Title: Magalenha
Performer: Sergio Mendes
Album: Brasileiro
Culture: Brazil
Orchestration: Voice (Multiple), Synthesizers, Chimes, Flute, Gong, Shaker, Triangle
Magalenha is great example of how music is structured such that it can be incorporated into movement, specifically capoeira, a form of Brazilian martial arts. It seems like there's almost a call and response between the lead vocalist and what sounds like a small women's choir. The lead voice leads the group and repeats what the lead singer says. Also in the video is a dancer who dances along to the music. I find the art of capoeira to be fascinating. It's a form of martial arts, but at the same time is a form of expression that has no real defined movement. It's incredible the kind of flexibility that is required to perform capoeira.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt26JJ-vsnw
His movements are capoeira, but I'm curious about the music... These are certainly not the traditional instruments (i.e., berimbau, etc.), but it could be that there are some current forms of the practice that use other musics. Have you looked into contemporary practices?
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