MÁRIO PRIMO
PORTUGAL
AJAGATO COORDINATOR
Site: http://www.gatosa.net/
HE STUDIED ARCHITECTURE FROM 1970 TO 1974. HE BEGAN A TEACHING CAREER IN 1975 AS A TEACHER OF VISUAL EDUCATION AND LATER OF DRAMA AND THEATER. IN 2010 HE FINISHED HIS MASTER'S DEGREE IN DRAMATURGY AND STAGING AT THE UNIVERSIDADE DE ÉVORA.
HE HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN THEATRE AT SCHOOL SINCE 1983. IN 1990/91 HE TOOK THE GULBENKIAN COURSE FOR DRAMA MONITORS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JOÃO MOTA. HE DID SPECIALIZED TRAINING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF: JOAQUIM BENITE; GEORGES LAFERRIÉRE; GISÈLE BARRET; MALCOM ROSS; MARY E. YIREMKYI; MIGUEL DEMUYNCK; STEPHEN JONHSTON; HOWARD SONENKLAR; RICARDO PUCETI; NOLA RAE; RENATO FERRACINI; ETC.
AS A TRAINER OF DRAMATIC EXPRESSION HE HAS DIRECTED 18 TRAINING COURSES MORE THAN 40 TIMES. HE HAS COORDINATED 11 COURSES OF THEATRICAL INITIATION. FOR 10 YEARS HE DIRECTED THE NATIONAL MEETINGS OF THEATER AT SCHOOL. IN 1988 HE FOUNDED THE THEATER GROUP GATO SA WITH WHICH HE HAS STAGED MORE THAN THIRTY PLAYS, AND "AUTO DA ÍNDIA" WON FIRST PRIZE AT THE VICENTINE FESTIVAL FOR YOUTH IN LISBON. HE FOUNDED AND DIRECTS AJAGATO WHERE HE IS PART OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF CENA'S MAGAZINE AND DIRECTS THE INTERNATIONAL THEATER FESTIVALS OF SANTO ANDRÉ. AS A PROGRAMMER HE HAS BROUGHT TO PORTUGAL PRESTIGIOUS COMPANIES SUCH AS FOOTSBARN THEATER, LUME TEATRO DO BRASIL, NOLA RAE FROM ENGLAND, BUCHINGER'S BOOT FROM FRANCE, TEATRO MERIDIONAL DE MADRID, TROTAM TEATRE DE BARCELONA, CARLOS MARTINEZ FROM GERMANY, KULUNKA TEATRO FROM MADRID, TEATRO PICARO FROM ITALY, CASA DEL SILENCIO FROM COLOMBIA, PAOLO NANI FROM DENMARK, WARSAW MIME CENTER FROM POLAND, AND LENKA VAGNEROVA & COMPANY FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC, etc.
PORTUGAL
AJAGATO COORDINATOR
Site: http://www.gatosa.net/
HE STUDIED ARCHITECTURE FROM 1970 TO 1974. HE BEGAN A TEACHING CAREER IN 1975 AS A TEACHER OF VISUAL EDUCATION AND LATER OF DRAMA AND THEATER. IN 2010 HE FINISHED HIS MASTER'S DEGREE IN DRAMATURGY AND STAGING AT THE UNIVERSIDADE DE ÉVORA.
HE HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN THEATRE AT SCHOOL SINCE 1983. IN 1990/91 HE TOOK THE GULBENKIAN COURSE FOR DRAMA MONITORS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JOÃO MOTA. HE DID SPECIALIZED TRAINING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF: JOAQUIM BENITE; GEORGES LAFERRIÉRE; GISÈLE BARRET; MALCOM ROSS; MARY E. YIREMKYI; MIGUEL DEMUYNCK; STEPHEN JONHSTON; HOWARD SONENKLAR; RICARDO PUCETI; NOLA RAE; RENATO FERRACINI; ETC.
