Festival Brasileiro
September 2009

World Dance Center - Casa da Cultura -
1901 San Pablo Ave. (at Hearst St.)
Berkeley, CA 94702
www.brasarte.com

* Music & dance workshops
* Concerts
* Solano Stroll parade
* Films, lectures and documentaries
* Art exhibition, and more...

Featuring:

Jorge Martins from Recife, Pernambuco:
- Maracatu percussion workshops

Rosangela Silvestre from Salvador, Bahia:
- Silvestre Technique dance workshop

See PDF for the schedule of events
http://www.brasarte.c...

Festival Brasileiro
Weekends in September 2009
at World Dance Center - Casa de Cultura -
1901 San Pablo Ave. (at Hearst St.)
Berkeley, CA 94702
510 528 1958

More information at Brasarte http://www.brasarte.c... and
Teatro Brasileiro de Dança http://www.isaurabras...

* RHYTHMS of BAHIA: Drum workshops with Marcio Peeter and Wagner Profeta
Sat 9/19 & Sun 9/20, Sat 9/26 & Sun 9/27 1:30pm to 3:15pm
$15 each workshop day. All at the WDC.
All levels are welcome. Bring your own instruments.
Arrive 15 min in advance for your registration

Brazilian Dance Workshops
9/19 Sat: Tania Santiago: Contemporary Street Dances
9/26 Sat: Jorge Alabe: Traditional Orixa Dances
9/27 Sun:Dandha da Hora: Dances of Caboclo

* Movies: Odo Ya! life with AIDS, by Tanya Cypriano.
An affirmation story of how Candomble-the African Brazilian religion, has became a source of strength
and power in the fight against AIDS in Brazil.
Saturday, 9/19 5:30PM. $5 donation

* Comedia Brasileira: "Uma Noite de risos" com Reinaldo&Victor.
Domingo, 09/20 6:30pm. $5 donations. Falas Portugues? Venha! In Portuguese language.

* A FESTA: Party!
Saturday 9/26, 8:00pm at the WDC, $10
- Jorge Alabe' Samba Pagode de Mesa
- Wagner Profeta, Marcio Peeter, Abel & Lucas Damasceno(TBA)
DJ Alfie1 Bateria, Video Clips, Brazilian Food (coxinha, croquete) and Drinks (CAIPIRINHA, Cerveja and more)

* The Closing Festival: "Mesa de Caboclo"- Sunday, 09/27, 5:15PM
- September 27th, 5:15PM, Just after Dandha's dance of Caboclo workshop. Bring fresh fruits for the table. Join us to say Obrigado to the Ancestors, Caboclos and Orixas. To honor the brazilian artist pioneers on the Bay Area and the local artists & to the local communities who supported the arriving of brazilian pioneers.