Gnawa / Umbó / Agora
São Paulo Dance Company
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden – Großes Haus
Sa. 8.11. | 19:30 Uhr
Duration: 86 minutes, including a 20-minute intermission Language: no language skills required Tickets: €60 / €53 / €38 / €27 / €16 / €11.50 / €9, 50% discount
Sypnosis
One evening – three perspectives on time, the body and collective experience: with Gnawa, Umbó and Agora the São Paulo Dance Company under its Director Inês Bogéa displays the broad range of its artistic output and the powerful energy of its dancers. In Gnawa (2009, choreography: Nacho Duato) earth, water, fire and air merge to form a choreography that celebrates gravity and grounding. This is followed by Umbó (2021, choreography: Leilane Teles), a work about inspiration and desire, how idols resonate in the body and generate new movements. Finally, Agora (2019, choreography: Cassi Abranches) examines the theme of time: in rhythms, memories and temperatures, through pulsating movements that combine Afro-Brazilian percussion with rock and vocals. A journey through three choreographic signatures that allows the audience to immerse itself in different sound and body worlds. The São Paulo Dance Company demonstrates how tradition and the present day, Brazilian ideas and international perspectives can coalesce into vital, physical dance that is poetic, energetic and thrilling.
Tip: On November 7, there will be a workshop entitled “Repertory in Movement” with members of the São Paulo Dance Company.
Credits
Gnawa (2009)
Choreography: Nacho Duato
Music: Hassan Hakmoun, Adam Rudolph, Juan Alberto Arteche, Javier Paxariño, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Velez, Kusur e Sarkissian
Lighting: Nicolás Fischtel
Costumes: Luis Devota and Modesto Lomba
Restaging: Hilde Koch & Tony Fabre (1964–2013)
Organization and Original Production: Carlos Iturrioz Mediart Producciones SL (Spain)
Umbó (2021)
Choreography: Leilane Teles
Music: Muloloki and Para a Poetisa Íntima, Tiganá Santana and Nzambi Kakala Ye Bikamazu and Mama Kalunga, sung by Virgínia Rodrigues
Costumes: Teresa Abreu
Lighting: Gabriele Souza
Agora (2019)
Choreography: Cassi Abranches
Music: Sebastian Piracés
Lighting: Gabriel Pederneiras
Costumes: Janaína Castro
A production of the São Paulo Dance Company. The São Paulo Dance Company, under the artistic direction of Inês Bogéa, is supported by the Government of the State of São Paulo.
Photos 1 / Umbó: Iari Davies
Photo 2 / Agora: Charles Lima
Photo 3 / Gnawa: Camilo Barbosa