AS A TRAINER OF DRAMATIC EXPRESSION HE HAS DIRECTED 18 TRAINING COURSES MORE THAN 40 TIMES. HE HAS COORDINATED 11 COURSES OF THEATRICAL INITIATION. FOR 10 YEARS HE DIRECTED THE NATIONAL MEETINGS OF THEATER AT SCHOOL. IN 1988 HE FOUNDED THE THEATER GROUP GATO SA WITH WHICH HE HAS STAGED MORE THAN THIRTY PLAYS, AND "AUTO DA ÍNDIA" WON FIRST PRIZE AT THE VICENTINE FESTIVAL FOR YOUTH IN LISBON. HE FOUNDED AND DIRECTS AJAGATO WHERE HE IS PART OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF CENA'S MAGAZINE AND DIRECTS THE INTERNATIONAL THEATER FESTIVALS OF SANTO ANDRÉ. AS A PROGRAMMER HE HAS BROUGHT TO PORTUGAL PRESTIGIOUS COMPANIES SUCH AS FOOTSBARN THEATER, LUME TEATRO DO BRASIL, NOLA RAE FROM ENGLAND, BUCHINGER'S BOOT FROM FRANCE, TEATRO MERIDIONAL DE MADRID, TROTAM TEATRE DE BARCELONA, CARLOS MARTINEZ FROM GERMANY, KULUNKA TEATRO FROM MADRID, TEATRO PICARO FROM ITALY, CASA DEL SILENCIO FROM COLOMBIA, PAOLO NANI FROM DENMARK, WARSAW MIME CENTER FROM POLAND, AND LENKA VAGNEROVA & COMPANY FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC, etc.
Douglas R. Novais
BRAZIL
HE IS AN ACTOR, RESEARCHER AND DRAMA TEACHER. DOCTOR (2016), MASTER (2012) AND BACHELOR (2008) IN PERFORMING ARTS FROM UNICAMP. ACTOR AND COORDINATOR OF THE GROUP OS GERALDOS. HE WAS COORDINATOR (2013) AND PROFESSOR (2010-2013) OF THE TECHNICAL COURSE IN THEATER AT THE CARLOS GOMES CONSERVATORY, CAMPINAS/SP, PROFESSOR OF THE POST-GRADUATE COURSE IN CULTURAL MANAGEMENT AT SENAC - SP AND OF THE POST-GRADUATE COURSE IN THEATER, DANCE AND CULTURAL PRODUCTION AT USC - UNIVERSIDADE DO SAGRADO CORAÇÃO. FROM 2013 TO 2019, HE WAS CURATORIAL ASSISTANT FOR THE ADEMAR GUERRA PROJECT, OF THE SÃO PAULO STATE GOVERNMENT AND IS CURRENTLY ALSO A CONSULTANT FOR THE OEI - ORGANIZATION OF IBEROAMERICAN STATES.
BRAZIL
HE IS AN ACTOR, RESEARCHER AND DRAMA TEACHER. DOCTOR (2016), MASTER (2012) AND BACHELOR (2008) IN PERFORMING ARTS FROM UNICAMP. ACTOR AND COORDINATOR OF THE GROUP OS GERALDOS. HE WAS COORDINATOR (2013) AND PROFESSOR (2010-2013) OF THE TECHNICAL COURSE IN THEATER AT THE CARLOS GOMES CONSERVATORY, CAMPINAS/SP, PROFESSOR OF THE POST-GRADUATE COURSE IN CULTURAL MANAGEMENT AT SENAC - SP AND OF THE POST-GRADUATE COURSE IN THEATER, DANCE AND CULTURAL PRODUCTION AT USC - UNIVERSIDADE DO SAGRADO CORAÇÃO. FROM 2013 TO 2019, HE WAS CURATORIAL ASSISTANT FOR THE ADEMAR GUERRA PROJECT, OF THE SÃO PAULO STATE GOVERNMENT AND IS CURRENTLY ALSO A CONSULTANT FOR THE OEI - ORGANIZATION OF IBEROAMERICAN STATES.
