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MANCHESTER
10 - 11 March 2006 - 8pm
tickets: £10 / £6
Bookings: 0161 274 0600
Contact Theatre
Oxford Rd
Manchester
M15 6JA
www.contact-theatre.org
RELATED EVENT:
FAVELA RISING, ICA, LONDON
10 - 31 March 2006
NOT
TO BE MISSED
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’If
Rage Against the Machine could drum like Ozomatli, dance
like the Black-Eyed Peas and sing exuberant samba melodies
and reggae tunes, America might have something like
AfroReggae.’
The New York Times
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LONDON
3 - 4 March 2006 – 7.45 pm
Directed
by José Junior
Co-directed by Johayne Ildefonso
Art direction by Gringo Cardia
Presented in association with People’s Palace Productions
With support from Queen Mary, University of London
Co-produced by barbicanbite06
A
radical revolution in sound.
Created in the wake of a brutal police massacre
in the early 1990s, AfroReggae turn their socially conscious
songs into blistering live performances. In the midst of lawlessness,
they use the languages of rap and hip-hop to expose the violence
that threatens to crush their community. Their musical militancy
is a forceful alternative to the gunfire. In performance as
in their everyday actions, they create alternatives for anyone
who wants to imagine a society built on justice, respect and
security.
For
two performances only, AfroReggae brings to the Barbican stage
a base-line experience of Brazilian culture: the beat of the
favela, the shanty-town sound. Their multi-style performance
is a skillful combination of the most vital movements in Brazilian
culture, from Tropicalismo to mangue beat, from Paulista rap
to samba-reggae, from capoeira to carioca funk. Afro Reggae
arrive in London from opening the Rolling Stones concert on
Copacabana Beach, and at the Barbican will be joined by UK
urban music stars, Estelle and TY.
Part
of Tropicália: A Revolution in Brazilian Culture
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