| DJAVAN
LIVE IN LONDON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER TEN YEARS
Thursday,
31 March @ The Forum, London
- WIN TICKETS!!
Djavan
is a Brazilian composer, singer, and the owner of
a respectable discography. His international success
has taken him to the highest-ranking venues worldwide
and his songs have been recorded by Al Jarreau, Carmen
McRae, the Manhattan Transfer. In 1999, he recorded
"Ao Vivo" which sold 1.2 million copies.
The following year, Djavan won a Grammy for Best Brazilian
Song for "Acelerou" at the first Latin Grammy
Awards. READ
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AUGUSTO
BOAL WORKSHOP IN LONDON 14-18 MARCH
In the 1960's Boal developed a process whereby audience
members could stop a performance and suggest different
actions for the actors. But in a now legendary development,
a woman in the audience once was so outraged the actor
could not understand her suggestion that she came
onto the stage and showed what she meant. For Boal
this was the birth of the spect-actor (not
spectator) and his theatre was transformed. He discovered
that the audience became empowered not only to imagine
change but to actually practice that change, and thereby
become empowered to generate social action. Theatre
became a practical vehicle for grass-roots activism.
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THE
NEW CAIPIRINHA APPRECIATION SOCIETY
DJ
Wig, MdC Suingue & Freddy Macha will be taking
their mix of Brazilian music beyond the cliches and
interactive drumming to West London, every Monday
@ Guanabara.
But not to worry, they will be at The Hostel Rio Bar,
their HQ in North London every Friday.
www.BrazilianArtists.net is giving away four caipirinhas
every Monday so you can get a real taste of Brazil
drinking the best caipirinha in town at GUANABARA.READ
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I'M
UGLY BUT I'M TRENDY & SARAVA' - 19 MARCH
Rio
de Janeiro is the stage for funk culture. Involved
in the production of those parties, there are sound
crews, agents, DJs, owners and club employees, lighting
crews, vendors selling food and drinks and a large
audience. This is an economy being supported by the
desire and talent of an enormous population that lives
in the slums and suburbs of Rio. This documentary
film attempts to map this universe from the point
of view of female funkers, who are also mothers, wives,
students, workers. PLUS Saravá is an experimental
post-tropicália film-performance with artists
Jarbas Lopes and Cabelo!READ
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HOT
BEATZ DRUM IN BASS
DJ's Spyder C and Tisso from Sao Paulo, Brazil open
up their cases every Thursday to reveal classic, latest
and forthcoming tunes from the cheerful Brazilian
D' n' B Scene. This is the only regular Brazilian
d'n'b party in the UK, and it's FREE!!READ
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STONE
CRABS THEATRE COMPANY
Two days of exploratory workshops in techniques that
will help you
build your performative vocabulary
Fri 15/Sat 16 April - Physicalising the Mask
Fri 22/ Sat 23 April - Exploring Boal's Theatre of Images
Fri 29/Sat 30 April - Physical Theatre Kantor Style.
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`CAPOEIRA
IS...`& PLAY LOW THURSDAY 31ST MARCH & FRIDAY
1ST APRIL
Passo Co performances at Jacksons Lane 2005
'Capoeira
is...'
This
performance weaves together visual images, movement
live percussion, exploration of Capoeira technique
and history to create a 'teaching performance' that
will give an an inspirational introduction to Capoeira,
from its origins in slavery to its subsequent development
into an internationally enjoyed art form.READ
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