Capoeira

This session was based around the idea that Capoeira is a conversation in movement. It is question and answer and it is response to another person’s ‘comment’, and historically it is a resistance to oppression - of body, of culture and of mind.

It has always been and today still remains a form of expression and a defiant response to being restricted.

The group worked through a series of basic capoeira movements, loosening up and tuning in to each other. We established a set of common movements, and experimented with how contrasting music types and rhythms effect our movement and our ‘understanding’ of each others’ movement conversations. We explored how a freedom of body expression creates a flow of energy between two people and the circular space of the ‘roda’.

About the session leader

Hannah Bicât has travelled in Africa taking photographs. She studied Social Anthropology and African Studies at SOAS in London, and then began to study Capoeira, which brought together all her interests. She is passionate about the way that this art form celebrates individuality and self-expression, and believes in its power to suggest a freedom of mind and a liberation of spirit. Hannah has worked with Phakama since 2004.

Click the link below for a short video clip of what went down during the session.

TRIPWIRES - Capoeira from Tripwires on Vimeo.