Marcelo Gomes
Brazil
ACTOR, THEATER AND AUDIOVISUAL DIRECTOR - SÃO PAULO - SP - BRAZIL
MARCELO IS A PRODUCTION DIRECTOR AND ACTOR. HE STUDIED THEATER EXTENSION IN DENMARK AT ODIN TEATRET WITH EUGÊNIO BARBA AND HIS COMPANY. HE HAS ACTED ON STAGE AND SCREEN WITH NICETTE BRUNO, LAURA CARDOSO, LIMA DUARTE. PRODUCED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL THEATER, CINEMA, AND EVENT PROJECTS WITH REGINA DUARTE, ANITTA, ALOK, ROMERO BRITTO. HE IS THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF LEANDRO DE ITAQUERA SAMBA SCHOOL. HE HAS PRODUCED IN GERMANY, THE UNITED STATES, LONDON, THAILAND, PORTUGAL, AND ITALY. HE PRODUCES AND PRESENTS ECOCINE (INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL FILM AND HUMAN RIGHTS).
Brazil
ACTOR, THEATER AND AUDIOVISUAL DIRECTOR - SÃO PAULO - SP - BRAZIL
MARCELO IS A PRODUCTION DIRECTOR AND ACTOR. HE STUDIED THEATER EXTENSION IN DENMARK AT ODIN TEATRET WITH EUGÊNIO BARBA AND HIS COMPANY. HE HAS ACTED ON STAGE AND SCREEN WITH NICETTE BRUNO, LAURA CARDOSO, LIMA DUARTE. PRODUCED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL THEATER, CINEMA, AND EVENT PROJECTS WITH REGINA DUARTE, ANITTA, ALOK, ROMERO BRITTO. HE IS THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF LEANDRO DE ITAQUERA SAMBA SCHOOL. HE HAS PRODUCED IN GERMANY, THE UNITED STATES, LONDON, THAILAND, PORTUGAL, AND ITALY. HE PRODUCES AND PRESENTS ECOCINE (INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL FILM AND HUMAN RIGHTS).
Laerte Késsimos
Brazil
ACTOR AND VISUAL ARTIST - SÃO PAULO - SP - BRAZIL
Originally FROM GOVERNADOR VALADARES/MG, HE IS AN ACTOR AND VISUAL ARTIST LIVING IN SÃO PAULO SINCE 2001. IN SÃO PAULO HE WAS PART OF THE CAST OF THE THEATER COMPANY OS SATYROS FROM 2004 TO 2009, WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL IMPORTANT WORKS, SUCH AS "A VIDA NA PRAÇA ROOSEVELT", "TRANSEX" AND "INOCÊNCIA". HE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE REVITALIZATION PROCESS OF ROOSEVELT SQUARE. MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST, HE ALSO WORKS AS A VISUAL ARTIST IN SEVERAL AREAS, SUCH AS PAINTING, SCULPTURE, DRAWING, TEXTILE ARTS, EMBROIDERY, PHOTOGRAPHY (STILL AND MOTION), CINEMA AND VIDEO, DIRECTING AND EDITING FILMS AND VIDEOS, GRAPHIC ARTS AND MOTION GRAPHICS. HE CURRENTLY PRESENTS HIS SOLO SHOW SER JOSÉ LEONILSON.
Brazil
ACTOR AND VISUAL ARTIST - SÃO PAULO - SP - BRAZIL
Originally FROM GOVERNADOR VALADARES/MG, HE IS AN ACTOR AND VISUAL ARTIST LIVING IN SÃO PAULO SINCE 2001. IN SÃO PAULO HE WAS PART OF THE CAST OF THE THEATER COMPANY OS SATYROS FROM 2004 TO 2009, WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL IMPORTANT WORKS, SUCH AS "A VIDA NA PRAÇA ROOSEVELT", "TRANSEX" AND "INOCÊNCIA". HE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE REVITALIZATION PROCESS OF ROOSEVELT SQUARE. MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST, HE ALSO WORKS AS A VISUAL ARTIST IN SEVERAL AREAS, SUCH AS PAINTING, SCULPTURE, DRAWING, TEXTILE ARTS, EMBROIDERY, PHOTOGRAPHY (STILL AND MOTION), CINEMA AND VIDEO, DIRECTING AND EDITING FILMS AND VIDEOS, GRAPHIC ARTS AND MOTION GRAPHICS. HE CURRENTLY PRESENTS HIS SOLO SHOW SER JOSÉ LEONILSON.
