LIVE BRAZIL 2010

The first Brazilian Arts and Culture Festival in Aotearoa comes to its third edition!

The country of great diversity will next October be right close to you.

The main goal of Live Brazil Festival is the cultural exchange between artists and audiences of New Zealand and Brazil and it is our desire to make the collaborative aspect of the festival its main feature.

Our aim is to strengthen the exchange of knowledge between artists, Brazilian and New Zealanders, and to connect the Brazilian community living in New Zealand with their own culture

Come celebrate and experience Brazilian culture from music to food - photography to dance.

An unique opportunity to hear the master of samba-rock Marku Ribas and band, direct from Brazil; watch one of Brazil's leading dancers, Ana Paula Cançado collaborate with New Zealand's own Lucien Johnson; party in true Brazilian style, dance to the sound of Brazilian-infused local bands, or learn how to make the caipirinha cocktail. Four days of art, culture and fun in Wellington.

Live Brazil will also hold a national tour in New Zealand, presenting the concerts and dance pieces of its program in several festival and events in New Zealand, such as Nelson and Queenstown festivals and Auckland.

MARKU RIBAS AND GREAT BAND

MARKU RIBAS

“A master… one of the true architects of Brazilian music”:

that’s how the new generation of Brazilian musicians talk about the great musician and songwriter Marku Ribas.

His multiple, rich and layered music is the result of mixing Brazilian rhythms like afro-Brazilian beats with elements from the Caribean, jazz, and other styles.

Marku has authored many solo albums and has participated in countless works by other artists.

Marku Ribas is also an actor, having appeared in six feature films (2 in France , with Robert Bresson and Jean-Marc Tribeau and 4 in Brazil). In Brazil he works often with very accomplished film makers, such as Laís Bodansky. He has been featured in two documentaries and many concerts around the world.

Recently Marku has been developing partnerships with the greatest names of the new generation in Braziilian music, such as Ed Motta, Barbatuques, BiD, Max de Castro, Marcelo D2 amongst others.

One of his best-known songs - “Zamba Ben” - has become a cult song throughout Brazil as a sort of “samba-rock anthem”. Zamba Ben has been sampled by djs and covered by many bands.

Marku recorded with legendary musicians such as João Donato, Wilson das Neves, Romero Lubambo, Arthur Maia , Sebastião Tapajós, Luizão Maia and Sivuca, just to mention some of them.

With Mick Jagger he participated in the video clip of the song “Just another night” (Rio de Janeiro, 1984). He collaborated with the Rolling Stones, on the album “Dirty Work” (Paris, 1985, in the track “Back to Zero”.

He opened for James Brown in Barbados (1974), opened to Ron Carter in Martinica (1971) and was the only Brazilian musician to perform in the celebrations for the independence of Namibia (Africa), in 1990.

The Brazilian star Ed Motta, is a die-hard fan of Marku Ribas and has released the compilation “Zamba Ben” entirely made of Marku’s compositions.

In 2008 Marku released his live recorded DVD “Ao vivo no itaú Cultural”, em São Paulo and toured extensively since then.

Marku’s album "Croas e Loas", of brand new songs, is currently being mastered. The album has some special guests and will be available by the time Marku plays in New Zealand with his band.

www.myspace.com/markuribas

Ana Paula Cançado " Lecuona"

ANA PAULA CANCADO

Dancer Ana Paula Cançado was trained in both classic and contemporary dance, both in Brazil and in the USA, where she attended the Jofrey Ballet School and the David Howard Foundation em New York.
In the first years of her career she worked with the choreographers Tindaro Silvano, Luiz Arrieta, Clyde Morgan, Marcelo Moarcy, Eusébio Lobo e David Parsons.
In 91 she started dancing in Grupo Corpo and has been there for nearly 20 years. As such she participated and still does of all the plays put up by the choreographer Rodrigo Pederneiras and of all national and international tours in places like the Usa, Canada, France, Germany, Belgium, Australia, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Lebanon, Israel, Chile, Angentina and Uruguay.
Since 2002 Paula started working with Rodrigo Pederneiras as an assistant coreographer and now she is the assistant coreographer for the group last Ballet: Ima.
She’s given workshops about Grupo Corpo choreographic language thouguout Brazil and in several universities in the United States, Canada and France
In new Zealand she will dance a composition written by Lucien johnson and will give Master classes.

LUCIEN JOHNSON

Lucien Johnson is a saxophonist and composer from Wellington, New Zealand. He has spent much of the last decade travelling and performing in far flung places such as Europe, India, Tanzania and Haiti. Based until recently in Paris he played with many leading figures on the world jazz stage: Marylin Crispell, Alan Silva, Mario Canonge, Greg Malcolm, John Betsch, Damo Suzuki,
Lol Coxhill and Itaru Oki, amongst others. He has also worked extensively as a composer for theatre, film, and dance productions.

