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.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 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-misf?rica. 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 Universit?t Berlin's International Research Center 'Interweaving Performance Cultures' (Germany, 2012-13). She earned her PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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