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1988

  • Sabiá - Cisne Negro Cia de Dança

TECHNICAL DATA

Choreography
Vasco Wellenkamp

Music
Tom Jobim / Chico Buarque de Holanda

Musical Arrangement
André Mehmari

Musical Performance
André Mehmari (Piano) and Luca Raele (Clarinet)


Synopsis
“The "swing" of Brazilian music, in a ballet of great lyricism! Sabiá was a gift from the Portuguese choreographer, Vasco Wellenkamp, to the company's repertoire, staged at its premiere by the icon of Brazilian dance, Ana Botafogo, with music by Tom Jobim and Chico Buarque de Holanda, and the beautiful voice of Maria Lúcia Godoy.

Year of debut
1988

Vasco Wellenkamp - Cânticos Místicos - Cisne Negro Cia de Dança

Vasco Wellenkamp

For 20 years he was resident choreographer of the Ballet Gulbenkian. Wellenkamp has also worked for major companies such as Ballet de Geneve, Balletto di Toscana, Extemporary Dance Theatre, Dance Theatre Comune, Ballet of the National Theatre of Zagreb, among others. The experience he has acquired over more than thirty years of career allowed him, after leaving the Gulkbekian Ballet in 1996, to found his Portuguese Contemporary Ballet Company in Portugal. Vasco Wellenkamp has choreographed numerous works in various companies around the world, including works created especially for Cisne Negro Cia. de Dança's repertoire, such as Sabiá, Keep-Going, Cânticos Místicos, and Passacaglia. The holder of several prizes and awards for his work as teacher and choreographer, since October 2007 he has been Artistic Director of the Companhia Nacional de Bailado, in Lisbon.