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Theatre
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LOVE
IN TIME OF WAR, by Renata Collaco. The staging of two Shakespeare
plays across four contrasting neighborhoods of
Rio de Janeiro, is one of Paul Heritage’s
last projects. To define the act of performance
as an act of love and to take it onto the battleground
of Rio, was intended both to invert the social
practices of theatre and its confinements as well
as the discourses that control the way in which
we negotiate the city and its violence".... READ MORE. |
Cinema
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CITY
OF GOD: THE MOST TALKED ABOUT SCENE. Were the boys really crying? Interview with Katia
Lund, co-director of City of God.London. November
2002. by Rosangela Ribeiro
...This scene is the reproduction of an event
that took place in real-life, which goes deeper
than what was shown in the film.It’s just
that we were unable to show the scene until the
end because no one could have handled it... READ
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Music
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MV
BILL - THE INTERVIEW,
by Vicente Lou. MV Bill shocked the media when
he performed at the Main Stage of Free Jazz
in Sao Paulo carrying a gun and has been prosecuted
for publicly condoning crime in his clip “Soldados
do Morro” READ
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MARCELO
D2: RESPECT GUARANTEED, by Clarissa
Beretz
People are calling me a genius! When someone starts
to show the good things that Brazilian music has
to offer, like Tropicália, bossa-nova,
and samba, the crowd goes wild, and you become
a genius...READ
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MILTON
NASCIMENTO SETS HIS VOICE FREE IN LONDON, by Marlene Peret
For the first time London will have the opportunity
to see the show Pietá, latest album by
Brazilian singer and composer Milton Nascimento.
Pietá has been given a warm welcome by
both critics and audience in many parts of the
globe...April 2005.READ
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TO
SHAKE PEOPLE`S AWARENESS by Maira Cesarino
From the periphery of São Paulo to the
rest of the world, Toninho Crespo, one of the
pioneers of Brazilian reggae, sends his message,
talking about music, the rap from São
Paulo and the preconceived ideas in Brazil...October
2004. READ
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Cultural
Survival
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A
TRUE GLOBAL VILLAGE: INDIANS IN BRAZIL, INDIANS
IN THE SOAP OPERA by
Giovani José da Silva. Indigenous
people are a live expression of the rich Brazilian
sociodiversity, although they are not well known
by our society. The
soap opera Alma Gêmea (Twin Soul) is very
important for presenting, on the Brazilian television,
a very credible characterization of the Indians’
life...READ
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AMAZON
CHIEF TALK - WE NEVER FORGOT OUR OWN LAND
The Amazon chief Kuiussi Suya and two representatives
of the Kisêdjê community, Nhokomberi
and Kamani Suya have been to the UK and Germany
in May 2005 in order to speak about the endangerment
of their language and culture, and to suggest
ways in which interested people can help them
preserve their way of life.READ
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KISÊDGÊ are
the only people of the Jê language family
who live in the Xingu Indian Park. They are
by tradition a warrior people. Their determination
helped them to survive all the hardships they
suffered over the last 50 years. Reduced to
a population of 62 in the 60s, today they number
378, spread over four villages.READ
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Fine
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TROCA-TROCA
: SWAPPING,
by Gobira.
This
essay analyses, from an educational point of
view, the relationship of one Museum of Contemporary
Art with a community of a small town in the
Brazilian countryside and briefly, what the
beetle represents in Brazilian culture...READ
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ILUMINATING
THE WAY: The Place of the living
in the world of the Dead, by Gobira.
The pedagogic choices for labels and writings
for the African Galleries in the British Museum.A
Brazilian Artist Point of View...READ
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Design
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Capoeira
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CAPOEIRA , by Priscila Santos
It is defined by many as sport, others say it
is a fight, some even a martial art…. Maybe
it is all these in one.Myself I prefer to see
it as a dance...READ
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CAPOEIRA
WORLDS, by Victoria
Scarborough
Dear readers, here is the first chapter of what
is to be a two weekly serial of my journey through
Capoeira. None of the names used are real
as it is a very personal account...READ
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Poetry
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THE
MEETING OF MAN WITH HIS OWN: Concept
Almagamation and Demolition in Edgar Allan Poe’s
The Pit and the Pendulum and A Descent into the
Maelström’s Imagery, by Luis de la Orden
Morais ... READ MORE. |
Brazilian
Lifestyle and Affairs (Clippings):
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EVERYBODY
WANTS A BRAZILIAN, by Alex Bellos
Imagine Tessa Jowell on stage at Copacabana beach
performing to thousands of adoring fans. An unlikely
thought but last Tuesday the opposite occurred
- Gilberto Gil, the Brazilian Secretary of State
for Culture, packed the Royal Festival Hall... READ MORE. |
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WHO
DECIDED BRAZIL WAS COOL ? by Megan Lane
There's a bit of a run on all things Brazilian.
Its films, fashion, sports, music and people are
hot, hot, hot. Why the sudden taste for all things
Latin American?...READ
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MODEL
LAUNCHES BRAZILIAN CAMPAIGN
Supermodel Naomi Campbell teamed up with Brazilian
president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva today to fight
poverty in Brazil - and draw tourists - with a campaign
to sell trendy "We love Brazil" T-shirts
worldwide.READ
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Literature:
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TURBULENCE
- CHICO BUARQUE, by Vivian Schelling
Chico Buarque is known,
loved and in a sense revered as a singer and
composer whose lyrics have, since the 1960s,
chronicled the predicament of Brazilian society
and the life of the Brazilian people, resonating
through the very heart of Brazilian popular
culture... READ MORE. |
Past
events supported by www.BrazilianArtists.net
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BRAZIL’S
MOST CONTROVERSIAL RAPPER, MV BILL, who hails from the City of God Favela, will
be in London for the launch of his book "CABEÇA
DE PORCO" (“Pig’s
Head”), which he co-wrote with Celso
Athayde and Luis Eduardo Soares. City of God:
You've seen the fim, you've bought the cd,
now meet the real people and talk about the
real issues. June 2005 READ
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TRIBUTE
TO ROGERIO SGANZERLA, the
Award-winning Brazilian director of 'Cinema
Marginal', who passed away in January 2004.
His wife, Helena Ignez, herself a muse and celebrated
actress of the Brazilian Cinema Novo, will introduce
the premiere in the UK of The Red Light Bandit.READ
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