This activity is supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at www.arts.ca.gov
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~ Symbology of Caboclos ~
Forças Da Terra
Workshop and Performance Intensive with Rosangela Silvestre
This project consists of two parts: open donation based workshops in silvestre technique and symbology of caboclos, and for those who would live to dive deeper into this process, a series of rehearsals/meetings with legendary Brazilian teacher & choreographer Rosangela Silvestre to develop a story of movement based on afro indegenous people's of Brazil, and the forces of the earth, culminating in a video edited performance of the piece.
This free project requires the commitment of the four open workshops, five online rehearsals and two outdoor rehearsals, as well as one outdoor filming day (a total of 12 meetings), specific Dates & Times listed below. This project is as much about the process as it is about the end result, so there will be a camera person interviewing you along the journey -- an image waiver will be emailed before the first in person meeting. All people and all levels of dance experience welcome.
From Rosangela, "In our imagination, revealing and expressing, we tell our stories ... that even though our stories are different, they show points of connections and similarities, in gestures, in actions and reactions of joys, sadnesses, defeats and victories that pass by transforming themselves through time, but so present for aspects that integrate us, for living and continuing to live and experience the Forces of the Earth (Forcas da Terra)."
Note: this project is sponsored by the California Arts Council, and as part of our grant report we are required to provide demographic information, hence the questions about gender, race, etc. You are not required to answer those questions, but it does help us report accurately.
Please access both reservation and registration through the button below. Thank you.
Any further questions, please email brasarteberkeley@gmail.com
This free project requires the commitment of the four open workshops, five online rehearsals and two outdoor rehearsals, as well as one outdoor filming day (a total of 12 meetings), specific Dates & Times listed below. This project is as much about the process as it is about the end result, so there will be a camera person interviewing you along the journey -- an image waiver will be emailed before the first in person meeting. All people and all levels of dance experience welcome.
From Rosangela, "In our imagination, revealing and expressing, we tell our stories ... that even though our stories are different, they show points of connections and similarities, in gestures, in actions and reactions of joys, sadnesses, defeats and victories that pass by transforming themselves through time, but so present for aspects that integrate us, for living and continuing to live and experience the Forces of the Earth (Forcas da Terra)."
Note: this project is sponsored by the California Arts Council, and as part of our grant report we are required to provide demographic information, hence the questions about gender, race, etc. You are not required to answer those questions, but it does help us report accurately.
Please access both reservation and registration through the button below. Thank you.
Any further questions, please email brasarteberkeley@gmail.com
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About Rosangela Silvestre
Choreographer, instructor, dancer and creator of the Silvestre Dance Technique, Rosangela is a native of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, where she graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Dance and post-graduated specializing in choreography, achieving her degree from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). She has researched dance and music in Brazil, India, Egypt, Senegal and Cuba as part of her ever-evolving and eclectic palette of movement. She acquired training in such diverse techniques as: Martha Graham, Limón, Horton, Floor Bar, Classic Ballet, Dunham Technique, and has experienced diverse dance expressions - such as Germany Theater Dance, Contemporary, Folkloric, as well as Traditional dances of Africa and other continents. Her instructors include Raimundo Bispo dos Santos (Mestre King), Mercedes Baptista, Clayde Morgan, Carlos Moraes, Nelma Seixas, among others, beginning in the late 1970s. Since 1981, Ms. Silvestre started to travel in and out of Brazil to teach, to train dancers, to perform, to lecture and to demonstrate, to consult, and attended seminars and residencies in diverse universities, dance festivals such as: Colorado College Dance Festival; New Orleans Dance Festival; and dance camps such as the California Brazil Camp each year. She choreographed numerous dance pieces for companies based in Brazil - Balé Folclórico da Bahia and Odunde - as well as Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Company, Ballet Hispanico Repertory Company, American Academy of Ballet, Roots of Brazil, Dance Brazil, Viver Brasil, Muntu Dance Theater, and the Kendra Kimbrough Dance Company. Her dance investigation and constant development created an opportunity to connect with the eclectic American musician Steve Coleman, with whom she traveled to diverse countries which have African roots in their music and dance. With Steve Coleman, Rosangela developed an idea to have the body as an instrument that provides the movement-form of any sound that can be captured - thereby discovering and creating dance at any moment.
Choreographer, instructor, dancer and creator of the Silvestre Dance Technique, Rosangela is a native of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, where she graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Dance and post-graduated specializing in choreography, achieving her degree from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). She has researched dance and music in Brazil, India, Egypt, Senegal and Cuba as part of her ever-evolving and eclectic palette of movement. She acquired training in such diverse techniques as: Martha Graham, Limón, Horton, Floor Bar, Classic Ballet, Dunham Technique, and has experienced diverse dance expressions - such as Germany Theater Dance, Contemporary, Folkloric, as well as Traditional dances of Africa and other continents. Her instructors include Raimundo Bispo dos Santos (Mestre King), Mercedes Baptista, Clayde Morgan, Carlos Moraes, Nelma Seixas, among others, beginning in the late 1970s. Since 1981, Ms. Silvestre started to travel in and out of Brazil to teach, to train dancers, to perform, to lecture and to demonstrate, to consult, and attended seminars and residencies in diverse universities, dance festivals such as: Colorado College Dance Festival; New Orleans Dance Festival; and dance camps such as the California Brazil Camp each year. She choreographed numerous dance pieces for companies based in Brazil - Balé Folclórico da Bahia and Odunde - as well as Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Company, Ballet Hispanico Repertory Company, American Academy of Ballet, Roots of Brazil, Dance Brazil, Viver Brasil, Muntu Dance Theater, and the Kendra Kimbrough Dance Company. Her dance investigation and constant development created an opportunity to connect with the eclectic American musician Steve Coleman, with whom she traveled to diverse countries which have African roots in their music and dance. With Steve Coleman, Rosangela developed an idea to have the body as an instrument that provides the movement-form of any sound that can be captured - thereby discovering and creating dance at any moment.