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Characters and Frontiers: Brazilian Scenographic Territory

The proposal presented by the curators of the Brazilian national exhibition for PQ’11 tackles the movement of scenography within today’s contemporary restlessness. It adopts the conceptual idea that scenography is a provocative art that establishes a pulsating frontier of languages, with an emphasis on the idea of the scenographer as an investigator of a scenography that provides a sensorial shelter for characters and ideas. It is a place for multiple characters from the Brazilian cultural territory, characters drawn from traditional dramatic and post-dramatic literature, from narratives of a hybrid nature and from everyday scenes. The physical exhibition space is presented as an installation where the interaction between scenography, visual art and popular culture reveals the Brazilian people.

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• Flavio Graff

* 1974, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Specialization: director, dramatist, author, producer, journalist, teacher, set designer, costume designer, media artist, Performer and Musician / Art Direction, Screenwriting – Central Saint Martins – University of the Arts London
Education: BA in social communication, specialization in journalism, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (1993-1997); MA in social communication, research into the technology of communication and esthetics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UF
Teaching activities: Teacher of scenography at the School of Fine Art, EBA/UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), 2004, 2005, 2010 and 2011
Participation in other important exhibitions: Exhibition design and scenography: 'Concrete dialogues – Design and constructivism in Brasil' (Caixa Cultural, RJ, 2008); 'Exhibition, a homage to Jorge Zahar' (RJ, 2008), both curated by Daniela Name. 'Prehistoric Art' (BNDES Gallery, RJ, 2000)
Continuing collaboration with directors: Jefferson Miranda; Marco Andre Nunes; Emilio de Mello; Andrea Maciel; Cristina Pereira; Fernando Mello da Costa and Gutti Fraga; Celina Sodré; Domingos Oliveira; Daniel Herz and Susana Krugger.
Additional information: Has received a number of awards (SHELL, APCA, FUNARTE…). Coordinator and researcher for the content of the Brazilian national exhibit at PQ'07.

Exhibiting works

• Nina Crintzs, based on the original play by Oswaldo de Andrade: O Perfeito Cozinheiro das Almas deste Mundo (The Perfect Cook for the Souls of this World), Darcy Ribeiro Cinema School (Darcy Ribeiro Cinema School), 2007, Director: Director: Jefferson Miranda, Art director: Flávio Graff, Lighting desiner: Tomás Ribas, Projection: Paulo Mendel ; Identification of exhibit: photo, others
  

  
  
  
• Hilary Baxter

Specialization: scenographer, Academic


Exhibiting works

• Newton Moreno: As Centenárias (The Centenarians), Teatro Poeira (Poeira Theatre), 2007, Director: Aderbal Freire-Filho, Costume designer:  Samuel Abrantes Theatre designer:  Fernando Mello da Costa and Rostand Albuquerque Lighting designer: Maneco Quinderé ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, puppet, photo, others ;
  Comments: "As Centenárias" is a play written by Newton Moreno especially for Marieta Severo and Andréa Beltrão, well-known Brazillian actresses who together established the Teatro Poeira. The action of the play takes place in Brazil's northeastern interior, where old Iberian traditions still remain. The actresses play characters known as "carpideiras" - mourners, women who have to cry for the deceased. On stage, trapped in a vertical grid, are about 240 puppets made especially for the play. The puppeteers were taught by Miguel Vellinho. The play was awarded the Shell Prize for its scenography and dramaturgy in 2008.
• Renato Bolelli Rebouças (Renato Rebouças)

Specialization: architect, teacher, set designer, costume designer, Art Director
Education: Architecture and urbanism at the UEL State University of Londrina, Parana, 2002
Collaboration with theatres: Grupo XIX de Teatro, São Paulo
Teaching activities: Professor of "Scenic Spaces” in the postgraduate course in interior design at FAAP (Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation), São Paulo.
Continuing collaboration with directors: Luiz Fernando Marques – Grupo XIX de Teatro, São Paulo, SP


Exhibiting works

• Grupo XIX de Teatro: Arrufos (Arrufos), Grupo XIX de Teatro ( XIX Theatre Group), 2008, Director: Luiz Fernando Marques, ; Identification of exhibit: photo, object, others ;
  Comments: The company has opted against the use of a conventional stage and traditional lighting resources in its performances, choosing instead to adopt a direct relationship with the city's architecture, in particular with the historic buildings of Villa Maria Zélia, a desused industrial village.
  
  
  
• Doris  Rollemberg (Doris Rollemberg Cruz)

Specialization: architect, teacher, set designer, costume designer
Education: PhD from the post-graduate theatre prgramme at UNIRIO (Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro), graduate in architecture from UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
Collaboration with theatres: Teatro do Pequeno Gesto e "Cia Dramática de Comédia"
Teaching activities: Professor at the UNIRIO School of Theatre, Scenography Department
Continuing collaboration with directors: João Batista, Antonio Guedes, Luiz Antonio Pilar, Luiz Igreja
Additional information: PhD in Theater, teacher at Rio de Janeiro State Federal University

Exhibiting works

• Luís Igreja and Paula Aguas: Fábulas Dançadas de Leonardo da Vinci (Danced Fables of Leonardo Da Vinci), Oi Futuro Theatre (Oi Futuro Theatre), 2010, Director: Luís Igreja, Costume designer: Mauro Leite Theatre designer:  Doris Rollemberg Lighting designer: Luís Igreja ; Identification of exhibit: model , photo, DVD , others ;
  Comments: Dance performance for children. Artist and illustrator Marcos Vinicius de Palma creates drawings live that are projected on the set during the performance.
• Ney   Madeira

