East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
Spring 2020 Group Class - Online Tutorials
Course: Beginning Samba Fusion Dance
Instructor: Ezra Bristow
Course Overview:
This course builds on the techniques and terminology that students learned during the fall semester. Carnival is an annual, worldwide celebration of arts and culture rooted in Afro-Diasporic resistance and storytelling through rhythm and movement. This course specifically focuses on the music and dances of the two largest and oldest Carnival celebrations: Rio, Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago. This course will cover specific techniques and terminology of Afro-Brazilian, Afro-Caribbean, and African American dance and music.
Lesson 2: SAMBA DE RODA
Samba is the national dance of Brazil; it is celebrated worldwide as an energetic, polyrhythmic genre of music featuring fast footwork and flowing gestures. The roots of samba can be traced back to enslaved Africans that were brought to Salvador, Bahia, in the 19th century. Samba de roda, or the "Ring Samba", was a form of communal dance, worship, and celebration for Afro-Brazilians. the 'roda', is also the circle-space in which Capoeira, another Afro-Brazilian art form, is played. This lesson is an introduction to one variation of samba technique, as well as a brief culture and vocabulary lesson.
Resources:
For more information about Brazil, Carnival, and Samba, please join our 'Samba Fusion' Quizlet Class at the link below!
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