The Sophomore Class Board is proud to present
DanceBrazil
Zellerbach Theater at the Annenberg Center for Performing Arts
Thursday, February 1st, 2007 7:30PM
Tickets are only $10 for Sophomore with a Penn ID.
DISCOUNTED TICKETS FOR SOPHOMORES are limited to the first students to email: Events@Penn09.com
For more information and to see a clip please visit:
http://www.pennpresents.org
or www.dancebrazil.com
About:
In 1977 DanceBrazil was founded by Jelon Vieira after evolving from grass-roots workshops at the Clark Center for the Arts in NYC. Alvin Ailey joined the board of directors in 1980 and helped focus the objectives of DanceBrazil, emphasizing the company's ability to speak to a broad North American community. Soon after, the Capoeira Foundation was founded to undertake the long-range goal of spreading an Afro-Brazilian cultural message through its educational, presenting, and producing activities. Within a few years DanceBrazil premiered at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.
In 1985 DanceBrazil premiered Orfeo Negro at the Riverside Dance Festival to critical and popular acclaim; the piece established the company's movement aesthetic - one fusing traditional Afro-Brazilian and modern dance. PBS's Alive from Off Center commissioned and premiered nation-wide Aurora by Jelon Vieira and Nem Brito in 1988. Since then the company has continued to tour throughout the U.S. and internationally.