* 25.04.1965, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Specialization: producer, teacher, set designer, costume designer
Education: Architecture at UFF (Fluminense Federal University), Rio de Janeiro; MA in theatre from the UNIRIO (Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro)
Teaching activities: Professor at SENAI/CETIQT- graduate art program in costume design. Professor at Estácio de Sá University, Rio de Janeiro (teacher training course in theatre and postgraduate theatre course)


Exhibiting works

• Ariano Suassuna: Farsa da Boa Preguiça (Farse of the Good Laziness ), 2009, Director: João das Neves, Costume designer: Rodrigo Cohen Theatre designer: Ney Madeira Lighting designer: Paulo Cesar Medeiros ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, photo, DVD , others ;
  Comments: The Scenery presents woodcuts made by brazillian popular artists: J. Borges and Erivaldo Ferreira.
• Ariano Suassuna: Farsa da Boa Preguiça (Farce of the Good Laziness ), 2009, Director: Director:  João das Neves, Costume designer:  Rodrigo Cohen Scene designer:  Ney Madeira Lighting Designer: Paulo Cesar Medeiros ; Identification of exhibit: model , photo, others ;
  Comments: The scenery presents woodcuts made by popular Brazillian artists J. Borges and Erivaldo Ferreira.
• Luciana  Buarque

* 30.01.1961, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Specialization: teacher, set designer, costume designer, painter , sculptor, fashion designer, Historian and Fine Artist
Education: BA in history from UFMG (Federal University of Minas Gerais). Studied two years of architecture at UFPE (Federal University of Pernambuco)
Collaboration with theatres: Gabriel Villela, Antônio Nóbrega, Romero De Andrade Lima
Participation in other important exhibitions: Exhibition of costumes and objects from the mini-series “Hoje é dia de Maria” (Rio de Janeiro, 2006). Exhibition of set, costume and objects from the mini-series “A Pedra do Reino” (Rio de Janeiro, 2007)
Continuing collaboration with directors: Luiz Fernando Carvalho
Awards: Award for best costumes at the International Festival of San Antonio (Texas, USA) with “Romeu e Julieta”, Galpão Theatre Group, 1999
Additional information: The two television mini-series "Hoje é dia de Maria" and "A Pedra do Reino" were shown at INPUT (International Public Television Screening Conference) in 2006 and 2008 respectively. This event is an international forum that searches for innovative productions from around the world. "A Pedra do Reino" was selected to participate in the Toulouse and Paris Festivals (March and May 2008 respectively)

Exhibiting works

• Luis Alberto de Abreu and Luiz Fernando Carvalho : Hoje é Dia de Maria (Today is Mary’s Day - TV mini-series), 2006, Director: Director : Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Art director: Lia Renha Set designers: João Irênio and Fernando Schmith Costume designer: Luciana Buarque ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, costume, photo, others
  
  
  
• Daniele  Geammal

* 07.01.1972, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Specialization: teacher, set designer, costume designer, fashion designer
Education: BA in scenography from UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro); also trained as a stylist at Senai-CETIQT
Collaboration with theatres: Octopus Cia de Teatro, Teatro Independente, Pequod Cia de Teatro, Ser Tão Teatro
Teaching activities: Scenography teacher at FAETEC (since 2000) and the Martins Pena State Technical Theatre School (since 2006)
Continuing collaboration with directors: Jô Bilac, Vinicius Arneiro, Miguel Vellinho, Christna Estrva, Luciano Loureiro, Marcos Henrique Rego


Exhibiting works

• Mário Piragibe and Miguel Vellinho: A chegada de Lampião no Inferno (The Arrival of Lampião in Hell), Cia PeQuod Teatro de Animação (PeQuod Puppet Theatre Co.), 2009, Director: Miguel Vellinho, Costume designer:  Daniele Geammal Theatre designer:  Carlos Alberto Nunes Lighting designer: Renato Machado ; Identification of exhibit: photo, DVD , others ;
  Comments: Cia Pequod was formed in 1999. The ensemble's director Miguel Vellinho led a group of individuals interested in renewing the panorama of puppet theater in Rio de Janeiro, bringing this classical art into contemporary popular culture.
• Cris  Bierrenbach

* 06.12.1964, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Specialization: actor, costume designer, Photographer and Fine Artist
Education: Graduate in cinema from the School of Communication and Art of São Paulo (ECA-USP)
Participation in other important exhibitions: Participated in many group and solo exhibitions. For details, see "Comments" below
Additional information: Group exhibitions: "A Invenção de Um Mundo: Photographs and videos from the collection Maison Europeenne de la Photographie", Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, 2009 / "Radiovisual", Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, 2009 / "Performance Presente-Futuro", Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, 2009 / "Creative Art Session 2008", Kawasaki City Museum, Japan, 2008 / "MAM 60 Anos, MAM", Museum of Modern Art, SP, São Paulo, 2007 / "Mirame-Una Ventana a la Fotografia Brasileña”, Fototeca Cuba, Havana, Cuba, 2007 / "Desidentidad", Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia, Espanha, 2006 / "Geração da Virada - 10 Anos + 1", Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, 2006 / "5ème Biennale Internationale de la Photographie et des Arts Visuels", Liège, Belgium, 2006 / “Aperçu de la création audiovisuelle brésilienne”, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, France, 2005 / “Transphotographiques 2004”, Lille, France, 2004 / “America Foto Latina”, Museu de las Artes de la Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico Solo exhibitions: "Orange Gardens", Centro Brasileiro Britânico , São Paulo, 2010 / "Vácuo (Moçambique)", Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, 2010 / "Cris Bierrenbach", Galeria Lunara, Gasômetro, Porto Alegre / "Cut" , Huisrechts Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland / "Cris Bierrenbach", Espaço Cultural Renato Russo, Brasilia, "A Operação Ilegal", Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, 2003 / “Cris Bierrenbach”, Kulturhaus Lateinamerika, Cologne, Germany, 2000

