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Brazil, body & soul, The Roots of Brazil Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Brazil, body & soul, The Roots of Brazil [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Barreto, Lygya.
  • Rubin, Michele.
  • Silvestre, Rosangela
  • Barreto, Chris.
  • Cotto, Victor
  • Spencer, Kaori
  • Guedes, Claudia
  • Bastos, Michele
  • Bahia, Velly
  • Oxum, Mãeinha de
  • Bom Jesus
  • Borracha
  • Carioca
  • Gusmão, Andre
  • Fonseca, Alirio.
  • Zé Maurício.
  • Marivaldo.
  • Browning, Barbara, 1961-
  • Dawson, Daniel.
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • Roots of Brazil Dance Troupe.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (61 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
The program begins with a Chris Barreto performance art installation, Serhumanarte, and then focuses on traditional native Brazilian and Afro-Brazilian dance and music as interpreted and performed by the company Roots of Brazil. Company founder Lygya Barreto provides commentary during the piece Native Brazilian suite, which is performed to recorded traditional music of the Amazon nations Xavante and Tukuna, and which includes a mix of traditional and contemporary forms of movement. Barbara Browning introduces performances of the Cabloco feather dance and Candomblé ritual, explaining their signficance in Afro-Brazilian religious practices. Daniel Dawson talks about the African roots and different forms of capoeira and samba as an introduction to the program's final performances.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 174.
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Dance.
  • Music.
Credits (note)
  • Choreography: Rosangela Silvestre.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 4 and 5, 2001. (Viewer copy is Nov. 4, 2001.)
Funding (note)
  • With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Contents
Dance contents: Native Brazilian suite / concept by Lygya Barreto ; poem by Michele Rubin ; costume design and body painting art by Chris Barreto ; poem read by Lygya Barreto ; danced by Victor Cotto, Kaori Spencer, Claudia Guedes, and Michele Bastos -- Caboclo / danced by Velly Bahia -- Candomblé / danced by Mãeinha de Oxum, Victor Cotto, Michele Bastos, Claudia Guedes, and Velly Bahia ; sung by Lygya Barreto -- Capoeira / danced by Bom Jesus, Borracha (Wellington Porto), Velly Bahia, Carioca, and Andre Gusmão -- Traditional Samba / danced by the company.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1177
OCLC
131302905
Title
Brazil, body & soul, The Roots of Brazil [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
2001.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 174.
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Credits
Choreography: Rosangela Silvestre.
Performer
Dances performed by Victor Cotto, Kaori Spencer, Claudia Guedes, Michele Bastos, Velly Bahia, Mãeinha de Oxum, Bom Jesus, Borracha (Wellington Porto), Carioca, and Andre Gusmão. Live music played by Alirio Fonseca, Zé Mauricio, and Marivaldo. Commentators: Lygya Barreto, Barbara Browning, and Daniel Dawson.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 4 and 5, 2001. (Viewer copy is Nov. 4, 2001.)
Funding
With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Added Author
Barreto, Lygya. Creator
Rubin, Michele.
Silvestre, Rosangela, choreographer.
Barreto, Chris. Designer
Barreto, Lygya. Performer
Cotto, Victor, dancer.
Spencer, Kaori, dancer.
Guedes, Claudia, dancer.
Bastos, Michele, dancer.
Bahia, Velly, dancer.
Oxum, Mãeinha de, dancer.
Bom Jesus, dancer.
Borracha, dancer.
Carioca, dancer.
Gusmão, Andre, dancer.
Fonseca, Alirio. Instrumentalist
Zé Maurício. Instrumentalist
Marivaldo. Instrumentalist
Barreto, Lygya. Commentator
Browning, Barbara, 1961- Commentator
Dawson, Daniel. Commentator
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Roots of Brazil Dance Troupe.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1177
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