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Brazilian Bodies and Their Choreographies of Identification Cristina F. Rosa

Brazilian Bodies and Their Choreographies of Identification By Cristina F. Rosa

Brazilian Bodies and Their Choreographies of Identification by Cristina F. Rosa

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Brazilian Bodies, and their Choreographies of Identification retraces the presence of a particular way of swaying the body that, in Brazil, is commonly known as ginga . Cristina Rosa its presence across distinct and specific realms: samba-de-roda (samba-in-a-circle) dances, capoeira angola games, and the repertoire of Grupo Corpo.

Brazilian Bodies and Their Choreographies of Identification Summary

Brazilian Bodies and Their Choreographies of Identification: Swing Nation by Cristina F. Rosa

Brazilian Bodies, and their Choreographies of Identification retraces the presence of a particular way of swaying the body that, in Brazil, is commonly known as ginga . Cristina Rosa its presence across distinct and specific realms: samba-de-roda (samba-in-a-circle) dances, capoeira angola games, and the repertoire of Grupo Corpo.

About Cristina F. Rosa

Cristina F. Rosa is a native of Brazil who migrated to the US in 1996. She is currently a full-time faculty lecturer in dance at Tufts University. Her research interests include the intersection of embodiment, knowledge production, and processes of identification. She has been published in TDR and e-misferica. She previously taught in the US at Reed College, the University of California, Riverside, the Florida State University, and the California Institute of the Arts. She has also served as a research fellow at Freie Universitat Berlin's International Research Center 'Interweaving Performance Cultures' (Germany, 2012-13). She earned her PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Choreographing Ideas
PART I: UNDERSTANDING GINGA
1. Decoding Ginga Aesthetic
2. Historicizing Ginga
PART II: ANALYSING GINGA
3. Understanding the Presence of Ginga in Samba Circles
4. Investigating the Articulation of Ginga in Capoeira Angola
5. What is it about the Baiana?
PART III: STAGING GINGA
6. Brazilian Bodies and the National in Dance
7. What is it about Grupo Corpo?
Conclusion: The Pride and Shame of being a Swing Nation

Additional information

NPB9781137462268
9781137462268
1137462264
Brazilian Bodies and Their Choreographies of Identification: Swing Nation by Cristina F. Rosa
Cristina F. Rosa
New World Choreographies
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2015-08-26
281
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