Exhibiting works

• : Vale 1 Real (Worth 1 Real - A performance by Cris Bierrenbach for the installation “Rhodislândia” by Hélio Oiticica), 2010, Director: Director: Cris Bierrenbach, Costume designer: Cris Bierrenbach ; Identification of exhibit: DVD , others ;
  Comments: Dressed in small sachets of sweets, similar to those sold at traffic lights, Cris Bierrenbach offers the product. Each package contains a message in exchange for an action, a small performance. The public performances within a recreation of Oiticica's installation, originally produced in 1971 at the University of Rhode Island, will be recorded by the artist/photographer, who has been developing research about the photographic registration of projects that depend on public participation. The subject interested Cris for revealing a predisposition towards the unpredictable, the unplanned.
  
  
  
• Carlos Alberto  Nunes

* 20.07.1964, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Specialization: teacher, set designer, costume designer, puppet designer, Prop Maker
Education: Scenography graduate from UNIRIO (Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro)
Collaboration with theatres: Cia PeQuod Teatro de Animação / PeQuod Puppet Theatre Co.
Teaching activities: Professor, head of the Scenography Department at UNIRIO (Federal State University of Rio de Janeiro). Set-building and prop-making disciplines
Continuing collaboration with directors: Miguel Vellinho, Cia PeQuod Teatro de Animação / PeQuod Puppet Theatre Co. and André Paes Leme. Member of PeQuod Puppet Theatre Co since 2001.


Exhibiting works

• Mário Piragibe and Miguel Vellinho: A chegada de Lampião no Inferno (The Arrival of Lampião in Hell), Cia PeQuod Teatro de Animação (PeQuod Puppet Theatre Co.), 2009, Director: Miguel Vellinho, Costume designer:  Daniele Geammal Theatre designer:  Carlos Alberto Nunes Lighting designer: Renato Machado ; Identification of exhibit: photo, DVD , others ;
  Comments: Cia Pequod was formed in 1999. The ensemble's director Miguel Vellinho led a group of individuals interested in renewing the panorama of puppet theater in Rio de Janeiro, bringing this classical art into contemporary popular culture.
  
  
  
• Silvana  Marcondes

* 27.04.1972, São Paulo, Brazil
Specialization: set designer, costume designer, Puppet Maker
Education: Advertising and marketing, ESPM (University of Advertising and Marketing), 1995
Collaboration with theatres: Worked with the group “Meninas do Conto” as costume designer and scenographer from 2002 to 2004
Additional information: Worked with the “São Jorge de Variedades” theatre ensemble on “O Santo Guerreiro e o Heroi Desajustado” (The Warrior Saint and the Maladjusted Hero). Together with Julio Dojcsar and Sato, won the 2009 Shell Award for best costume. Currently participating on the project “Barafonda", presented at the end of 2010 with the same group.

Exhibiting works

• Marcelo Reis, Rogério Tarifa and Alexandre Krug: O Santo Guerreiro e o Heroi Desajustado (The Warrior Saint and the Maladjusted Hero ), Cia São Jorge de Variedades (St. George Variety Co.), 2007, Director: Rogério Tarifa, Composer:  Georgette Fadel, Nina Blauth and Jonathan Silva Art Direction: Julio Dojcsar, Sato and Silvana Marcondes / Casadalapa collective ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, costume, object, DVD , others ;
  Comments: Street theatre that promotes a fusion of the classic of world literature "Don Quixote" with popular Brazilian tradition. The play adopts the style of the carneval to tell the story of the encounter between Don Quixote and St. George, with the aim of questioning the concept of "hero" in today's megalopolis.
• Alexandre Krug, Georgette Fadel, Marcelo Reis, Marina Senne, Patrícia Gilfford, Paula Klein, and Rogério Tarifa: Projeto Barafonda (Barafonda Project ), Cia São Jorge de Variedades (St. George Variety Co.), 2010, Director: Alexandre Krug, Georgette Fadel, Marcelo Reis, Marina Senne, Patrícia Gilfford, Paula Klein, and Rogério Tarifa, Art Direction: Julio Dojcsar, Sato and Silvana Marcondes / Casadalapa collective ; Identification of exhibit: DVD , others ;
  Comments: “Barafonda”, a project by the “São Jorge de Variedades” theatre ensemble, is composed of several parts. The first, presented in 2010, featured seven different plays/performances directed by seven different members of the group. The group has a local headquarters in the historic district of Barra Funda in São Paulo, where they maintain a strong relationship with the local community.
  

