IN FRANCE
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This famous duet, with Rolando, born in Rio de Janeiro, and Luis Antonio, born in São Paulo, is now well known in Brazil, they met and started to share their talents in Barcelona, then in Paris where they finally set up. "Palais des glaces" during 4 monthes, United States and Brazil tour, "Zénith" of Paris with Gaetano Veloso, European tour, cinema tracks... their wide range of talents expresses itself here and there. Interpreters of the best Brazilian musicians and singers (Chico Buarque, Milton Nascimento, Gaetano Veloso...), they included in their repertoire the new generation of Brazilian composers (Tania Maria, Gonzaguinha, Rosa Passos, Joyce, Eduardo Gudim). "Les Étoiles", did us the honour to be present during the whole week of the Encontro 99. |
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Gascogne Fifes and Drums. Talent, simplicity and generosity. For having met them in various occasions, and particularly during our residence in the "Florida" of Agen, we specially love the work he does.
Christian Vieussens, living memory of the traditions from his country of Gascogne, is clearly not a traditionalist who would be enclosed in his region. The oral patrimony he is defending and transmitting, is mixed with influences that come from other places. This evolutive way to take possession of the tradition, and to bring it towards new horizons, has to be compared to our way of practising samba, it encouraged us to bring this "present from Gascogne" to our European friends and to the Encontro audience.
Master of Capoeira in the association Capoeira Paname, he use to practise this Brazilian traditionnal dance since many years in Paris and the neiborhoods. He was born in the Nordeste; capoeira is a part of his natural cultural patrimony, and this allows him to pass on more than the technical side of this dance by teaching the history and the origins of this tradition.
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Brigitte Fisher is a professionnal dancer since about 15 years. Her artistic background covers many fields and gave her the opportunity to teach and dance in various groups, in France and in foreign countries. To go further in the rythm work of which she is found of, and to bring the dance towards other languages, she has learned the percussions within the Commandos Percus. |
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Claire Corbière and Jacques Saux are members of the trio Jacso, which uses to sing French songs with many influences from jazz and latin ambiances. The tercet uses to mix lyrics with strong French cultural references to major singers like Brassens, Brel or Ferré; they took part into the festival Francofolies of La Rochelle and performed in first part of Claude Nougaro concerts; their last CD won the Radio France Award. Claire is also one of the voices of the "Quarteto Camará". They both use to teach in song workshops with Brasilian themes. |
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Christian Paoli worked with many Brazilian artists: Dudurra de Villa Isabel, Celinho Barros, Nazare Pereira, and Les Étoiles.
Damilton Viana Da Costa (Dada) took part into theater plays from Luis Mendonça and recorded Brazilian popular music, notably with Chico Buarque. He also played with many artists during recording sessions: Pierre Vassiliu, Ricardo Villas, Yara, César Allan,Yannis Arzimanoglou, Trio Esperança...
Silvano Michelino, coming from São Paulo is a composer, an arranger and a percussionnist. He played and recorded with Brazilian artists like Paulo Moura, Nelson Ayres, Ulisses Rocha, Moraes Moreira... Since he has been lliving in Europe he regularly works with Brazilian artists like: Les Étoiles, Monica Passos, Toninho Ramos, Celinho Barros, Trio Esperança... and some others from different horizons: Ray Lema, Ralph Tamar, Cesaria Evora...
Members of Tupi Nago, they teach traditionnal techniques of dance and song from the Nordeste.
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Musician-percussionnist, dancer, Giba Gonçalves has learned everything in his native Brazil, between Salvador de Bahia and São Paulo. Then he settled in Paris, after having done a world tour. He founded a batucada group in Paris, Batala, and also batucada workshops for young people, and teaches in both of them. |
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Master of percussion art, initiated from the rites of the group "Guennawa" in Marocco, Khalîd Kouhen is considered to be one ot the most talentuous musicians in Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and North-Africa percussions.
His will to bring together traditionnal musics and jazz led him in various experiments: Newton Expérience, Allie Delfau, Chico Freeman, Delmar Brown, Dave Liebman, Shankar Ghoch.
Mestre de bateria in the first French samba school, "Unidos da Tia Nicia" in Paris, he continues to teach samba schools.
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She is THE samba reference in France, as she was the one who introcduced this kind of music by creating the very first French samba school, Unidos da Tia Nicia. She also invented the pedagogy that continues to be used in many groups created by her formed students in various place in the country, after she went back to Brazil. Nicia was coming back in France in 1999 and nobody wanted to miss this -and the feasts that went with-, and she was with us during the Encontro'99! |
Specialist of Brazilian dances, she teaches capoeira in the University of La Sorbonne. Her various experiences of living spectacle, dance, theater, and cinema ("Encore" from Pascal Bonitzer...) made her noticed in the Brazilian choreographic culture. She notably takes part to the dance festival of Rio de Janeiro University, to TV Manchete's Corps de Ballet, and works with the group Sonia distri with witch she performs in festivals.