A Dance of Resistance from Recife, Brazil
Carnivalesque Improvisation in Frevo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11222929 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathleen A Spanos (0000-0002-3036-7028, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 28-46 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dance Research Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0149-7677 • E-ISSN: 1940-509X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0149767719000305 |
| OpenAlex | W3009276218 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 23 |
Frevo is an energetic dance from Recife, the capital of Brazil's northeastern state of Pernambuco. Frevo is a dance of resistance because it narrates complex notions of identity that contribute to social empowerment through strategic processes of liberation for marginalized groups. The dance originates from the Brazilian martial art of capoeira and it is carnivalesque because it is performed in crowded, often violent streets during carnival, when power hierarchies are disrupted. Through this ethnographic research, I consider how frevo practitioners engage in cultural resistance using a practice that I call “carnivalesque improvisation.”
Aesthetics · Art · Carnivalesque · Dance · Empowerment · Ethnography · Identity (music) · Improvisation · Martial arts · Political science · Power (physics) · Resistance (ecology) · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Gender Studies · Law · Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
The Black Dancing Body
Rabelais and his world
Man, Play and Games
Brazilian Bodies and Their Choreographies of Identification
Dangerous Encounters
Domination and the Arts of Resistance
Improvisation and Social Aesthetics
Lampião, Luiz and Padim Ciço
Performing Russia
Perceptions of Irish Step Dance
The Archive and the Repertoire
Dance, Authenticity and Cultural Memory
Singing a Dance
Dangerous Encounters
The Hidden History of Capoeira
The Anthropology of Performance
Pra homem, menino e mulher'? Problematizing the gender inclusivity discourse in capoeira
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