Fernando Galrito
PORTUGAL
ANIMATION CINEMA
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE LISBON ANIMATION FESTIVAL - MONSTRA.
HE HAS A GRADUATION IN CINEMA, ANIMATION AND THEATER. HE HAS A DEGREE IN ANTHROPOLOGY, A MA IN CULTURE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, A DEA IN ANIMATION AND A SPECIALIST TITLE IN FILM AND MEDIA DIRECTING AND PRODUCTION. HE COMPLETED A PHD IN COMMUNICATION, CULTURE AND ARTS | ANIMATION FROM THE SCREEN TO THE GALLERY. ANIMATION, FILM AND VIDEO, CREATIVE CURATORIAL LABORATORY AT ESAD.CR, SCHOOL OF ARTS AND DESIGN OF CALDAS DA RAINHA, IN THE COURSES OF SOUND AND IMAGE, VISUAL ARTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING AND PRODUCTION, WHERE HE HAS DEVELOPED PEDAGOGICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY BETWEEN THE MOVING IMAGE, VISUAL ARTS AND PERFORMING ARTS.
HE IS A GUEST PROFESSOR AT SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES IN EUROPE, AFRICA, AMERICA AND ASIA. HE IS THE FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE LISBON ANIMATION FESTIVAL MONSTRA AND OF MONSTRINHA SINCE 2000.
AS A RESEARCHER HE EXPLORES AND DEVELOPS FORMAL AND NON-FORMAL PEDAGOGICAL METHODOLOGIES OF THE MOVING IMAGE FOR CHILDREN, TEENAGERS, UNIVERSITY AUDIENCES AND FOR TRAINERS.
HE IS THE AUTHOR OF TRANSDISCIPLINARY AND TRANSVERSAL WORKS IN DIFFERENT ARTS PRESENTED IN PORTUGAL AND IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES IN EUROPE, AFRICA, AMERICA AND ASIA.
HE CONDUCTS PROGRAMS, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND COMMUNICATIONS IN SEVERAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND ALSO IN ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, MOZAMBIQUE, TIMOR, CHINA, JAPAN, CUBA AND IS ALSO THE AUTHOR OF ARTICLES FOR CATALOGS AND NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS. BETWEEN 1987 AND 2005 HE COORDINATED CITEN | CENTER FOR EXPERIMENTATION IN IMAGE AND MOVEMENT OF THE CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION. DURING THE SAME PERIOD HE WAS A COLLABORATOR AND TRAINER AT THE CHILDREN'S ARTISTIC CENTER OF THE SAME FOUNDATION.
HE HAS BEEN MAKING ANIMATED FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES AND SHORTS SINCE HIS YOUTH, SOME OF WHICH HAVE WON NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS.
HE IS A JURY MEMBER IN SEVERAL NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS, FOUNDER, COLLABORATOR AND ACTIVE MEMBER OF SEVERAL NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS.
PORTUGAL
ANIMATION CINEMA
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE LISBON ANIMATION FESTIVAL - MONSTRA.
