aluCinArte 2022 CLOSING NIGHT: Victoria Mata & Batucada Carioca
918 Bathurst Centre for Culture, Arts, Media and Education
918 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON M5R 3G5, Canada
Ontario
43.6685688
-79.4129287
Description
This is an ALL AGES EVENT
DOORS OPEN: 5:30 PM
Dance Performance: Victoria Mata
6:00 PM ET
Victoria Mata is a Venezuelan-Canadian settler in T’Karonto. Poly-lingual choreographer, dance artist and activist with a background in expressive arts therapy. Mata’s career was first sculpted by pedagogic, self-directed training, which proceeded with training under internationally renowned choreographers. Mata’s sensibility to inclusion and border stories is due to her eclectic upbringing in three continents before the age of fifteen. Intersectional, multi-framed community-arts and the abolishment of violence against women are some of Mata’s passion. She has intricately weaved these themes in her MFA in Contemporary Choreography and is foundational for some of her recognitions such as being a recipient of the Metcalf Foundation, a finalist of the Toronto Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award and 7 Dora nominations. Mata deeply believes in the arts as a core and tangible mode of sustaining and transforming the paradigms of oppressive tropes to populate a sphere of discourse, play, exploration and possibility. www.victoriamata.com
Accompanied by Nano Valverde
Nano Valverde is a Chilean-born musician/composer. He studied classical guitar and completed his musical studies at the Royal Conservatory of Music and later at York University in music composition. Nano has composed music for various projects. He is presently collaborating with various musicians, artists, and choreographers exploring sound textures using distinct timbres and rhythmic elements using both electronic and acoustic sound elements.
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Live Music Performance: Batucada Carioca Toronto Samba Bateria
7:00 PM ET
In Brazil, it's always time for Carnaval, an enchanting cultural event that has something for everyone.
In Toronto, Canada, Maninho Costa – a Brazilian from Rio, or Carioca – created the group Batucada Carioca in 2004 to perform at the city's annual Brazilian Ball fundraiser. The group continued performing at this prestigious event every year, soon began to perform more shows around the city, and has been constantly evolving to this day. Batucada Carioca has performed at many different events both in Toronto and outside of it: in clubs, at weddings, at corporate and private events, and numerous festivals and community happenings.
With a repertoire based faithfully on the samba school rhythms of Rio, Maninho and his drummers from varied backgrounds are a living example of how to approach samba seriously and have a great time playing it. All of the group's members are filled with passion and respect for the culture of samba schools throughout Brazil.
Using a mix of instruments, Batucada Carioca also features additional rhythms and musicians that often involve the cavaquinho (a Brazilian ukulele), acoustic guitar, horns, and vocals. These different rhythms are interpreted as fusions played with samba instruments.
But of course, samba is our flagship – our guiding light. It is what moves us.
Also includes a set with Selectress Juana Go-Gó
Born in Quito, Ecuador and raised in Cali, Colombia, Juana has been based in Toronto since 2010. As Juana Go-Gó, she is a global-roots vinyl-selectress and an active member of the Latin American cultural scene; one of her biggest passions is building community around music and multiculturalism. In 2021 Juana joined the Lulaworld Music Records team, where she is currently Label Coordinator and Artist Liaison.
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Start:
2022-06-19T18:00:00-04:00
End:
2022-06-19T21:00:00-04:00
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