Capoeira Workshop at UMD
University of Maryland College Park, MD, United StatesSamba Jig Productions leads a capoeira workshop at the University of Maryland, College Park for high school students visiting the university.
Samba Jig ProductionsSamba Jig ProductionsSamba Jig Productions leads a capoeira workshop at the University of Maryland, College Park for high school students visiting the university.
Details forthcoming.
Looking for a place to root for Brazil when they play Belgium on July 6? Samba Jig is bringing the batucada and cheer to Public Bar in Dupont Circle starting at 1:30PM. Live drumming and dancing; $30 Bud Light buckets and $5 Heinekens. Swing by and show us your best Neymar impression! ? ⚽️ ?? […]
Forró, frevo, reels, jigs, and the button accordion. There are more connections than you know between the popular music and dances of Brazil and Ireland! Join us for a conversation between ethnomusicologist Paddy League, Ph.D., ethnochoreologist Kate Spanos, Ph.D., and accordion master musician Rob Curto. They will describe their experiences and research in northeastern Brazilian and traditional Irish music […]
This project examines ainihi (“identity” in Hausa) and alteridade (“otherness” in Portuguese) in music and dance traditions of Nigeria and Brazil. Multidisciplinary artist team Sinclair Ogaga Emoghene, Pablo Regis, and Kate Spanos collaborate to look for both universality and cultural specificity in shared movements and rhythms. Artists and audiences who participate in this project will […]
