A&L 329 - Afro-Brazilian Dance

Institution:

Antioch University-Seattle

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Description:

SU With live drumming, students learn dances that originated in Africa and migrated to Brazil during slavery. For the people of the villages surrounding Rio de Janeiro, samba is considered their most "intense, unambivalent joy." Students dance to the driving, rapturous beat from Brazil known as samba, Samba-Reggae and the Candomble religious dances of the Orixas as well as the Baiao, the Ferro and the Maracatu.

Credits:

3.00 - 4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.antiochseattle.edu

Phone Number:

(206) 441-5352

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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