Programme 2022

Bruno Beltrão / Grupo de Rua

New Creation

Programma soort: Main programme
Genre: Dance, Music
Herkomst: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Bold, energised, uncompromising and confronting as always, Beltrao’s new dance work is a howl of protest against the currently stagnating politics of his home country.

Entrance

€ 16,-

Duration

60 minutes

Language

Language no problem

Location

Stadsschouwburg

Accessibility

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Dance as resistance

How to stay in movement, when the political and social situation in one’s country appears to paralyse everything? When hatred seems to disunite and suffocate freedom, solidarity, equality and democracy? Over the course of the last two decades the world-wide acclaimed Brazilian choreographer Bruno Beltrão has managed to revolutionise Urban Dance with his brilliant mix of Hip Hop and contemporary Dance. New Creation – performed by a cast of 12 dancers – is a powerful statement against the right-wing extremism and barbarity of the Bolsonaro government in Brazil.

Its explosive choreography with Grupo de Rua seems almost statically charged, loaded with quick movements, high jumps, mind boggling twists, head-spins and somersaults. The pulsating energy, physical presence and great virtuosity of this dance company have already enchanted audiences all over the world, including at Noorderzon: in 2009 with H2 and most recently in 2018 with Inoah. Energetic, confronting, uncompromising: Bruno Beltrāo is back in town – in full force.

Proud, powerful, overwhelming and brimming with poetry.

Author: Moos van den Broek Occupation: Theaterkrant

Tuesday 23 August

Available times

21:00

Wednesday 24 August

Available times

21:00

About the artist

Bruno Beltrão (born 1979 in Niterói) is a Brazilian choreographer who uses urban dance in theater and has combined various influences, including hip-hop, into abstract choreographic landscapes. In 1996, at the age of 16, he created the Grupo de Rua de Niterói with his friend Rodrigo Bernardi. With Grupo de Rua, Beltrão has toured renowned theaters and festivals around the world since 2002. Beltrão was twice awarded "The Bessies - New York Dance and Performance Awards", first in 2010 for his piece H3 and more recently (2020) for one of his latest works Inoah. You saw both on Noorderzon before.

Credits
Artistic direction | Bruno Beltrão
Director's assistant | Gilson Cruz
Met | Wallyson Amorim, Camila Dias, Renann Fontoura, Eduardo Hermanson, Alci Junior, Silvia Kamyla, Ronielson Araújo 'Kapu', Leonardo Laureano, Antonio Carlos Silva | Lighting: Renato Machado
Music | Lucas Marcier / ARPX
Technique | Sineir
Decor | Anderson Dias
Costumes | Marcelo Sommer

Production | Grupo de Rua in collaboration with Something Great
Coproduction | Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Festival d'Automne à Paris en Centquatre, Wiener Festwochen, SPRING Performing Arts Festival, Sadler Wells, Kampnagel, Onassis STEGI, Culturgest, Teatro Municipal do Porto, Romaeuropa, Charleroi danse, Le Maillon – Théâtre de Strasbourg, Cité Musicale-Metz
Distribution | Something Great

Commissioned by Künstlerhaus Mousonturm within the framework of the German Alliance of International Production Houses

With the support of Goethe Institut