  
  
  
• Sérgio  Marimba

* 23.11.1959, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Specialization: scenographer, Fine Artist
Education: Self-taught
Teaching activities: Scenography and technical courses
Participation in other important exhibitions: “Matéria em Mutação” (Mutating Matter), National Museum of Fine Art, Rio de Janeiro (2004); “Brasil X Escultores” Brazil X Sculptors, sculpture exhibition, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Ateneo de Yucatán, MACAY, México (2010)
Continuing collaboration with directors: João Falcão
Additional information: Consultant, scenographer and float designer for the Mangueira Samba School, Rio de Janeiro.

Exhibiting works

• V. Maiakovskij: Mistério Bufo (Mystery-Bouffe), 2009, Director: Cláudio Baltar and Fábio Ferreira, Costume designer:  Rosa Magalhães Theatre designer:  Sérgio Marimba Lighting designer: Aurelio De Simoni ; Identification of exhibit: model , sketch, photo
  
  
  
• Samuel  Abrantes (Samuel Abrantes)

* 04.02.1961, Rio de Janeiro
Specialization: actor, teacher, costume designer, fashion designer
Education: Ph.D. in Semiology from the Faculty of Languages of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Teaching activities: Teacher of costume design, styling and production in the performing arts at the School of Fine Arts of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) since 1992
Continuing collaboration with directors: Several directors from Rio de Janeiro as well as Samba schools
Awards: Brazilian Molière Prize for the best costume,1991
Additional information: Graduated in Classical Languages - Portuguese/Greek and Literature. Masters in Art History. PhD in Semiology. Theatrical costume designer active in festivals and samba schools in Rio de Janeiro. Has worked in carnival since 1979.

Exhibiting works

• Newton Moreno: As Centenárias (The Centenarians), Teatro Poeira, Rio de Janeiro (Poeira Theatre), 2007, Director: Aderbal Freire-Filho, Costume designer:  Samuel Abrantes Theatre designer:  Fernando Mello da Costa and Rostand Albuquerque Lighting designer: Maneco Quinderé ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, photo, others ;
  Comments: "As Centenárias" is a play written by Newton Moreno especially for Marieta Severo and Andréa Beltrão, well-known Brazillian actresses who together established the Teatro Poeira. The action of the play takes place in Brazil's northeastern interior, where old Iberian traditions still remain. The actresses play characters known as "carpideiras" - mourners, women who have to cry for the deceased. On stage, trapped in a vertical grid, are about 240 puppets made especially for the play. The puppeteers were taught by Miguel Vellinho. The play was awarded the Shell Prize for its scenography and dramaturgy in 2008.
• Rodrigo Cohen

* 01.10.1981, Rio de Janeiro
Specialization: costume designer
Education: BA in scenic arts, UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
Teaching activities: School of Fine Arts of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (EBA/ UFRJ), scenic arts course since 1992
Continuing collaboration with directors: João das Neves


Exhibiting works

• Ariano Suassuna: Farsa da Boa Preguiça (Farce of the Good Laziness ), 2009, Director: João das Neves, Costume designer:  Rodrigo Cohen Theatre designer::  Ney Madeira Lighting designer: Paulo Cesar Medeiros ; Identification of exhibit: photo, DVD , others ;
  Comments: The play was awarded the Shell Prize for Costume Design in 2010
• Caixa de Imagens

São Paulo - SP
Specialization: director, actor, lighting designer, puppet designer
Participation in other important exhibitions: Festivals: 8th Divadlo Int. Fest. Plsen, Czech Rep.2000 /Avignon Int. Fest. France and Theater der Welt Fest. Berlin, Germany,1999 /8th Theatre Confrontations, Lublin, Poland,2003 /Tchéchov Fest. Moscow, Russia,2005 /Kazuo Ohno Fest. Yokohama, Japan,2008
Additional information: Mônica Simões and Carlos Gaúcho are the artistic directors of The Group “Caixa de Imagens” . The group completes in 2011 seventeen years. Their work is characterized by a unique dramaturgy that develops a visual poetry that dives into the deepness of the human soul. They are artists entirely identified with their country though the resulting creations are not just a reflection of the Brazil in which they live, more like visions of their thoughts on reality. They have more than thirty plays in their repertoire, they have participated in numerous festivals in Brazil and around the world, resulting in a national and international career that until the present day, has performed in more than 600 cities in 13 countries spanning 4 continents, totaling a little over two million spectators, quite a feat for a company whose artistic proposal is of an intimate nature.

Exhibiting works

• Mônica Simões and Carlos Gaucho: Nem Dia Nem Noite (Neither Day Nor Night ), Caixa de Imagens (Caixa de Imagens), 2006 ; Identification of exhibit: puppet, object, part of the stage , others, live performance ;
  Comments: Three minutes can last an eternity. And a box can have the size of an ocean. Performed on a small stage, "Neither Day Nor Night" presents the overflowing of the sea, which brings the possibility of dreaming and of feeling the pain, beauty, and contradiction of the experience of navigating oceans of life. Duration: 3 minutes
  
  
  
• Mônica Simões and Carlos Gaucho: Tres Minutos (Three Minutes), Caixa de Imagens (Caixa de Imagens), 2007 ; Identification of exhibit: puppet, object, part of the stage , others, live performance ;
  Comments: Play description: In his artistic laboratory, a scientific alchemist is about to achieve what till then seemed impossible. Duration: 3 minutes
• Mônica Simões and Carlos Gaucho: Travessia (Crossing), Caixa de Imagens (Caixa de Imagens), 2008 ; Identification of exhibit: puppet, object, part of the stage , others, live performance ;
  Comments: Outside the Box: A Theatrical Intervention - An approximately 10cm-tall doll calls one spectator at a time, inviting them to dance, caressing their hand, offering, before parting, a flower. In this delicate melody, performed live, the doll, whose scenery is incorporated in the dress of the puppeteer, wants to give each spectator his or her own flower. The unfolding action comes alive in the merging of hands (actor/puppeteer, actor playing the music, and spectator).
  
