Ivan Vasconcellos
Brazil Ethno Dance Workshops
with Ivan Vasconcellos - dance teacher, choreographer and ethnologist
The Brazil Ethno Dance Workshops with Ivan Vasconcellos for Candomblé, Afro Brazilian Dance and Samba have following stucture:
Lecture Demonstration
In the Lecture and Demonstration part of the Brazil Ethno Dance Workshops, Ivan Vasconcellos gives an overview about the contents and the structure of the workshop and familiarizes with the Brazilian way of life and national characteristics. By using of numerous of visual materials and requisites he shows the cultural background of the workshop contents, a vitalised meeting with the fascinating afro brazilian culture.
The Dance
In the dance part he demonstrates techniques, expressive dance steps and formations on the base of powerful afro brazilian elements. Ivan teaches in a pedagogically mature methodology and with a high level of professionalism and sensitivity. He enables the participants to feel the brazilian way of live - "therefore no brazilian passport is needed".
The workshops are open for everyone, who have interest on rhythm, dance and Brazil.
The Brasil Ethno Dance Workshops very successfully take place at numbers of universities, culture centers, dance schools and dance festivals in Germany and other countries.
Brazil Ethno Dance Workshops are offered for following topics:
- Candomblé - Dance & Music of the deities
- Brazil Ethno: Afro Brazilian Dance
- Samba do Brasil
- Contemporary Brazilian Dance
Tanzbrasil Lessons in the Press Review
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3SAT: 
3SAT-Homepage in Tanzbrasil archive (in German) 
Gazeta
Wyborcza (PDF, 188kB)
Polska
Glos (PDF, 500kB)Workshop results: Final Presentation Dance Festival Poznan 2011 (YouTube) Final Presentation Dance Festival Poznan 2010 (YouTube) Final Presentation Dance Festival Poznan 2009 (YouTube) Final Presentation Dance Festival Poznan 2008 (YouTube) |
Tanzjournal: ... fleet-footedly Ivan
Vasconcellos demonstrates dancing steps of various "Orixás".
The layman remembers them as a concise shape language of body and
arms above a rhythmic and soft floating of hips. In the workshops
Vasconcellos teaches these traditional motions and mixes them with
abstract, choreographed motion sequences. "I am a contemporary dancer
and choreographer, here I take the traditional dancing steps as
a material to work with. In this process I clearly declare what
is Candomblé and what is by myself." |
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