HE HAS A GRADUATION IN CINEMA, ANIMATION AND THEATER. HE HAS A DEGREE IN ANTHROPOLOGY, A MA IN CULTURE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, A DEA IN ANIMATION AND A SPECIALIST TITLE IN FILM AND MEDIA DIRECTING AND PRODUCTION. HE COMPLETED A PHD IN COMMUNICATION, CULTURE AND ARTS | ANIMATION FROM THE SCREEN TO THE GALLERY. ANIMATION, FILM AND VIDEO, CREATIVE CURATORIAL LABORATORY AT ESAD.CR, SCHOOL OF ARTS AND DESIGN OF CALDAS DA RAINHA, IN THE COURSES OF SOUND AND IMAGE, VISUAL ARTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING AND PRODUCTION, WHERE HE HAS DEVELOPED PEDAGOGICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY BETWEEN THE MOVING IMAGE, VISUAL ARTS AND PERFORMING ARTS.
HE IS A GUEST PROFESSOR AT SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES IN EUROPE, AFRICA, AMERICA AND ASIA. HE IS THE FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE LISBON ANIMATION FESTIVAL MONSTRA AND OF MONSTRINHA SINCE 2000.
AS A RESEARCHER HE EXPLORES AND DEVELOPS FORMAL AND NON-FORMAL PEDAGOGICAL METHODOLOGIES OF THE MOVING IMAGE FOR CHILDREN, TEENAGERS, UNIVERSITY AUDIENCES AND FOR TRAINERS.
HE IS THE AUTHOR OF TRANSDISCIPLINARY AND TRANSVERSAL WORKS IN DIFFERENT ARTS PRESENTED IN PORTUGAL AND IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES IN EUROPE, AFRICA, AMERICA AND ASIA.
HE CONDUCTS PROGRAMS, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND COMMUNICATIONS IN SEVERAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND ALSO IN ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, MOZAMBIQUE, TIMOR, CHINA, JAPAN, CUBA AND IS ALSO THE AUTHOR OF ARTICLES FOR CATALOGS AND NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS. BETWEEN 1987 AND 2005 HE COORDINATED CITEN | CENTER FOR EXPERIMENTATION IN IMAGE AND MOVEMENT OF THE CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION. DURING THE SAME PERIOD HE WAS A COLLABORATOR AND TRAINER AT THE CHILDREN'S ARTISTIC CENTER OF THE SAME FOUNDATION.
HE HAS BEEN MAKING ANIMATED FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES AND SHORTS SINCE HIS YOUTH, SOME OF WHICH HAVE WON NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS.
HE IS A JURY MEMBER IN SEVERAL NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS, FOUNDER, COLLABORATOR AND ACTIVE MEMBER OF SEVERAL NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS.
Luiz Alberto Cassol
BRASIL
REMOTE CINEMA
FILM CLUB MEMBER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER AND SCREENWRITER - SANTA MARIA - RS.
LUIZ ALBERTO CASSOL IS A FILMMAKER AND FILM CLUB MEMBER. HE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER OF FILMES DE JUNHO PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR OF ACCORDE FILMES. HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF FILM CLUBS - CNC; HE WAS DIRECTOR OF THE STATE INSTITUTE OF CINEMA OF RS (IECINE) AND OF THE CINEMATECA PAULO AMORIM. HE COORDINATES AND IS CURATOR OF THE SANTA MARIA VIDEO AND CINEMA FESTIVAL (SMVC). HE DIRECTED, PRODUCED AND REMOTELY LAUNCHED THE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM "DEBORAH - THE ACT OF THE HOUSE". HE ALSO CREATED, DIRECTED AND WROTE THE SCRIPT WITH ACTRESS DEBORAH FINOCCHIARO FOR THE THREE SEASONS OF THE WEBSERIES "CONFESSIONÁRIO - RELATOS DE CASA". AMONG THE FEATURE FILMS HE HAS DIRECTED ARE "JANEIRO 27", "EDMUNDO", "TODOS", "GRANDES MÉDICOS", AND "GOLPE"; AND THE SHORT FILMS "ANÔNIMOS", "FALTAM 05 MINUTOS", "FOME DE QUÊ? CURRENTLY WORKS REMOTELY IN SEVERAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE SHORT FILM "CASA DE RIO", WHICH IS PART OF THE FEATURE FILM "FRONTERIZOS", AND THE SERIES "MISTURADOS" AND "PLURAL".
