{"id":6,"date":"2020-03-09T21:30:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T00:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/picumah.com\/violento\/en\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-04-08T20:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:28:18","slug":"6-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/picumah.com\/violento\/en\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE PERFORMANCE<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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he performance is shaped by the trajectory of a young black man in society \u2013 directly affected by police brutality, mass incarceration, the ongoing genocide of black people and the hypersexualization of the black body \u2013 and also by urban elements and contemporary rites of passage.<\/p>\n

violent.<\/span> installs an experience in a dramatic territory. An immersion in the reflection on what blackness is in dialogue with what contemporary can be. Brazilian colonial historical process translated the experience of blackness into an expression of violence. The performance appropriates this violence as an aesthetic and creative tool, to erase, pierce, and (re)configure it as a sign. A practice that seeks to aesthetically elaborate forms of black subjectivities. Scenically, it is through a rhythmic series of acts, which work under a surface of signs, that the work seeks to bring back black ancestry in a certain contemporary repertoire of images of violence. The performance puts together two inseparable vectors: the sophisticated work on the senses and the sudden, unrepeatable aspect of event and conviviality. In other words, it is an experience that seeks to produce new possibilities for thinking about black aesthetics in the scenic\/artistic\/cultural context.<\/p>\n

With a theatrical work developed in the backstage, as a lighting technician \u2013 technical or manual work is usually delegated to black artists \u2013 Pedro (Preto Amparo) started researching for the performance in a short scene presented at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) during an artistic occupation. At the time, despite the contestation aspect of this occupation movement, the presence of a black body sparked racist attitudes, generally unidentified or assumed by the formation of our society.<\/p>\n

As a result of this triggering event, the idea of building a scenic work that dialogued with ancestry and with the life of young urban black men was taking shape. The actor and director Alexandre de Sena took over the direction of the show, which intends to disclose, in a poetic way, the structural racism that exists in our Brazilian daily life. The first result of this process was presented at the Short Scenes Festival at Galp\u00e3o Cine Horto, in Belo Horizonte (2016).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe entire creative process of the performance was permeated by a place of enunciation and struggle, without neglecting the possibility of deepening performance and scenic designs. Our theatrical formation is certainly a resource for the creation of resistance poetics\u201d, says Preto.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

HISTORY<\/h3>\n
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violent.<\/span> had its debut season in October 2017 at Galp\u00e3o Cine Horto in Belo Horizonte. Since then the performance has accumulated presentations at theatre festivals in Minas Gerais, Bahia, S\u00e3o Paulo, Piau\u00ed and Rio de Janeiro, and it has been invited to dance festivals across the country. In 2019, it was awarded by the Leda Maria Martins Award for Black Performing Arts in Belo Horizonte, as the best long-length play. It was also one of the performances selected for MITsp 2020 (S\u00e3o Paulo International Theatre Festival), an international event that takes place in S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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SYNOPSIS<\/h3>\n
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violent.<\/span>
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\n1. happening with extreme force or enormous intensity. 2. using brute force; brutal, fierce. 3. with great strength, great power of attack or destruction. 4. lack of moderation, overly emphatic; vehement. 5. showing intense agitation; agitated, revolted, tumultuous. 6. who easily loses control over him\/herself; irascible, angry. 7. going against law and justice. 8. it is said of death caused by force or by accident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

CREW <\/h3>\n
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Actor\/Performer Preto Amparo
\n<\/strong>Director Alexandre de Sena
\n<\/strong>Dramaturgy Alexandre de Sena and Preto Amparo
\n<\/strong>Dramaturgical Advisory Aline Vila Real
\n<\/strong>Body Preparation Wallison Culu\/Fusion Urban Dances Company (Cia Fusion de Dan\u00e7as Urbanas)
\n<\/strong>Sound Design Alexandre de Sena and Preto Amparo
\n<\/strong>Sound Design Advisory Barulhista
\n<\/strong>Illustration Cata Preta
\n<\/strong>Photography and Video Recording Pablo Bernardo
\n<\/strong>Press Office Alessandra Brito
\n<\/strong>Production Grazi Medrado
\n<\/strong>Running time 50 minutes
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WHERE WE PASS<\/h3>\n
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