Johnson‘s musical repertoire has the spontaneity and freedom of jazz at its heart, but the geographical and stylistic influences that have formed his experience fuse and collide: from afrobeat through film noir sountracks to intoxicated circus marches and voodoo rhythms.

Lucien is going for a musical residency in Minas Gerais, Brazil. There he is going to play for thousand of people as an attraction
of the Savassi Jazz Festival. Johnson will be working with local musicians on a selection of his favourite melodies, original compositions and pieces he has learnt on his travels, such as his arrangements of traditional Haitian folk songs.

Back in New Zealand, Lucien will show in live Brazil the impressions that his Brazilian experience brought to his music.

ZIRIGIDUM

is a 10 piece fusion band who mix juicy Brazilian rhythms such as samba-rock, samba-reggae, maracatu and ciranda and add ska drum'n'bass and a lot of Kiwi goodness to create a flavour all their own. They play most their own originals along with some well known Brazilian covers in Portuguese.

ZAMBA FLAN

Aotearoa meets Brazil with Bossa Nova and samba rhythms and the exotic sound of the Brazilian drum cuica. The Brazilian-spiced melodies and rhythms of Zamba Flam’s Latin American music have thrilled audiences in festivals all around New Zealand. Bossa Novas, Choros, and Sambas along with their own original compositions create sophisticated harmonies and innovative, elegant melodies that will lift you off your seats.

FUNKY JUNK

is a community percussion group with a strong focus on reuse and recycling. Their instruments are constructed from rubbish and discarded materials. They play many different rhythms from Bahia, the strongest drum's state in Brazil.

CLUBE DO CHORO

Love of music brought together a group of friends from Brazil, France and Aotearoa to explore the first genuine Brazilian rhythm, "Choro". Dating from late 19th century, “Choro” pre-dates Samba and Bossa Nova, and is a Brazilian fusion of European music and African influenced rhythms. Clube do Choro interprets this original music style and puts its spin into some of the great Brazilian classics.

WELLINGTON BATUCADA

is a community percussion group, with around 80 members, which brings the flamboyant world of Samba from Brazil to Wellington. Originally formed in 2001, the group has been invited to perform at many parades and festivals in NZ contributing to the cultural scene through the sound, colour and energy of the Brazilian rhythms.

CRAZY FAT BRAZILIAN

plays the most pop Brazilian tunes in a funk beat. Elaine Abras sings and plays guitar with a jazzy background. In Crazy fat Brazilian she is playing beside Darryn Sigley on drums, Carlos Navarrete on percussion and Paul Moncey on bass.

BOBBY BRAZUKA

known as the Ambassador for Brazilian Music in New Zealand Bobby Brazuka has been sharing his culture with Aotearoa through music, art and coffee for the last eight years. Mixing Brazilian Funk, Samba and Bossa with Soul, Jazz and Hip Hop Brazuka's styles have been assets to the New Zealand Scene. Hitting the airwaves both at George Fm (Sundays 6-8) and Base Fm (Fridays 10-12) Bobby keeps working hard in what he calls a process of education of Brazilian Music and Culture here in NZ.

DJ RAS QUILOMBO

Ras Quilombo was born in Brazil and spent his childhood going through his uncle's records...He hates eletronic music and is a big fan of Brazilian old school samba/funk/bossa...you should expect a lot of Jorge Ben, Bossa Rio, Marku Ribas, Orlandivo...etc.
Ras has had a Brazilian radio show at Muse Fm for 2 years...and has gigged in quite a few clubs around Wellington. He is a semi recluse and his records are his best friends.
He became a dj by accident, since the day someone asked "who was Tim Maia??".

Ras Quilombo is a man on a mission.

Elemaria

The colours of South America are a vital and significant, but not dominant quality of Elemaria's work, and reveal her Brazilian heritage. Additionally, she is inspired and influenced by memories of events and life in New Zealand, Brazil, Tahiti and Mexico. The context of the work embodies the personal, cultural, philosophical and spiritual.

FESTIVAL ORGANIZERS

• Alda Rezende is a singer and songwriter who has been a resident in New Zealand for six years. In Brazil she has released three albums and has performed alongside major names such as Elza Soares and Joao Bosco. She also worked extensively in radio and television. In New Zealand Alda participated in projects such as OE Brazil and People in Your Neighbourhood, sings with her own quintet, is a member of band Zirigidum, and organizes Live Brazil. Alda is also a radio host in Radio Active where she presents Global Pulse, a world music show .
  

• Clo Mudrik is a circus artist, a dancer and a Physical Education and Capoeira teacher. Resident in Wellington for seven years and now a New Zealand citizen, she is the coordinator of the dance company Zamba Bem, is member of the Wellington Circus Trust (responsible for the areas of aerials, acrobalance and kids) and organizes the wing of dancers of Wellington Batucada. In Brazil and overseas she has performed with Companies such as La Fura Dels Baus, taught Capoeira and samba to Cirque du Soleil, Acrobatico Fratell and Circo Minimo.