• Camila Toledo

São Paulo
Specialization: architect, set designer
Education: Graduated in architecture
Collaboration with theatres: Bia Lessa, Ivaldo Bertazzo, Paulo Pederneiras, Grupo Corpo.
Teaching activities: Architectural project teacher

• Coletivo Laborg

Specialization: media artist, Video Projectionist
Education: see below on Comments
Collaboration with theatres: www.laborg.com.br
Additional information: The Laborg Collective has been creating multi-media immersions and experiences since February 2005. The collective consists of specialized artists from different areas of digital and analog communication. Their principal focus of research is the language and aesthetic of the macro-optic and the dynamic of organic drawings, integrating the spectators’ multi-sensorial perception as the catalyst. Laborg develop their video-graphic images using the characteristics of the many reactions of everyday substances such as water, oil and pigment, and capturing and projecting these natural evolutions. The members of Laborg are: Charlie (Charles de Oliveira), multimedia artist and audiovisual producer; Alexandre Sahade Gonçalves, web designer and film editor; Zacca (Marcelo Zaccariotto), television director and script-writer; Pablo Zurita, producer and multimedia director; Baia (Yuji Added), graduate of cinema and TV studies, animation/motion designer, producer and special effects. The Laborg Collective has developed a project specifically for the Brazilian National Exhibition at PQ’11.

Exhibiting works

• : (Mapped projection over model), 2011 Danillo Moraes and Ricardo Herz - sound designers, Caio Zilli - modelling
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  
• Helio  Leites

* 21.01.1951, Lapa, Paraná, Brazil
Specialization: actor, costume designer, Performance Artist
Education: Fine art graduate in painting, Faculty of Fine Arts of Paraná
Participation in other important exhibitions: see details below on Comments
Additional information: Hélio Leites is a multidisciplinary artist. He uses common objects to produce his art from which he creates storytelling performances. He has participated in other important exhibitions: Parana Arts Exhibition, Curitiba (received an award); joint exhibition with Kátia Horn at the Cultural Foundation of Curitiba, 1981; joint exhibition with Dna. Efigênia, Museum of Popular Culture, Rio de Janeiro, 2005; Casa Culpi, exhibition, 2009; Galeria Subolo, exhibition, Curitiba, 2010.

Exhibiting works

• Based on the play by W. Shakespeare, adapted by Hélio Leites: Romeu e Julieta (Romeo and Juliet), 0 ; Identification of exhibit: photo, object, DVD ;
  Comments: Hélio Leites is a multidisciplinary artist. He uses common objects to produce his art from which he creates storytelling performances.
  
  
  
• Mauro  Leite

* 18.04.1959, Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Specialization: actor, costume designer
Education: BA in scenic arts with specialization in costume, School of Fine Arts of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (EBA/UFRJ), and stylist at Senai/CETIQT
Continuing collaboration with directors: João Batista and Antonio Guedes


Exhibiting works

• Luís Igreja and Paula Aguas: Fábulas Dançadas de Leonardo da Vinci (Danced Fables of Leonardo Da Vinci), 2010, Director: Luís Igreja, Costume designer: Mauro Leite Theatre designer::  Doris Rollemberg Lighting designer: Luís Igreja ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, photo, DVD , others ;
  Comments: Dance performance for children. The artist and illustrator Marcos Vinicius de Palma creates drawings live that are projected on the set during the performance.
• Marcelo  Andrade

* 24.02.1964, São Paulo SP Brasil
Specialization: actor, set designer, Prop Maker
Education: Education: Teacher training in artistic education, specialization in geometric drawing
Collaboration with theatres: “Os Fofos Encenam”, “Cia. Razões Inversas” and Program for Vocational Theatre
Teaching activities: Artist facilitator for the past three years at the “Teatro Vocacional de São Paulo” municipal vocational theatre program of the Department of Cultural Expansion, Secretary of Culture of São Paulo. Workshop coordinator (1996-98) on the project “Comunidade Solidária” of the Ministry of Culture and the Roberto Marinho Foundation. Lectured on the scenic arts at the Mozarteum University between 1996 and 2001
Continuing collaboration with directors: Marcio Aurélio, Francisco Medeiros and Newton Moreno
Additional information: Along with Newton Moreno, received the 2009 Shell Award for scenography for “Memória da Cana”.