BRASIL
REMOTE CINEMA
FILM CLUB MEMBER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER AND SCREENWRITER - SANTA MARIA - RS.
LUIZ ALBERTO CASSOL IS A FILMMAKER AND FILM CLUB MEMBER. HE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER OF FILMES DE JUNHO PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR OF ACCORDE FILMES. HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF FILM CLUBS - CNC; HE WAS DIRECTOR OF THE STATE INSTITUTE OF CINEMA OF RS (IECINE) AND OF THE CINEMATECA PAULO AMORIM. HE COORDINATES AND IS CURATOR OF THE SANTA MARIA VIDEO AND CINEMA FESTIVAL (SMVC). HE DIRECTED, PRODUCED AND REMOTELY LAUNCHED THE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM "DEBORAH - THE ACT OF THE HOUSE". HE ALSO CREATED, DIRECTED AND WROTE THE SCRIPT WITH ACTRESS DEBORAH FINOCCHIARO FOR THE THREE SEASONS OF THE WEBSERIES "CONFESSIONÁRIO - RELATOS DE CASA". AMONG THE FEATURE FILMS HE HAS DIRECTED ARE "JANEIRO 27", "EDMUNDO", "TODOS", "GRANDES MÉDICOS", AND "GOLPE"; AND THE SHORT FILMS "ANÔNIMOS", "FALTAM 05 MINUTOS", "FOME DE QUÊ? CURRENTLY WORKS REMOTELY IN SEVERAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE SHORT FILM "CASA DE RIO", WHICH IS PART OF THE FEATURE FILM "FRONTERIZOS", AND THE SERIES "MISTURADOS" AND "PLURAL".
Douglas Ferreira
Brazil
ANIMATOR, ILLUSTRATOR AND TEACHER - SÃO PAULO - SP - BRAZIL
MY NAME IS DOUGLAS ALVES FERREIRA, I AM AN ANIMATOR, ILLUSTRATOR AND TEACHER. I HAVE BEEN TEACHING ANIMATION, WATERCOLOR PAINTING AND DRAWING FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN AN ANIMATOR FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS. I HAVE WORKED IN MOVIES SUCH AS ASTERIX AND THE VIKINGS, THE PROUD FAMILY MOVIE (DISNEY CHANNEL), A STORY OF LOVE AND FURY, THE LITTLE HIPPO AND CHICO AND RITA, A SPANISH PRODUCTION NOMINATED FOR THE OSCAR IN 2012, AMONG OTHERS. ON TELEVISION I HAVE WORKED WITH TV COMMERCIALS FOR SADIA (WITH THE CHARACTER LEKTREK, THE LITTLE CHICKEN) AND ALSO FOR KELLOG'S. ITAÚ AND MANY OTHERS. I HAVE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN WORKS FOR DISNEY, IN THE GOOFY TV SERIES, NEW BONKERS, AND ALADDIN, WHICH WERE SHOWN IN BRAZIL ON SBT. I AM ALSO THE WRITER AND DIRECTOR OF AWARD WINNING SHORT FILMS SUCH AS "THE BOY WHO KNEW HOW TO FLY", "THE VAMPIRE", "THE ESCAPE" AND THE RECENT "DREAMS", ANIMATED IN PIXILATION AND TRADITIONAL ANIMATION. CURRENTLY DEVELOPING THE TV SERIES "THE MAGIC WHALE".
