Through word, image, sound and dance, Mano Amaro takes you through time and continents.
After an intense period of assembling in Walpurgis, it is time for the final step in this creative process.
WIPCOOP PLAYS: the finished performance NOORD/SUL
NOORD/SUL is a solo by Mano Amaro who takes a journey that runs from: his ancestors in Africa, through the Portuguese slave trade to his birthplace Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, to his current hometown of Antwerp. A story of migration, cultural heritage, lore, segregation and identity, laced with suffering, trial and error, faith, resistance and survival.
Through words, images and music, Afro-Brazilian and contemporary dance, Mano connects this history to carnival.
NOORD/SUL – June 02 – 20:00 – deFeniks / WALPURGIS – tickets: 5 € (cash / Payconiq) – book via mulanga@mestizoartsplatform.be
Walpurgis – Deurneleitje 6, 2640 Mortsel
From May 9 to June 1, Mano Amaro will be artist-in-residence at WALPURGIS where he will complete the performance NOORD/SUL with Mike Van Alfen and support from WALPURGIS artistic team.
Mano Amaro, born in Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, is a dancer and choreographer.
Between 2010 and 2014, he practiced Ori Dança in Europe and Brazil.
He danced with contemporary companies such as Contém Dança and Nat Gras.
In his solo work, he displays his own dance language, rooted in various Afro-Brazilian styles and contemporary dance.
WIPCOOP Residency & PLAY in collaboration with WALPURGIS. CREDITS NOORD/SUL : concept & performance: Mano Amaro / guidance & direction: Mike van Alfen / voice over: Isaac Amaro With the support of: Fonds voor Talentontwikkeling/Fameus, WIPCOOP/MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM, City of Antwerp, Rataplan and WALPURGIS.
MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM’S WIPCOOP = Arenberg, KVS, KUNSTZ, CAMPO, KAAITHEATER, TONEELHUIS, MARTHA!TENTATIEF, DE CENTRALE, DETHEATERMAKER, MADAM FORTUNA, NTGENT, KOPERGIETERY, LARF! DE KAZEMATTEN, FAMEUS, 0090, WPZIMMER, CC MECHELEN, ARSENAAL/LAZARUS, RADAR MECHELEN, HETPALEIS, OC NOVA, BE HUMAN, PIANOFABRIEK/CITYLAB, VICTORIA DELUXE, SPREEKUUR (PERFORMING ARTS), RATAPLAN, THEATERFESTIVAL, GLOBE AROMA, THEATER AAN ZEE, LEZARTS URBAINS, FABULEUS, WORKSPACEBRUSSELS, TRANSFO COLLECT, VOORUIT, MOUSSEM, BY THE VIEZE GASTEN, ZINNEMA, DANSPUNT, THASSOS, SOCHA, KC NONA, THE MOON, IMPULSION DANCE, ZOMER VAN ANTWERPEN, DESINGEL, WALPURGIS, RAS EL HANOUT, ULTIMA VEZ, BRONKS, CC JACQUES FRANCK, STORM OP KOMST, MONTY, STUK, THE STUDIO, VINCENT COMPANY / With the support of The Flemish Government / With the support of The Flemish Government