Exhibiting works

• Newton Moreno : Memória da Cana (Sugar Cane Memories), Os Fofos Encenam (The Cutes inact Co.), 2009, Director: Newton Moreno, Costume designer:  Leopoldo Pacheco Theatre designer:  Marcelo Andrade and Newton Moreno Lighting designer: Eduardo Reyes ; Identification of exhibit: photo, object, DVD , others ;
  Comments: “Memória da Cana”, was awarded the APCA Prize for best direction and the Shell Prize for best direction and set. The play was inspired by Nelson Rodrigues' script "Family Album", along with other works by Gilberto Freyre and the actors' family memories. The scenography is the result of research done at the Poço Comprido and Jundiá sugar cane farms in Vicença, Pernambuco and a study of the culture of sugar processing in Brazil. The play also involved the actors' collaboration in the construction of each space based on their own memories.
• Newton  Moreno

* 14.12.1968, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Specialization: director, dramatist, actor, set designer
Education: BA in acenic arts from UNICAMP (Federal University of Campinas); MA in theatre from USP (University of São Paulo)
Collaboration with theatres: Os Fofos Encenam, Teatro Poeira, Cia Livre and Cia Balagan
Teaching activities: Escola Livre de Santo André (2006-2008); São Paulo School of Theatre (2010)
Continuing collaboration with directors: Aderbal Freire Filho, Marcio Aurélio, João Fonseca, Cibele Forjaz, Maria Thais amongst others.
Additional information: Received the Shell Award in Rio de Janeiro for “As Centenárias” (author and director), as well as the 2008 Contigo Award for best author. With “Memória da Cana”, won the APCA award for best play, and the 2009 Shell Award for direction and best scenography, along with Marcelo Andrade.

Exhibiting works

• Newton Moreno: Memória da Cana (Sugar Cane Memories), Os Fofos Encenam (The Cutes Inact Co.), 2009, Director: Newton Moreno, Costume designer:  Leopoldo Pacheco Theatre designer:  Marcelo Andrade and Newton Moreno Lighting designer: Eduardo Reyes ; Identification of exhibit: photo, object, DVD , others ;
  Comments: “Memória da Cana”, was awarded the APCA Prize for best direction and the Shell Prize for best direction and set. The play was inspired by Nelson Rodrigues' script "Family Album", along with other works by Gilberto Freyre and the actors' family memories. The scenography is the result of research done at the Poço Comprido and Jundiá sugar cane farms in Vicença, Pernambuco and a study of the culture of sugar processing in Brazil. The play also involved the actors' collaboration in the construction of each space based on their own memories.
• Julio  Dojcsar

* 21.10.1969, São Paulo, Brazil
Specialization: scenographer, Graffiti Artist
Education: Technician in company administration
Collaboration with theatres: Cia São Jorge de Variedades, Grupo Pia Fraus, grupo O Grito
Teaching activities: Scenography workshops
Continuing collaboration with directors: Georgete Fadel, Beto Andreta, Roberto Moreto
Additional information: Graffiti artist and scenographer, researching the occupation of public spaces, member of the “Casadalapa” collective. Member of the “São Jorge de Variedades” theater ensemble since 2000. Developed and built the sets for the following performances; “Bidermam e os Incendiários” (2001), “As Bastianas” (2002), and “O Santo guerreiro e o herói desajustado” (The Warrior Saint and the Maladjusted Hero, 2007). Together with Silvana Marcondes and Sato, won the Shell Award for best costume. Most recently, he participated in the “Barafonda" project, presented at the end of 2010 by the same company.

Exhibiting works

• Marcelo Reis, Rogério Tarifa and Alexandre Krug: O Santo Guerreiro e o Heroi Desajustado (The Warrior Saint and the Maladjusted Hero), Cia São Jorge de Variedades (St. George Variety Co.), 2007, Director: Rogério Tarifa, Composer:  Georgette Fadel, Nina Blauth and Jonathan Silva Art Direction: Julio Dojcsar, Sato and Silvana Marcondes / Casadalapa collective ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, costume, photo, object, DVD , others ;
  Comments: Street theatre that promotes a fusion of the classic of world literature "Don Quixote" with popular Brazilian tradition. The play adopts the style of the carneval to tell the story of the encounter between Don Quixote and St. George, with the aim of questioning the concept of "hero" in today's megalopolis.
• Alexandre Krug, Georgette Fadel, Marcelo Reis, Marina Senne, Patrícia Gilfford, Paula Klein, and Rogério Tarifa: Projeto Barafonda (Barafonda Project ), Cia São Jorge de Variedades (St. George Variety Co.), 2010, Director: Alexandre Krug, Georgette Fadel, Marcelo Reis, Marina Senne, Patrícia Gilfford, Paula Klein, and Rogério Tarifa, Art Direction: Julio Dojcsar, Sato and Silvana Marcondes / Casadalapa collective ; Identification of exhibit: DVD , others ;
  Comments: “Barafonda”, a project by the “Cia São Jorge de Variedades” theatre group, is composed of several parts. The first, presented in 2010, featured seven different plays/performances directed by seven different members of the group. The group has a local headquarters in the historic district of Barra Funda in São Paulo, where they maintain a strong relationship with the local community.
• Analu  Prestes

* 09.08.1951, Santos/ São Paulo
Specialization: actor, set designer, costume designer, painter , sculptor
Education: Studied scenic arts and fine art at Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation (FAAP),1966-1970
Participation in other important exhibitions: Has participated in 22 individual exhibitions and about 10 collectives.
Additional information: Together with Luis Antonio Martinez Correa, co-founded the "Grupo Pão & Circo” (Bread & Circus) in 1972. In 1974, she moved to Rio de Janeiro, where she acted in film, TV, and theatre and worked in the visual arts, totaling 22 individual exhibitions. In 1988, she received the Mambembe Prize for scenography and costumes for “Clarice, coração selvagem" (Clarice, Wild at Heart).

