Chew on This
A Series of Artist, Academic, and Choreographic Presentations by World  
Arts & Cultures Graduate Students and Faculty presents:

Moving Scripts: Retracing the Presence of Ginga within Afro-Brazilian  
Performative Practices
Academic Presentation by Cristina Rosa

Tuesday, June 1st, 12-1pm
UCLA Kaufman Hall, Room 160

For the final Chew on This, Cristina Rosa will present an overview of  
her Ph.D. dissertation, entitled “Moving scripts: the presence of  
ginga within choreographies of identification in Brazil.” Briefly, in  
her dissertation, Rosa conducts a comparative study of the embodied  
concept ginga, a particular kind of bodily syncopation associated with  
Afro-Brazilian heritage. There, she maps and analyzes ginga’s presence  
in three specific and distinct movement practices: samba, capoeira,  
and concert dance – i.e. Grupo Corpo. In each case, Rosa also provides  
a genealogy of ginga’s development in that form. Rosa argues that the  
aesthetic and philosophical knowledges enacted in these body-centered  
practices have recuperated-cum-invented an epistemology beyond  
colonial languages, whose scope exceeds or differs from Eurocentric  
thought.

Cristina Rosa, artist and researcher, is a PhD candidate at World Arts  
and Cultures department, UCLA. She received a CSW/Grad Division Irving  
and Jean Stone Dissertation Year Fellowship for AY 2009-2010. Born and  
raised in Brasilia, Brazil, Rosa received a MA from University of  
Wisconsin-Madison and a BFA from CSU, Chico. Rosa’s academic interest  
is concerned with the African presence within movement practices (e.g.  
dance, martial-arts, and sports) in the Americas and their geo- 
political significance within contexts of coloniality of power. As an  
artist, her work includes drawings, prints, photography, and  
performance.

Look forward to COT in 2010-2011!
Chew on This is supported by WAC GSO and the UCLA Department of World  
Arts and Cultures