Bruno Beltrão

'Bruno Beltrão''' (born 1979 in Niteroi) is a brasillian choreographer who became known for his work with the Grupo de Rua de Niteroi. Not interested in demonstrating hazardous acrobatic scope, he uses the street dance language in the context of conceptual theatre and tries to find a theatrical credibiity for hip hop. He started his career as a hip-hop dancer at the age of 13 in his native town of [[Niterói, near Rio de Janeiro. At 16, he and Rodrigo Bernardi founded their own company, and at the age of 20 he turned to contemporary dance. Today he is 29 years old, with dance studies behind him and philosophy studies in front of him, but street dance remains his dominant expression. Since childhood, he wanted to direct movies and was fascinated by the development of film technologies, 3D manipulations and all the facets of the medial estrangement of reality. But dance was never enough for him. He used it, combined with other techniques, to touch determining levels of social reality. He approaches his choreographies to philosophic approaches of reality. Analyses, phenomenological approach, categorization, synthesis, deduction, systematization of ideas, all these procedures are visible in the seemingly different starting points of this choreographer.

Works

• From popping to pop or vice-versa (2001)
• Me and my choreographer in 63 (2001)
• Too legit to quit (2002)
• Telesquat (2003)
• H2 (2005)
• H3 (2008)

Awards

Bruno Beltrao’s choreography and his companies’ performances have won:

• 10 best choreographies of the year - O GLOBO Newspaper "Me and my choreographer in 63" (2001)
• Personagem da Dança O GLOBO Newspaper (2002) http://www.grupoderua.com/grn/imprensa/2002-12-30_Voo_pelo_Mundo.html
• 10 best choreographies of the year - O GLOBO Newspaper "Telesquat" (2003)
• Prêmio Cultura nota 10 Governo do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (2004) http://www.culturanota10.com.br/2003_finalistas.php,
• "Upcoming Choreographer of the Year" Balletanz Magazine http://www.ballet-tanz.de/en/jahrb-fr.html (2005)
• 10 best choreographies of the year - O GLOBO Newspaper "H2" (2005)

http://www.grupoderua.com/grn/imprensa/2005-12-28_O_GLOBO.html

Grupo de Rua's performances

2008

Kunsten Festival des Arts - Raffinerie, Brussels - Belgium HAU 2, Berlin - Alemanha Festival Internacional de Castilla y Leon, Salamanca - Espanha Theatre de La Ville de Luxemburgo - Luxemburgo

2007

Arsenal - Grande Salle, Metz - France Le Lieu Unique.Scène Nationale de Nantes, Nantes - France Le Fanal, St. Nazaire - France Festival Tendances, St. Medard en Jalles - France Scène Nationale du Manège, La Roche - France Le Maillon, Strasbourg - France Champigny-sur-Marne / Théâtre Gérard Philipe, Champigny - France Le Manège de Reims, Reims - France Scène Nationale de Petit Quevilly, Petit Quevilly - France

2006

Aniversario do Teatro Nelson Rodrigues, Rio de Janeiro - Brasil Festival Alkantara, Lisboa - Portugal Festival Internacional de Castilla y Leon, Salamanca - Espanha Festival Internacional de Edimburgo, Edimburgo - Escócia SESC Pinheiros, São Paulo - Brasil Festival Internacional do Recife, Recife - Brasil

2005

Springdance Festival, Utrecht - Holanda TanzHaus, Dusseldorf - Alemanha Hebbel Theater, Berlin - Alemanha Kunsten Festival des Arts, Bruxelas - Belgica Wiener Festwoche, Viena - Áustria Festival Equilibrio, Roma - Italia Scene Nationale, Petit Quevilly - Franca Le Vivat, Armentieres - Franca Scene Nationale, Dieppe - Franca Danse a Aix Macadam, Aix en Provence - Franca La Passarelle, Gap - Franca La Bastille, Paris - Franca Theatre Duchamp Villon, Rouen - Franca Theatre de L’Olivier, Istres - Franca Le Merlan, Marseille - Franca Theater de Grasse, Grasse - Franca Theatre d’Auxerre, Auxerre - Franca Le Maillon, Pole Sud dans le cadre de Strasburg nouvelles danses, Estrasburgo - Franca Espace Michel Carne, Saint-Michel sur Orge - Franca Espace Albert Camus, Maurepas - Franca Festival Serralves em Festa, Porto - Portugal Festival Eurokaz. Zagreb - Croácia Festival URB, Kiasma Museum, Helsinke - Finlândia Festival Internacional de Teatro, Buenos Aires - Argentina Seoul Performing Arts Festival, Seoul - Koréia Contemporaneo no Municipal, Teatro Municipal do RJ, Brasil Festival de Outono, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris - França La Ferme du Buisson, Paris - Franca Theatre de Nimes, Nimes - Franca Opera de Lille, Lille - Franca XIV Panorama da Dança, Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

2004

La Ferme du Buisson, Paris - Franca Kunsten Festival des Arts. Bruxelas - Belgica Ruhrfestspiele. Recklinhausen - Alemanha Festival TanzTage, Berna - Suíça Festival Danca em Pauta, São Paulo - Brasil Festival de Danca de Joinville, Santa Catarina - Brasil Teatro CSS, Udini - Italia Rencontres Choreographiques de La Villete. Paris - Franca Kampnagel, Hamburgo - Alemanha Nes Theaters, Frascatti, Amsterdam - Holanda

2003

Festival Dança Brasil, Rio de Janeiro - Brasil Springdance, Utretch - Holanda Festival Ile Danse, Ilha de Córsega - França Festival Internacional de Joinville, Joinville - Brasil Festival Tanz im August, Berlim - Alemanha Festival Tanz Theater International, Hannover - Alemanha Festival Klapstuk, Leuven - Belgica Yokohama Dance Summit, Yokohama - Japão Hebbel Theater, Berlin - Alemanha Festival Opkomst, Utrecht - Holanda

2002

Rencontres Choreographique de Seine Saint Denis, Paris - Franca Festival Danças na Cidade, Lisboa - Portugal XI Panorama Rioarte de Dança, Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

2001

Duos de Dança no Sesc, Rio de Janeiro - Brasil Plataforma para o Rencontres Choreographiques, Rio de Janeiro - Brasil X Panorama Rioarte de Dança, Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

External links

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