concílio da destruição

[there was a time when the production of knowledge was almost

automatically its own destruction. Then men realized that the

destruction were more enjoyable than the production of any knowledge

and they have enjoyed until the end of the days the pleasure of knowing the

d e s t r u c t i o n o f t h e p r o d u c t i o n ]

Destruction's Concilium assumes that the world is overcrowded with art

and information, studies, essays, theses, research about the same.

Because of this, each country will have to choose five works of their

dead artists to be preserved while all others will be destroyed. The

action unfolds in an unknown country where the choice is delayed

because jurors are deadlocked over to choose a work whose artists were

revolutionary or condemn them (and their work) to oblivion.

play finalist of the Luso Brasileiro Dramaturgy Award ‐ 2010

premiere ‐ april/2012

more than 50 presentations in the state of são paulo

70 min

(ver[ ]ter)Scenic creation of an interventionist nature inspired by the British artist

Banksy, it gathers several (subsequent and simultaneous) scenes

performed in outdoor spaces. It talks with the silence of images

overexposed in the daily life of a big city, bringing several artistic

manifestations, such as graffiti, video art, performance art, theater, dance,

music and arts together. Six actors and two musicians blend in the public

space to share new perspectives with the audience (spontaneous or not) on

the possibilities of creating meanings from old stories and images. It invites

the audience to participate as co‐authors of a collective and peculiar story,

a t t h e s a m e t i m e , w i t h n o p a s t a n d w i t h f u t u r e .

premiere ‐ april/2011

more than 100 performances in over 30 cities

international theatre festival of são josé do rio preto

theatre festival presidente prudente

mostra sesc de artes

60 min

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The theater group Cia. Les Commediens Tropicales emerged from the Performing

Arts and Drama School at UNICAMP (Campinas State University in São Paulo state,

Brazil) in 2003. It's hosted in São Paulo since 2005, completing eight years of

uninterrupted activity. Seven plays made and circulated since then:

2005 ­ GALVEZ imperador do acre (GALVEZ Emperor of Acre)

2006 ­ CHALAÇA a peça (CHALAÇA the play)

2007 ­ A Última Quimera (The Last Chimera)

2009 ­ 2º d.pedro 2º (2nd. d.pedro second)

2010 ­ O Pato Selvagem (The Wild Duck, by Henrik Ibsen)

2011 ­ (ver[ ]ter) (to see[ ]to have)

2012 ­ Concílio da Destruição (Destruction´’s Concilium)

The last six plays remain in company repertory, highlighting the Cia flirtations with

theater, dance, music, performance art and urban intervention.

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