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Cordels
New cordels (cords) ready for students who will be graduating at the 2020 Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira batizado. As more cords are made throughout the pre-batizado season, Professora Amazonas starts to leave them out during the children’s class to…
Cuatrista
José Gabriel Muñoz in his beginning years as a cuatrista in the early 90’s.
Cuatro - Close Up
Close up José Gabriel Muñoz’s modern ten-string cuatro while he plays after his oral history interview for the Raíces Digital Archive.
Cultural Collaboration
Professora Amazonas (Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira), Instrutora Cuica (Capoeira Mandinga), and Instrutora Canarinha (Capoeira Sol Nascente) taking a group photo after their collaborative demonstration of the rhythms and movements of capoeira at the…
Dancing Maculélé
Students practice maculélé, an Afro-Brazilian dance form closely related to capoeira in Professora Amazonas’ children’s capoeira class.
Dancing Maculélé
Students dance maculélé in a circle, using their sticks to keep rhythm along with the drums.
Dancing with Los Vejigantes
Gabriela Pérez dancing bomba with Los Vejigantes.
Demonstrating Capoeira
Professora Amazonas (Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira), Instrutora Cuica (Capoeira Mandinga), and Instrutora Canarinha (Capoeira Sol Nascente) demonstrate the movements and rhythms of capoeira.
Djembe
Close up of Professora Amazonas playing the djembe drum at the March 8, 2020 event “Celebrating Women in World Music” hosted by 10PRL in Long Branch, NJ.
Drills
João Pequeno and Oito Vidas practice drills for balance and precision at Professora Amazonas’ academy in Vauxhall, NJ.
Dromedario
Dromedario, a member of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira, warming up in preparation to train capoeira.
Dromedario
Dromedario, a member of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira, and a proud capoeira daddy, training during Professora Amazonas’ class.
Drummer
Professora Amazonas drums in her capoeira class.
Drums
Professora Amazonas plays and teaches drum patterns and songs in her adult capoeira class. Here, she is playing a conga drum which is often used to train, teach and demonstrate, but the traditional drum used in the roda is the atabaque, which is…
Early Inspirations
Childhood photograph of José Gabriel Muñoz.
El Charango
Pepe plays the charango. This is another staple in Andean Music. It is a small guitar made up of ten strings. The back of a charango is the shell of an armadillo.
Engaging the Community
Like many cultural arts traditions rooted in African culture, capoeira is a participatory art form. Traditionally, it is not performed on a stage or in front of an audience, but out in the community as a cultural practice and expression. In modern…
Excerpt: Classical Music Demonstration on Cuatro
Cuatrista José Gabriel Muñoz demonstrates how the cuatro is interpreted with classical music.An excerpt from Cello Suite No.1 by J.S. Bach interpreted by José Gabriel Muñoz. The Cello Suite was transposed and arranged on the cuatro by Alvin Medina.…
Excerpt: Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas Concert at Rutgers University
Excerpt from concert presented by Gabriel Munoz & Melodías Borinqueñas on April 3, 2019 at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ.
Excerpt: Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas Concert at Rutgers University 2
Excerpt from concert presented by Gabriel Munoz & Melodías Borinqueñas on April 3, 2019 at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. 2/2
Excerpt: José Gabriel Muñoz Library of Congress Performance
Excerpt from a performance by cuatrista José Gabriel Muñoz at the Library of Congress.
Video Provided by José Gabriel Muñoz
Video Provided by José Gabriel Muñoz
Funny Faces of GLDC
The "playing" continues beyond the roda. In every group photo taken of GLDC, members make sure too always take one "funny face" photo.
Gabe Muñoz
Cuatrista José Gabriel Muñoz after his oral history interview with the Raíces Digital Archive.
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas performing at Rutgers University in 2018.
Gabriel Muñoz’s First Cuatro
The first cuatro of José Gabriel Muñoz