Lauded by the international press as the William Forsythe of Hip Hop, Bruno Beltrão returns to the Romaeuropa Festival with his company Grupo de Rua. Based in Niterói, the south-eastern frontier of Rio de Janeiro, he continues to envisage dance as a form of resistance and movement as a consciously and expressly political act. Indeed, his latest production seems to aspire to openly addressing the violent world around him, by responding through the language of choreography to the repressive practices of the Brazilian far-right led by Bolsonaro. Beltrão focuses his attention on the political reality of his homeland and in the process transforms his choreography into impulses of resistance and corporal energy.
Credits
Artistic Direction Bruno Beltrão
Assistant direction Gilson Cruz
With Wallyson Amorim, Camila Dias, Renann Fontoura, Eduardo Hermanson, Alci Junior, Silvia Kamyla, Ronielson Araújo “Kapu”, Leonardo Laureano, Leandro Rodrigues, Antonio Carlos Silva
Lights Renato Machado
Costumes Marcelo Somme
Music Lucas Marcier / ARPX, Jonathan Uliel Saldanha
Video Eduardo Pave
Electrical Sineir
Photo © Wonge-Bergmann
Production Credits
Production Grupo de Rua (Niterói – BR)
In collaboration with Something Great
Co-production Künstlerhaus Mousonturm (Frankfurt – DE), Festival d’Automne à Paris & Centquatre (Paris – FR), Kampnagel (Hamburg – DE), Sadler Wells (London – UK), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels – BE), SPRING Performing Arts Festival (Utrecht – NL), Wiener Festwochen (Vienna – AT), Onassis STEGI (Athens – GR), Culturgest (Lisbon – PT), Teatro Municipal do Porto (Porto -PT), Le Maillon – Théâtre de Strasbourg (Strasbourg – FR) , Arsenal Metz (Metz – FR), Romaeuropa (Rome – IT), Charleroi Danse (Charleroi – BE)
Commissioned by Künstlerhaus Mousonturm within the framework of the German Alliance of International Production Houses
With the support of Goethe Institut
