Black Awareness Month in Art City

Art City celebrates November Black with special programming

A Art City is with a special program to celebrate the National Day of Black Consciousness (20/11). The commemorative actions of the month of November Black, of valorization of anti-racist social movements, include theatrical spectacle, singing presentation and dance set with the theme Africa, contemporary African dance company shows, Golden Boys show – Parents and Sons and multicultural event performances with drag artists and black artists from Rio de Janeiro.

Check out the schedule:

16 and 17/11– “Joy”, contemporary African dance company show that explores the state of extreme satisfaction and contentment through dance. The piece is inspired by the African concept Ubuntu, which refers to the essence of human beings and their interaction in society.

Schedule 19h (Saturday) and 18h (Sunday)

Local: Electroacoustic Room

19/11 – “Sing Brazil – Africa”, meeting of choirs in honor of Black Consciousness Day with the best of Brazilian popular music and classics that refer to the theme, with compositions by Cartola, Tim Maia, Elza Soares, Giuseppe Verdi and Elton John. The show will be set in Africa, in costumes, percussion, repertoire, choreographies and plots.

Schedule: 16h

Local: Large Room

20/11 – “Show Golden Boys Parents and Children – The legacy continues”, with the group that celebrates 66 years of career in an exciting show with children and nephews, who form the set “The Correas”. The repertoire includes the main classics of the Young Guard.

Schedule: 5:00 p.m.

Local: Large Room

20/11– “My Cutis Is Black”, a multicultural show that proposes a sensitive look to the racial cutout of the reality of drag artists and black artists of Rio de Janeiro.

Schedule: 19h

Local: Electroacoustic Room

20/11 – “Cangerê do Amaro”, show presented by multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer Marcelo Amaro, with Afro-Brazilian songs and African roots. The show spreads Afro-Brazilian culture through music, and celebrates ancestry.

Schedule: 20 h

Local: Chamber Theatre

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23 and 24/11 – “Semutsoc: A Day of Awakening and Renewal” show of contemporary African dance company that reverses the word customs with the need to question and transform our ingrained habits. The montage celebrates cultural and artistic diversity, incorporating rhythms, dances and afrodiasporic elements.

Schedule 19h (Saturday) and 18h (Sunday)

Local: Electroacoustic Room