This work consists of experimenting with an alternative form of documentation of this type of percussion-dance interaction in Afro-Brazilian and African artistic dance groups based on the description of the visual attention of the participants. Among subjects in culture, this form of mutual rhythmic reading is carried out based on the observation of aspects of the dance, like vibration, giro, jump; and symbolic aspects, as movements related to the dances of the Orixás.
Open Call - CCL 18 | Choreographic Coding Lab em Belo Horizonte
CCL 18 | Choreographic Coding Lab em Belo Horizonte 18 a 22 August 2025 Dance Reference Center & Marília Theater - Belo Horizonte, MG O Corpuslab (UEMG) invites artists, choreographers, researchers, technologists, Interdisciplinary musicians and creators to participate in the 18th edition of Choreographic Coding Lab (CCL), an international residence focused on […]
Exploring the Groove in Afro-Brazilian Samba: The Role of the Electric Bass
Manasses Morais de Arruda and Luiz Naveda publish an innovative study on the groove in samba. The research reveals how the electric bass builds the rhythmic fluidity essential to the genre, contributing significantly to musicology and musical practice. The concept of groove is central to creating engaging performances in Afro-Brazilian samba, being […]
Call for candidates for the scientific initiation grant in the IconoDiaspora project.
Calls are open for UEMG students interested in working with the IconoDiáspora project team (2022-2024). Click here to learn more. What the project offers: Work with Corpuslab faculty and students Learn advanced techniques and cutting-edge research processes. Dialogue with graduate students and researchers Scholarship 400 […]
IconoDiaspora Project
“Images, music and dance of the African diaspora in Brazil.“ Project “Organization of a database of images and texts on representations of Afro-Brazilian music and dance” CNPq (420106/2021-9) Project contemplated by the Universal CNPq public notice 2022 – Corpuslab Research Group Resources: R$ 56.200,00 ( bags, Material Permanente, costing) Team: Prof. Dr. Loque Arcanjo […]
Candomblé, dances and an African technological perspective
In 2019 Corpuslab was visited by researcher Olabanke Oyinkansola Goriola or Oyin, as we call it. Oyin is a Nigerian researcher and dancer, master by Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (Choreomundus) at NTNU Trondheim (Master in Dance Anthropology) and developed his field research with professor Luiz Naveda and Corpuslab group. Game […]
Corpuslab researcher is awarded by Funarte for a workshop on curricula in visual arts
Professor Dr. Luiz Naveda, from Corpuslab / UEMG was awarded by Funarte Arte in Every Part for its workshop on curricula in Visual Arts: “Curriculum Organization and Digital Portfolio for Visual Artists”
FUNARTE awards Corpuslab student-researchers
Undergraduate students Emanuel Schuchter and Igor Tolentino, were awarded by FUNARTE through the workshop Strategies and ideas for teaching music with digital media: Elementary School I (https://abre.ai/clUx). Both students of the Music Degree course at the State University of Minas Gerais (UEMG), Belo Horizonte, and are guided by Prof. […]
A method for creating annotations on a motion capture
One of the great challenges of working on motion capture in culture is how to relate culture terminology in a motion capture dataset. Biovision Hierarchy or BVH is a file format generated by motion capture instruments and, as strange as that name may seem, this technology already […]
H. Villa Lobos not Colón theater, Argentina 1940
At the time of the arrival of the conductor and composer Villa-Lobos in Argentina, local newspapers produced countless reports announcing the conductor's concert at the Colón theater. However,, an advertisement widely disseminated by Argentine periodicals draws our attention since this clipping, analyzed in an iconographic way and contextualized, synthesizes the political meanings of the Villa-Lobos concert […]