Exhibiting works

• Sara Antunes: Sonhos para Vestir (Dreams to Wear), 2010, Director: Director: Vera Holtz, Costume designer:  Kabila Aruanda Scene designer:  Analu Prestes Lighting Designer: Paulo Cesar Pinheiro ; Identification of exhibit: photo, DVD , others
  
  
  
• Valéria  Martins

Specialization: director, producer, costume designer, Graduate in social services
Education: Graduate in social services
Collaboration with theatres: Artistic director of the "Intrepida Trupe" theatre ensemble
Additional information: Director and concept of the Projeto Coleções (Collections Project), which has been presented at the Gustavo Capanema Palace, Rio de Janeiro, Murillo la Grecca Museum, Recife, Pernambuco, Crystal Palace, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro and SESC Pompéia, São Paulo. Artistic director, producer and costume designer of Intrépida Trupe since 1991.

Exhibiting works

• Valéria Martins, Caio Guimarães, Carol Cony, Flávia Costa, Guilherme Lazari, Leonardo Senna, Paulo Mazzoni and Renato Rocha : Projeto Coleções - Exercícios e simulacros de vôos poético-acrobático-urbanos (Project Collections – Exercises and simulations of poetic-acrobatic-urban flights), Intrépida Trupe (Intrepid Troupe), 2009, Director: Director: Valéria Martins , Costume designer: Ana Avelar Artists of the scenic elements:  Marta Jourdan, Guga Ferraz, Raul Mourão and Pedro Bernardes ; Identification of exhibit: DVD , others ;
  Comments: The Project Collections is an encounter between the language of movement and the fine arts. The discovery of a collective concept of subjectivity originating from the body.
• Bia Lessa

* 10.06.1958, São Paulo
Specialization: director, theatre director, set designer, lighting designer
Participation in other important exhibitions: Curation, design, scenography and direction for: Museu da Lingua Portuguesa exhibition of inauguration, Sao Paolo; 500 Years of Brazil celebration, Module of Baroque Art, Biennial Foundation building, Sao Paolo (2000); Brazil Pavilion at Expo2000, Hanover
Awards: Order of Rio Branco for services rendered to the nation. Brazilian Prizes: Moliere, Mambembe, Inacem and APCA


Exhibiting works

• Maria Borba: Exercício nº2: Formas Breves (Exercice No. 2: Brief Forms), 2009, Director: Bia Lessa , Scene designer:  Camila Toledo and Bia Lessa Lighting Designer: Pedro Farkas ; Identification of exhibit: photo, others
• Clowns  de Shakespeare

Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
Additional information: The Shakespeare's Clowns Theatre Group was created sixteen years ago in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. The company develops popular theatre and comedy, always in a collaborative process. Even without working directly with clown theatre, the company uses its techniques and visual aspects. The group has performed in over 70 cities, in 17 Brazilian states and five of the country's regions, and has participated in all the important festivals in the country. It won the 2009 and 2010 Brazilian Shell awards in best costumes and music, the APCA Award (Paulista Association of Art Critics) in 2007, as well as the Coca-Cola/FEMSA Prize, both for of “Fables” (director: Fernando Yamamoto, actor: Rogério Ferraz).

Exhibiting works

• : Sua Incelença, Ricardo III (Singing Mourners of Richard III), Grupo de Teatro Clowns de Shakespeare (Shakespeare's Clowns Theatre Group ), 2010, Director: Director: Gabriel Villela, Theatre designer: Ronaldo Costa Costume designer: Gabriel Villela Lighting designer: Ronaldo Costa ; Identification of exhibit: photo, DVD , others
• Antônio  Araújo (Antonio Araujo)

Specialization: director, theatre director, teacher
Education: PhD in art and MA in drama, both from the University of São Paulo (USP)
Collaboration with theatres: Teatro da Vertigem and the Municipal Theatre of São Paulo
Teaching activities: Professor of the graduate and post-graduate theatre prgoram, Department of Scenic Arts, School of Communication and Art, University Of São Paulo (ECA-USP)
Participation in other important exhibitions: Bienale of Architecture Venice; Panorama of Brazilian Art (MAM Museum of Modern Art, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro); “Primeira Pessoa”, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo
Additional information: Artistic director of the Teatro da Vertigem. Director of the trilogy “O Paraíso Perdido”; “O Livro de Jó’; “Apocalipse 1,11”; as well as BR-3. Teacher of site-specific and urban intervention within the MA program of International Performance Research (MAIPR), University de Amsterdam, Holland (2010); University of Giessen, Germany; Association de Recherche des Traditions de l’Acteur (ARTA), France (2009).

Exhibiting works

• Bernardo Carvalho and Teatro da Vertigem: BR3 (BR3), Teatro da Vertigem (Theatre Vertigo), 2007, Director: Director:  Antonio Araújo
  , Costume designer:  Marina Reis Theatre designer::  Márcio Medina Lighting designer: Guilherme Bonfanti ; Identification of exhibit: photo, DVD , others ;
  Comments: The "BR3"project covers the geography of three "Brazils": Brasilândia – the periphery of Sao Paulo; Brasilia – the country's capital and Brasiléia, a town in the State of Acre in northern of Brazil. The group's two years of theoretical and practical investigation resulted in a dramatic proposal staged in an unconventional space – on the River Tiete in São Paulo and in the Bay of Guanabara, Rio de Janeiro.
  
