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Water Locale
Lagoa Santa
Audience site
Shore of Lagoa Santa, Brasil
Part 1 Ritual
History
This once beautiful lagoon has become extremely polluted and it has become a concern of the Institutes of Environmental Protection. We wanted to draw attention to the plight of our ‘holy lagoon’, and enlist a positive attitude towards it’s preservation.
Choreographer
Belkiss Amourim
Coreógrafa, Pesquisadora e Professora de Dança.
Membro do Conselho Internacional da Dança – CID UNESCO
Mestranda em Gestão Social, Educação e Desenvolvimento Local – UNA
Bacharel em Artes Plásticas – UFMG
Pós-graduada em Docência no Ensino Superior – PUC Minas
Pós-graduação em Folclore e Cultura Popular – Newton Paiva
Especialização em Pedagogia do Movimento para o Ensino da Dança – UFMG
The music
Recorded music by local musicians; Global Water Dance music.
The performance
Dancers Belkiss Amourim, Daniela Lima and photographers and videomakers Chico, Lenysson and Philot participated. Ritual: group dance and capoeira; “Pollution” choreography by Belkiss Amourim