Balé Folclórico do Amazonas presents 'Dança do Sol' with homage to the ballet dancer Flávio Soares

The show will be this Wednesday (19/2), at 8pm, at Teatro Amazonas, with free admission and free rating

O Balé Folclórico do Amazonas (BFA), the artistic body of the State Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy, begins the 2020 performances with "Dance of the Sunon Wednesday (02/19), at 8pm, in the Amazonas Theaterwith free admission and free rating.

The show, which is based on research by Amazonian writer and teacher Mário Ypiranga Monteiro, about the Arara Indians, will have a moment of homage to the dancer and choreographer Flávio Soareswho passed away earlier this year.

In the adaptation of "A Dança do Sol", the ballet talks about the worship of the sun god through the eyes of the indigenous people. The show premiered in 2017 and had the choreography signed by the honoree and by Conceição Souza, director of BFA.

"Nothing could be more fitting than this tribute to Flávio, who was part of the Balé Folclórico and contributed to this choreography. At the end, we will show a projection on a big screen with several moments of him creating, teaching, and performing. We have also invited the class from the school where he taught and we hope to have a beautiful moment at the end of the presentation," says Conceição.

2020 Agenda

Also according to the director of BFA, the group has news for this year and a full agenda of presentations in different institutions.

"We have a new show, 'Legends', scheduled to premiere in August, and, besides the presentations in cultural spaces with partnerships with other Artistic Bodies, we also have invitations from schools, hospitals, hotels, where we create small choreographies for the public. Last year we gave 69 performances, and this year we want to break the record," says Conceição.

Honored

Flávio Soares started his dance career at the age of 18, with the teacher Rosiman Monteverde, and then joined the Grupo Espaço de Dança do Amazonas (Gedam), directed by Conceição Souza, where he consolidated his career as a dancer.

In 1998, he auditioned for the Corpo de Dança do Amazonas (CDA), when the company was directed by Joffre Santos, where he remained until 2010.

In 2013, he joined the Balé Folclórico do Amazonas as a maître, where he remained until January of this year. In 2017, he premiered the show "A Dança do Sol", which he co-wrote with Conceição Souza, the company's director.

In one of his last works, at the end of 2019, Flávio accompanied the Balé Folclórico in the first edition of the "Cultural Expedition", when the company spent 15 days traveling through the interior of the state, taking shows and dance workshops to the municipalities of Borba, Nova Olinda do Norte, and Autazes.

Balé Folclórico do Amazonas

To awaken the population's interest in the historical and social reality of the Northern region through dance is the proposal of the Balé Folclórico do Amazonas, which was founded in 2001. The group is characterized by a repertoire filled with presentations of typical dances from the popular culture and folklore of the Amazon.

Currently, the group is under the direction of Conceição Souza and is composed of 26 dancers. Among the outstanding performances in the trajectory of the Balé Folclórico do Amazonas are "Beiradão", "Herança Africana", and "Cenas Amazônicas".

With information from the press office