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Playing, Fighting, and Dancing: Unpacking the Significance of Ginga within the Practice of Capoeira Angola

Cristina Rosa
Publisher: Journals Gateway
TDR/The Drama Review (2012) 56 (3 (215)): 141–166.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/DRAM_a_00193
Published: 01 September 2012
Abstract
Capoeira players are best known for their syncopated swings, sweeps, and slides, collectively known as ginga in Brazil. How does this particular mode of action function, and what roles does it assume during games of capoeira angola?
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