08th July to 27th July – Brasil Brasileiro @ Sadlers Wells!
25 May, 2014
PERFORMANCE Ai??| 730pm | 2.30pm and 7.30pm Sat and Sun | Brasil Brasileiro | @Ai??Peacock Theatre, WC2 |Ai??Tickets: A?15 – A?50 |Ai??Ticket Office: 0844 412 4300 or www.sadlerswells.com
ai???A genuinely infectious showai??? The Guardian
Ai??The energy of Brazil comes to London this summer as Brasil Brasileiro returns to Sadlerai??i??s Wells from Tuesday 8 – Sunday 27 July. Featuring 37 performers from Rio de Janeiro, this production brings alive the spirit that makes Brazil so unique.
Famed for its euphoric dance heritage, Brazil is a country where the musical culture of Africa and Europe merged in a melting pot of dance forms to create its own national rhythm: the samba.The company includes ten musicians and 27 dancers, one of whom is street sweeper Renato Sorriso who performs an annual solo at the world famous Rio Carnival and performed at the London 2012 Olympic Games Handover Ceremony.
From its beginnings as a ritualistic love dance, to a modern day Rio street carnival, Brasil Brasileiro shows samba in all its forms, with displays of forro, capoeira and batucada. Accompanied by music from a live band, this production is a dance journey through a country unlike any other. The show, co-produced by Sadlerai??i??s Wells, is conceived and directed by Claudio Segovia whose Broadway and West End hits include the Olivier Award-nominated Tango Argentino, and Black and Blue, nominated for ten Tony Awards.
Claudio Segovia has worked on more than fifty productions throughout the world. His works have included the interpretation and staging of plays and operas, involving international stars such as Victoria de Los Angeles and Mercedes Sosa. Since 1973 he has specialised in staging large-scale musical revues, to critical acclaim. For almost twenty years, Segovia worked in artistic collaboration with Hector Orezzoli, producing four international sell-out hits; Flamenco Puro, Tango Argentino, Black and Blue and Noche Tropical. Claudio Segovia has received global nominations and awards which include; ten nominations and three Tony Awards for Black and Blue, three Tony Award nominations for Tango Argentino, The Fred Astaire Award for contribution to dance on Broadway for Tango Argentino and Olivier Award Best nominations for Best Entertainment and Best Theatre Choreographer for Tango Argentino at the Aldwych Theatre.
