Brazilian Bodies and Their Choreographies of Identification

Swing Nation
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-46226-8
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 281 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 4679 g

Reihe: New World Choreographies

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rosa, Cristina F

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Tanz Choreographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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-misférica. 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 Universität Berlin's International Research Center 'Interweaving Performance Cultures' (Germany, 2012-13). She earned her PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles.