Clique aqui para Português Horror or revelry? There is a bit of both in the history of the emergence of carnival clowns known as bate-bolas (“ball-hitters”). At once scary and performative, historians date their origins to the […]
Clique aqui para Português Resistance emerges in innumerable expressions, the diversity of which was highlighted at the “Circulando–Dialogue and Communication in the Favela” event in Complexo do Alemão, in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, last Saturday, […]
Clique aqui para Português From April 24 to 28, the Abraço das Favelas event brought artistic interventions and debates to the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), an occasion organized by both student and non-student […]
Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, October 29, the favela-based theater group Cia Marginal launched yet another season of its critically acclaimed and award winning production Eles Não Usam Tênis Naique (They Don’t Wear Nike Sneakers) at […]
Clique aqui para Português “You have never seen classical ballet like this…” reads the tagline for the Ballet Urbano Manguinhos (BUM) exhibition, a multi-location photo exhibit that launched on September 23 at Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). The exhibition features snapshots of […]