While in Brazil for the Summer (well…”winter” here), immersing myself in Afro-Brazilian culture to further my abilities as a professor at UCCS, as well as my research agenda.
Thank you to Comunidade Jongo Dito Ribeiro and capoeira De Valor / Mestre Ferpa.
This podcast, done by Brad Willcuts, Assistant Professor Musical Theatre and Choreography at Michigan State University (MSU), is an educational project for the students of Integrative Arts and Humanities 241e, Social Dance: History and Contemporary Reflections.
During the interview, Rosely Conz speaks about capoeira as a form of art and political resistance, brought by enslaved people to Brazil in the 1500s.