Abacadá

2009

TECHNICAL DATA


Choreography: Dany Bittencourt
Created specifically for the company in November 1980.
“"Prayer in its social form"”
Year of debut
2009
Synopsis: Dancers from Cisne Negro Dance Company, musical performance: André Mehmari (Piano) and Luca Raele (Clarinet). A controlled challenge between musicians and dancers. ABACADÁ seems to be a term of indigenous origin, the name of an Amazonian fruit or a small bird. But it is simply the basic representation of the formal structure of the composition, a traditional Rondo. Each letter represents a part of the composition, with A – the 'main theme', or refrain in this case – followed by contrasting parts (B, C and D). In this project, the improvisation (BCD) comments on and complements the more rigorous writing of the refrain. The dance, therefore, reflects this musical dynamic, having an improvised solo or duet for each contrasting part, valuing the active dialogue between musicians and dancers.

Dany Bittencourt

Artistic name Dany Bittencourt began her studies at the Cisne Negro Ballet Studio at the age of 3 and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dancing in London, in the advanced level. She took classical ballet improvement classes in London with Merly Park and Shirley Graham, among others. She trained in classical and contemporary technique, spending 6 months at Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal and 6 months at Le Grand Ballet Canadien. de dança, having performed throughout Brazil and in countries such as Africa, Scotland, Spain, England, United States, Argentina, Canada, Uruguay, Germany, Paraguay, Chile, interpreting works and acting as assistant to important national and international choreographers and teachers, such as Mark Baldwin (England), Gigi Caciuleanu, Patrick Delcroix (France), Itizik Galili (Holland), Victor Navarro (Spain), Marc de Graef (Portugal), among others. She is Rehearsal Director of cisne negro cia. de dança, where she also acts as choreographer, having in her curriculum works created especially for the company: Baobá (2010, with general direction by José Possi Neto), Abacadá (2009 - Choreographic Direction), Forrolins (2009), Atmosferas (2006); A Viagem de Quixote (2005), Anéis (2003), Em Caso de...(2001) and Vem Dançar (2000), besides works as "guest choreographer": Forrolins (Chile), Imagens Sonoras (Balé da Cidade de Taubaté), Don Giovanni (São Paulo).