• Othelo

    TECHNICAL SHEET Choreography: Peter Darrel Synopsis: Othello was a restaging by Peter Darrel, performed with fundamental support from the British Council in São Paulo, created on November 17, 1971, originally commissioned by Galina Samsova, Artistic Director, New London Ballet. Trieste; September 16, 1976, The Scottish Ballet; June 19, 1978, National Ballet…

  • Jungle

    TECHNICAL SHEET Choreography: Armando Duarte Synopsis: Still in the 90s, Cisne Negro developed its repertoire for two works by other talented Brazilian creators. Selva (1990), by Armando Duarte, one of the founding dancers of the company. Year of premiere: 1990

  • Soul on Fire

    TECHNICAL SHEET Choreography Ana Mondini Conception and Direction José Possi Neto Soundtrack (Collage and composition) Gil Reys Costumes João Santaella Júnior Set Design Marco Antonio Lima Origami Eduardo Amos Lighting Design Hiram Ravache and José Possi Neto Visual Programming and Makeup Fábio Namatame Synopsis “To make bodies vibrate, to draw oneself, to seek forms and meanings. I seek within myself to explain my dance. It would be better to…

  • Mystic Songs

    TECHNICAL SHEET Choreography/Set Design and Lighting Vasco Wellenkamp Music Handel (excerpts from Messiah) Costumes Helena Lozano Synopsis Created by the Portuguese choreographer Vasco Wellenkamp, author of several works in the repertoire of Cisne Negro Dance Company, this piece explores the music-dance binomial. The music of "Mystical Songs," with excerpts from Handel's "Messiah," is one of the most beautiful pieces in this choreographer's repertoire…

  • You knew

    TECHNICAL SHEET 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…

  • Sonatina

    TECHNICAL SHEET Choreography: Janet Smith Music: Tchaikovsky Costumes and Lighting Design: Janet Smith Assistant Choreographer: Gill Clark Synopsis: Janet Smith's Sonatina was a restaging staged with fundamental support from the British Council in São Paulo. Year of premiere: 1988

  • Keep Going

    TECHNICAL SHEET Choreography: Vasco Wellenkamp Synopsis: Wellenkamp inaugurates a fruitful partnership with Cisne Negro through Keep Going, one of the company's greatest successes, where the flow of dance is taken to extremes, both bodily and spatially. Set to music by Luciano Berio, the proposal is the continuous chaining of movements that follow one another. The cast performed…