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Triple Bill

Michel Groisman (Brazil): Porta das Mãos

Marcela Levi (Brazil): Massa De Sentidos

Luiz de Abreu (Brazil): O Samba do Crioulo Doido

Wednesday 10 May, 8pm
Powerhouse Studios
Tickets: £10 / £7 concessions
Note: contains nudity

UK premieres

Michel Groisman

Michel Groisman explores the movement possibilities contained within the simple pairing of two hands. Porta das Mãos began life as a ‘one on one’ experience for audience members and will be seen at nottdance as a theatre work, using large scale projection of the ‘live’ articulation of the artist’s hands.

Biography

The Brazilian artist Michel Groisman presents live work designed for art galleries and museums. By constructing machine like, slow, repetitive movements whose simplicity belies an exceptional level of physical control, Michel explores the limits and possibility of movement. In other projects Michel uses game formats to engage audiences with actions using their own arms, legs and feet.

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Marcela Levi

In Massa De Sentidos Marcela Levi uses female symbolism to interpret the following premise: when you divide one object or cell another one emerges, which in turn divides once more, in a never-ending process of evolution.

Biography

Marcela Levi graduated from the Angel Vianna School of Dance with a degree in Contemporary Dance in 1996. She was a member of internationally acclaimed Lia Rodrigues Dance Company (RJ) for eight years. In 2002 her practice began to focus on the development of solo pieces and with partnerships with visual artists.

Luiz de Abreu

O Samba do Crioulo Doido is Luiz de Abreu’s questioning of stereotypes associated with the ‘black body’ in Brazilian culture. He explores the physical awareness that restores an individual’s emotions, beliefs, values and aesthetic singularities rooted out by a history constructed through diaspora.

Biography

Luiz de Abreu, born in Araguari, had his first contact with dance within the African originated cult of 'umbanda'. He trained as a dancer in the nearby city of Uberlandia and moved to the state capital Belo Horizonte in 1986 where he joined the company Primeiro Ato with which he performed abroad. In the early nineties, he moved to the state capital of São Paulo to develop his solo work.

Brunch discussion with all three artists, together with Panorama Festival director Eduardo Bonito and Cristina Becker, Arts & Creative Industries Manager from British Council Rio de Janeiro, Thursday 11 May, 12 noon, at Cast, Nottingham Playhouse.

Michel Groisman leads Sirva-Se (Help Yourself), a workshop, on Monday 8 May.

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