Brazil
ANIMATOR, ILLUSTRATOR AND TEACHER - SÃO PAULO - SP - BRAZIL
MY NAME IS DOUGLAS ALVES FERREIRA, I AM AN ANIMATOR, ILLUSTRATOR AND TEACHER. I HAVE BEEN TEACHING ANIMATION, WATERCOLOR PAINTING AND DRAWING FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN AN ANIMATOR FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS. I HAVE WORKED IN MOVIES SUCH AS ASTERIX AND THE VIKINGS, THE PROUD FAMILY MOVIE (DISNEY CHANNEL), A STORY OF LOVE AND FURY, THE LITTLE HIPPO AND CHICO AND RITA, A SPANISH PRODUCTION NOMINATED FOR THE OSCAR IN 2012, AMONG OTHERS. ON TELEVISION I HAVE WORKED WITH TV COMMERCIALS FOR SADIA (WITH THE CHARACTER LEKTREK, THE LITTLE CHICKEN) AND ALSO FOR KELLOG'S. ITAÚ AND MANY OTHERS. I HAVE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN WORKS FOR DISNEY, IN THE GOOFY TV SERIES, NEW BONKERS, AND ALADDIN, WHICH WERE SHOWN IN BRAZIL ON SBT. I AM ALSO THE WRITER AND DIRECTOR OF AWARD WINNING SHORT FILMS SUCH AS "THE BOY WHO KNEW HOW TO FLY", "THE VAMPIRE", "THE ESCAPE" AND THE RECENT "DREAMS", ANIMATED IN PIXILATION AND TRADITIONAL ANIMATION. CURRENTLY DEVELOPING THE TV SERIES "THE MAGIC WHALE".
Fábio Yamaji
Brazil
INDEPENDENT STOP MOTION ANIMATOR - SÃO PAULO - SP - BRAZIL
GRADUATED AS A DESIGNER, WORKS AS A STOP MOTION ANIMATOR, FILM DIRECTOR, PHOTOGRAPHER AND EDITOR. HE HAS WORKED IN A COUPLE OF HUNDRED PROJECTS FOR CINEMA, TV, INTERNET AND FESTIVALS. PROFESSOR OF ANIMATION IN INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS IED BRASIL, MACKENZIE, ESCOLA SÃO PAULO AND ANHEMBI MORUMBI (POST-GRADUATION), HE IS ALSO CO-FOUNDER OF THE BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF ANIMATION CINEMA (ABCA).
Brazil
INDEPENDENT STOP MOTION ANIMATOR - SÃO PAULO - SP - BRAZIL
GRADUATED AS A DESIGNER, WORKS AS A STOP MOTION ANIMATOR, FILM DIRECTOR, PHOTOGRAPHER AND EDITOR. HE HAS WORKED IN A COUPLE OF HUNDRED PROJECTS FOR CINEMA, TV, INTERNET AND FESTIVALS. PROFESSOR OF ANIMATION IN INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS IED BRASIL, MACKENZIE, ESCOLA SÃO PAULO AND ANHEMBI MORUMBI (POST-GRADUATION), HE IS ALSO CO-FOUNDER OF THE BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF ANIMATION CINEMA (ABCA).
Francisco Nuno Ramos
PORTUGAL
OLP AND GOOGLE ARTS & CULTURE
DOCTORATE IN EDUCATION, SPECIALIZATION IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND EDUCATION. MASTER'S DEGREE IN ART HISTORY (UNIVERSITY OF LISBON - 1994). DEGREE IN PHILOSOPHY (UNIVERSITY OF LISBON - 1976).
FOUNDER OF THE OBSERVATORY OF THE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE.
DIRECTOR OF SERVICES OF PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL INTERCHANGE AT CAMÕES INSTITUTE: 13/04/98 TO 11/09/04.
DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE AT THE CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF VENEZUELA AND PROFESSOR OF THE FERNANDO PESSOA CHAIR: 7/09/94 TO 31/08/96.
INVITED ASSISTANT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE OF THE FACULTY OF LETTERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LISBON: 1/03/1987 TO 7/09/94 AND FROM 31/08/96 TO 13/04/98. LECTURER OF PORTUGUESE AND PROFESSOR OF PORTUGUESE CULTURE AT THE BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES - BEIJING, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: FROM 23/09/1982 TO 30/09/1984.
