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Sydney Opera House in association with Sydney Festival presents Balé de Rua
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With a pulsating mix of African dance, hip-hop, samba, capoeira and live percussion, Balé de Rua explodes onto the Concert Hall stage with this high-energy dance spectacular.
‘A freewheeling mix of rhythm, high spirits and serious intent…A joy to behold.’ The Guardian, UK
‘Bursting with energy and carnival spirit.’ Time Out
As colourful as the streets from where they hail, the cast of fifteen dancers deliver a high-energy celebration of life, love and the Brazilian way.
Dynamic percussion and breathtaking body movements ensure this exhilarating and sensual street ballet will have you dancing in your seats.
A sell-out in Paris, a triumph in Edinburgh and a smash in London, secure your seat now for this summer’s international festival hit.
‘Festive, colourful, vigorous, moving and authentic.’ Figaroscope, France
‘Spectacular daring and originality…with irresistible South American steps.’ Los Angeles Times
‘Cut with street-style hip-hop, capoeira, favela funk and acrobatic tumbling.’ The Guardian, UK
‘It seems as if their feet won’t touch the earth.’ Unmoove, Paris
Venue: Concert Hall
Dates: 8-17 January 2010
Duration: 1 hour and 15 minutes with no interval
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Reviews
Dance from the streets of Brazil
Sydney Morning Herald
21 October
THE street dancers plucked from the shanty towns of Brazil could scarcely have known what would await them as rising drawcards abroad.
''None of them had travelled internationally before, so all of this is new for them,'' says Wendy Martin, the Sydney Opera House's head of theatre and dance. ''This has transformed their lives.''
Bale de Rua (Ballet of the Street) comes to the Opera House for the 2010 Sydney Festival after sell-out shows at festivals and big venues around the world, Martin says.
It melds samba, hip-hop and African styles with the martial-arts-meets-dance form capoeira, in acrobatic-laced displays backed by booming live percussion and loosely telling Brazil's history. The exuberance of its carnival spirit is central.
Working with the urban dance company behind the show, Brazil's Cia de Danca Bale de Rua, has taken the cast of 14 men and one woman singer, none of whom speak English, from ''hanging around on street corners'' to careers and taking their culture to the world, Martin says. The show's colourful sets were made in villages ''so it's very much remained authentic to the place the performers have come out of''.
The announcement of Bale de Rua's Sydney debut follows the Opera House's successful inaugural Spring Dance festival, in which most shows sold out and thousands of people crammed onto the venue's forecourt to take part in dance classes before film screenings. Its online dance contest drew 150,000 people to the website.
''Dance is hugely popular right now,'' Martin says. ''Look at the success on TV. Obviously there's So You Think You Can Dance but every major network has a dance show …People just can't get enough of it.''