  
  
• Fernando Sato

* 06.02.1968, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Specialization: media artist, Graphic designer, illustrator and graphic animator
Education: Publicity and advertising, ESPM (University of Advertising and Marketing)
Collaboration with theatres: Cia São Jorge de Variedades, Núcleo Bartolomeu de Depoimentos, Cia. Linhas Aéreas, Disritmia Cênica, Pia Fraus, Grupo XIX de Teatro, Grupo LaMínima, Os Crespos, Cia Livre, Macaúba Produções, Mamba Produções
Participation in other important exhibitions: “Frente 3 de Fevereiro”: Videobrasil, São Paulo (2006); Bienal de Arte de Havana, Havana, Cuba (2005); La Normalidad – Ex-Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2006); Brasil em Cena, Berlin, Germany (2006); Trópicos, Berlin, Germany (2008)
Continuing collaboration with directors: Georgette Fadel, Claudia Schapira, Beto Andreetta, Cibele Forjaz, Gero Camilo, Renata Melo and Alexandre Stockler
Additional information: Sato works in theatre, cinema, and fine arts as an art director, illustrator, scenographer and graphic designer. Creator of video-sceneries and animations alongside Daniel Greco. Also creates graphic projects for art books and catalogues. Together with Julio Dojcsar and Silvana Marcondes, won the 2009 Shell Award for “O Santo Guerreiro e o Heroi Desajustado” (The Warrior Saint and the Maladjusted Hero).

Exhibiting works

• Marcelo Reis, Rogério Tarifa and Alexandre Krug: O Santo Guerreiro e o Heroi Desajustado (The Warrior Saint and the Maladjusted Hero), Cia São Jorge de Variedades (St. George Variety Co.), 2007, Director: :  Rogério Tarifa, Composer:  Georgette Fadel, Nina Blauth and Jonathan Silva Art Direction: Julio Dojcsar, Sato and Silvana Marcondes / Casadalapa collective ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, costume, photo, object, DVD , others ;
  Comments: Street theatre that promotes a fusion of the classic of world literature "Don Quixote" with popular Brazilian tradition. The play adopts the style of the carneval to tell the story of the encounter between Don Quixote and St. George, with the aim of questioning the concept of "hero" in today's megalopolis.
• Alexandre Krug, Georgette Fadel, Marcelo Reis, Marina Senne, Patrícia Gilfford, Paula Klein, and Rogério Tarifa: Projeto Barafonda (Barafonda Project ), Cia São Jorge de Variedades (St. George Variety Co.), 2010, Director: Alexandre Krug, Georgette Fadel, Marcelo Reis, Marina Senne, Patrícia Gilfford, Paula Klein, and Rogério Tarifa, Art Direction: Julio Dojcsar, Sato and Silvana Marcondes / Casadalapa collective ; Identification of exhibit: DVD , others ;
  Comments: “Barafonda”, a project by the “Cia São Jorge de Variedades” theatre group, is composed of several parts. The first, presented in 2010, featured seven different plays/performances directed by seven different members of the group. The group has a local headquarters in the historic district of Barra Funda in São Paulo, where they maintain a strong relationship with the local community.
• Fernando Mello da Costa

* 1950, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Specialization: director, theatre director, set designer, scenographer, visual artist, Prop Maker
Education: Self-educated
Collaboration with theatres: Scenographer for Teatro Poeira, Rio de Janeiro, since 2005
Teaching activities: Permanent scenography and theatre workshops for Nós do Morro theatre group in the Vidigal district of Rio de Janeiro. Workshop 'Entering the Door by the Scenery' (Poeira Theater, 2014)
Participation in other important exhibitions: Latin American Scenography Exhibition at Memorial Da América Latina, São Paulo (1998)
Continuing collaboration with directors: Carreer with many long term partnerships: Bia Lessa, Jefferson Miranda, Grupo Nós do Morro (as founder, scenographer and company director), Moacir Chaves, Jocy De Oliveira, Aderbal Freire Filho, Paulo José, Daniel Herz...
Awards: Award for Best Scenography, together with Rostand Albuquerque, at the 6th Brazilian Film Festival of Miami for the film 'Copacabana', directed by Carla Camurati, Miami (2002)
Additional information: Experienced in experimentation and research. Has worked with major artists and directors in contemporary Brazilian theatre. Founded the group Nós do Morro in the district of Vidigal Favela in Rio de Janeiro.

Exhibiting works

• Newton Moreno: As Centenárias (The Centenarians), Teatro Poeira - Rio de Janeiro (Poeira Theatre - Rio de Janeiro), 2007, Director: Aderbal Freire-Filho, Costume designer:  Samuel Abrantes Theatre designer:  Fernando Mello da Costa and Rostand Albuquerque Lighting designer: Maneco Quinderé ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, puppet, photo, others ;
  Comments: "As Centenárias" is a play written by Newton Moreno especially for Marieta Severo and Andréa Beltrão, well-known Brazillian actresses who together established the Teatro Poeira. The action of the play takes place in Brazil's northeastern interior, where old Iberian traditions still remain. The actresses play characters known as "carpideiras" - mourners, women who have to cry for the deceased. On stage, trapped in a vertical grid, are about 240 puppets made especially for the play. The puppeteers were taught by Miguel Vellinho. The play was awarded the Shell Prize for its scenography and dramaturgy in 2008.