Grupo Corpo at Zellerbach Hall Auditorium, April 26, 2025

Cal Performances presents Grupo Corpo
Zellerbach Hall Auditorium
U.C. Berkeley, Bancroft Way at Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA 94305 USA
8:00 PM, Saturday, April 26, 2025

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Doh! No timing info tonight! Each set was 40-50 min long

21 (1992)
Music by Marco Antônio Guimarães & Uakti;
Set Design by Fernando Velloso;
Lighting by Paulo Pederneiras.

Gira (2017)
(Bay Area Premiere)
Music by Metá Metá;
Set Design by Paulo Pederneiras;
Lighting by Paulo Pederneiras and Gabriel Pederneiras.

Grupo Corpo

• Ágatha Faro;
• Bianca Victal;
• Carlos Nunes;
• Davi Gabriel;
• Dayanne Amaral;
• Débora Roots;
• Edésio Nunes;
• Giulia Madureira;
• Hiago Castro;
• Isabella Accorsi;
• Jônatas Itaparica;
• Jonathan de Paula;
• Karen Rangel;
• Luan Barcelos;
• Lucas Saraiva;
• Malu Figueirôa;
• Pablo Garcia;
• Rafael Bittar;
• Rafaela Fernandes;
• Tris Martins;
• Vitória Lopes;
• Walleyson Malaquias.

• Paulo Pederneiras: artistic director;
• Rodrigo Pederneiras: choreographer;
• Freusa Zechmeister: costume design.

I was attracted to this show by the color-saturated promo photos of the dance corp, and by the promise of music by Uakti. Unfortunately, this turned out to be pre-recorded music, and only for the first half, but I'm glad we attended nonetheless. 21 seemed to me to be quite joyous, full of energetic spins and jumps. Gira, on the other hand, was a bit spooky: the often abrasive soundtrack by Metá Metá was echoed visually by the herk and jerk motions of the dancers, expressing themselves in strange and unusual poses. Sometimes it's good to be unsettled by art!

Program Notes or program notes

Aimée Ts'ao wrote a promo article about this tour for SFCV.

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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