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Grupo de Rua

Contemporary Brazilian hip-hop dance

Friday, January 8
10:00 am
The Moore Theater, Hopkins Center

Recommended For Grades 6 – 12

Brazilian choreographer Bruno Beltrão—“one of the most creative of the new generation” (O Globo)—separates hip-hop from beat-laden soundtracks, producing strikingly powerful dance. Accompanied by intermittent jazz, pop, electronica or even complete silence, Beltrão's all-male company, Grupo de Rua, dispenses with break-dancing's traditional posturing, creating movement that expresses emotion and struggle. Dance has the ability to communicate using a universal language that shares the emotions and stories of a place or culture through movement. An in-class exploration of students' current perceptions of hip-hop in the American media will lay the groundwork for post-show comparisons of the dance form.

Curricular Connections

to State Standards

Communication: reflection and critique, expression, evaluation, making connections.
Reasoning and Problem Solving: abstract and creative thinking.
Personal Development: teamwork, interactions, conflict resolution, roles and responsibilities.
Civic/Social Responsibility: cultural expression, continuity and change, understanding place.
Arts, Language and Literature: universal themes, critical response, artistic process, elements, forms and techniques in the arts, theater/dance, aesthetic judgment, response to media, audience response.
History and Social Sciences: historical connections, diversity and unity, identity and interdependence.