African Brazilian Dance
Music & Folklore
Dancer Choreogrpaher Cultural Educator
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Stephen H. Baird, Executive Director
PO Box 300112, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-0030
Telephone: 617-522-3407
TTY/MA RELAY 800-439-2370
Email: info@communityartsadvocates.org
Web site: http://www.communityartsadvocates.org
Ms. Oliveira was born in Salvador-Bahia, the cradle of African Brazilian culture, where African traditions and the arts are constantly maintained and nourished. This is exactly from where and how Isaura built her cultural-artistic experience. She has devoted her extraordinary talents to work in academic, artistic, community, educational and health venues.Isaura appeared in a PBS and BBC-TVs documentary "Dancing #5: New Worlds, New Forms" in 1993, as the representative for Brazilian dance. Her classes, lecturers, and performances left a lasting impression at Smith, Radcliffe, Wellesley Colleges; Brown, Wesleyan University, University of Massachusetts-Boston, Stanford, UC Riverside University; as well, at Motion Pacific in Santa Cruz-CA, Spontaneous Celebrations and The Dance Complex in MA.
Isaura performed ANCESTRAIS - her acclaimed solo performance of dance, theater and multi-media, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kresgie Auditorium in 2001. This program is available for performing arts theaters and festivals. ANCESTRAIS investigates the African Divinities of the Condomblé - the Orixas. Condomblé is the religious system transported by African slaves to Brazil through the state of Bahia. ANCESTRAIS affirms the right of people of the African Diaspora to celebrate, teach and learn their own culture, technique and philosophy as a part of the larger multicultural context of contemporary art. Directed by Isaura Oliveira and Professor Thomas DeFrantz.
Isaura Oiveira's Fees*:
* Does not incude travel expenses.
* ASL Interpreting by Wendy Jehlen can be provided for CAA programs ($100 first hour, $50 each additional hours)
Programs Offered:
African Brazilian Cultural & Folklore Workshop |
all ages |
Brazilian Carnivale Workshop |
all ages |
"Iwa Pele Experience" Brazilian Carnivale Dance Concert |
all ages |
ANCESTRAIS Dance Concert |
all ages |
African Brazilian & Modern Dance Workshops |
age 8 and up |
African Brazilian & Modern Dance Master Classes |
College Students and Professional Dancers |
Quotes:
"There simply are not more than a small handful of dance performance artists anywhere in the world who are as talented. Ms. Oliveria is a world-renown expert in her field, a leading proponent of Afro-Brazilian culture and dance whose influence has been profound, and whose performance work has been hailed by an international group of critics and scholars."-- Thomas DeFrantz, MIT Music and Theater Arts "It was a stunning full-evening solo production in which she drew upon the intimate relationship between theater and dance. The attention her performance garnered was outstanding; the audience was truly spellbound by the range and depth of her powerful creation. Not only did the audience see the lyricism and rhythmic dynamics of Brazilian modern dance, but also they felt a continuum of emotional expression that was initiated by the traditional Yoruba divinities at the center of her work. This choreography was fusion that communicated contemporary relevance."
Boston Globe Review
Sunday, October 7, 2001
Selected Performance & Teaching Highlights:
Teaching
Master Classes
Elementary, Middle and High Schools
Education, Honors, Awards & Grants
20052004
In San Francisco:
Friday, August 27th - 6:00-8:00 pm
@ Dance Mission Theater
3316 - 24th Street (Corner Mission)
San Francisco, CA
phone: 415-826-4441
In Santa Cruz:
Saturday, August 28th - 4:30-6:30 pm
@ MOTION PACIFIC
408 Front Street Santa Cruz, CA
phone: 831- 457-1616
Sunday, August 29th - 3:00-5:00 pm
@: MOTION PACIFIC
(see above)
Monday, August 29th - 6:00- 7:30 pm
Guest teacher for J'Ann Rains
@: 418 Project
418 Front Street , Santa Cruz, CA
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Isaura Oliveira: African Brazilian Dance, Music & Folklore
Programs Description with Photographs & PDF Files
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