lausanne · Switzerland.