Capoeira is a Brazilian art combining instrumental music, song,
dance, martial arts, ritual, theater, and more. This ensemble
focuses on Capoeira Angola, a traditional style from the
Brazilian Northeast associated with Brazil’s African heritage. In
this ensemble students will learn how to play the instruments of
the capoeira ensemble, sing capoeira songs in Portuguese, basic
techniques of the physical game, and the fundamentals of the
performance.
Course Information
MUS 153
Meets Mondays and Wednesdays, 4:10–6:00 pm
in TBA room
Ph.D. Ethnomusicology, University of British Columbia
Juan Diego Díaz is an ethnomusicologist with a geographic
research interest in Africa and its diaspora, particularly Brazil
and West Africa. He explores how African diasporic musics
circulate and transform across the Atlantic and how they serve
individuals and communities in identity formation.
