This residency in September 2023, where I invited Brazilian artists Alessandra Ribeiro, Ph.D., and Bianca Lúcia Lopes, celebrates Jongo, an Afro-Brazilian tradition that involves music, dance and singing. It was made possible by the generous support of the President Funds for the Humanities
It aligns with the UCCS mission of providing a multicultural and diverse education for our students, as well as providing opportunities for faculty and community to engage with diverse topics and subjects. Jongo is a significant cultural tradition, an ancestor of Samba, full of joy and empowerment. Equally important, Jongo comes from slavery and holds space to discuss issues of racism and prejudice.
Jongo, also known as caxambu or tambu, is a dance and musical genre rooted in the Afro-diasporic values. It integrates percussion, dance and expression, and was born in the coffee and sugar cane plantations in the Southeast of Brazil. It’s part of a larger group of Afro-Brazilian dances and features drums tuned by fire, and singing in the call-and-response style.
This is a choreography I created with Kakia Gkoudina for her doctoral dissertation work ReVolutions, at Michigan State University, which includes chamber ensemble, visuals, and dance.
Performers:
Alicia Gutiérrez Oviedo: Bass Clarinet
Jacob Nance: Alto Saxophone
Michael Giunta | Joe Berry : Percussion
Eileen Sneider : Piano
Sage Rosales | Natasha Kubit : Violin
Ursula Glasmacher : Viola
Jake Weichert : Bass
Conductor:
Henry Dorn
Collaborators:
Projection Design: Patrick Taylor
Composition / Direction :
Kakia Gkoudina
article Ballet and the Ideokinesis Somatic Method, recently published in the book Ballet Research in Brazil. The article was written after my Masters in Performing Arts at the State University of Campinas, under the mentorship of professor Julia Ziviani Vitiello.
Screendance Adjudication Panel A
Rosely Conz (MA, MFA) is a Brazilian dancer, choreographer, scholar, and dance teacher. Her work focuses on issues of immigration and identity through media such as film, live choreography, and as a theme of her lectures. Her screendance, “Uprooted” created in collaboration with Stephany Slaughter, has been exhibited in more than 10 festivals, 2 major dance conferences, and was the winner of the Emerging Voices, Experimental Short Film category in the 2020 Mosaic Film Festival. Presently, she is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Alma College in Michigan where she continues to produce screendances addressing social issues.
Corpo Identitário na Dança: Processos de Criação a Partir do Autoconhecimento
Participação na Banca Examinadora do trabalho de conclusão de curso de Bacharelado em Dança pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, no Rio Grande do Sul, de Isadora Raminelli Schneider, com orientação da Professora Doutora Silvia Susana Wolff.
Outros de Mim - video.
