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Abstract
My Culminating Experience project consists in writing and arranging music inspired by the body movements of Capoeira, a Afro-Brazilian art form that integrates dancing, fighting, playing percussion instruments and singing. In order to navigate this artistic endeavor, I set to bring to practice the lessons I acquired in my global jazz studies and I wrote 4 compositions that sought to explore musically the depth of the movements of this art form. This was my way of shedding light to this very rich tradition that is so important culturally and historically and I had the honor to get to know it very intimately and that was so important to me on a personal level, since I practiced it for more than ten years. I used my experience in playing capoeira to orient my music writing. This project aimed to instigate creativity through the innovative practice of a new multidisciplinary art form - Capoeira & Global Jazz, and it sought to straighten a Pan-African way of approaching the history of the Americas, connecting Jazz and Capoeira, different art forms that have so much history in common.
Publication Date
7-1-2024
Campus
Boston Campus
Keywords
Capoeira, Global Jazz, Multidisciplinary
Recommended Citation
Cartocci Maia, Gabriel. “Musical Movements - Capoeira Through the Lens of Global Jazz.” Master's thesis, Berklee College of Music, 2024. https://remix.berklee.edu/graduate-studies-global-jazz/158.