COOPERATING PROFESSOR AND COORDINATOR OF RESEARCH GROUP ON THE HISTORY OF GUINEA BISSAU AND CAPE VERDE AT THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA-BISSAU: 18/11/1978 TO 30/9/1980.
Site: Observatory of the Portuguese Language, Lisboa, Portugal - Google Arts & Culture
PORTUGAL
OLP AND GOOGLE ARTS & CULTURE
DOCTORATE IN EDUCATION, SPECIALIZATION IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND EDUCATION. MASTER'S DEGREE IN ART HISTORY (UNIVERSITY OF LISBON - 1994). DEGREE IN PHILOSOPHY (UNIVERSITY OF LISBON - 1976).
FOUNDER OF THE OBSERVATORY OF THE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE.
DIRECTOR OF SERVICES OF PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL INTERCHANGE AT CAMÕES INSTITUTE: 13/04/98 TO 11/09/04.
DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE AT THE CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF VENEZUELA AND PROFESSOR OF THE FERNANDO PESSOA CHAIR: 7/09/94 TO 31/08/96.
INVITED ASSISTANT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE OF THE FACULTY OF LETTERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LISBON: 1/03/1987 TO 7/09/94 AND FROM 31/08/96 TO 13/04/98. LECTURER OF PORTUGUESE AND PROFESSOR OF PORTUGUESE CULTURE AT THE BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES - BEIJING, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: FROM 23/09/1982 TO 30/09/1984.
COOPERATING PROFESSOR AND COORDINATOR OF RESEARCH GROUP ON THE HISTORY OF GUINEA BISSAU AND CAPE VERDE AT THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA-BISSAU: 18/11/1978 TO 30/9/1980.
Site: Observatory of the Portuguese Language, Lisboa, Portugal - Google Arts & Culture
Arnaldo Bataglini
Brazil
Gravador, escultor, desenhista e designer de joias. Arnaldo Baptista de Souza Battaglini (1953: São Paulo, SP). 1975 – Transferiu-se para Londres, Inglaterra, onde realizou diversos cursos ligados às artes visuais. 1976-77 – Estudou pintura, gravura e desenho na Wimbledon School of Art, Londres. 1978 – Estudou história da arte na Middlesex Polytechnic, Londres. 1978-79 – Estudou gravura na Morley College, com Birgit Sköld; e desenho na Sir John Cass School of Art e no Camden Arts Centre, ambos em Londres. 1980 – Retornou ao Brasil. 1981-82 – Estudou no Centro de Estudos e Artes Visuais Aster, com orientação de Regina Silveira e frequentou o ateliê de Sérgio Fingermann , ambos em São Paulo, SP. 1982 – Graduou-se em belas artes. 1984-89 – Foi coordenador do Atelier de Livre Expressão em Artes Plásticas do Museu Lasar Segall; no mesmo período, idealizou e coordenou o I e o II Circuito Atelier Aberto. 1985-88 – Ministrou cursos de desenho e gravura nas Oficinas Culturais Oswald de Andrade, em São Paulo. 1994 – Criou e coordenou o I Intercâmbio de Artistas Gravadores Brasileiros e Britânicos. 1997 – Elaborou o tapete Arnaldo para a Cia. de Tapetes Ocidentais, São Paulo. 1997-99 – Criou joias de prata para o Cerimonial do Palácio do Itamaraty, em Brasília, DF. 2001 – Coordenou oficina de desenho no Festival de Artes Plásticas de Florianópolis, Florianópolis, SC. 2006 – Recebeu prêmio no I Concurso Nacional de Arte Pública Tridimensional de Guairá, SP.
Como designer de joias, apresentou trabalhos em diversas instituições, entre elas: 1997-99 – Joias em prata para o Cerimonial do Itamaraty, Brasília. 1993-2004 – Joias assinadas, exibidas e comercializadas no Instituto Moreira Salles, Museu de Arte Moderna, Museu de Arte Brasileira, Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado, todas em São Paulo. Várias de suas obras fazem parte de coleções institucionais, entre as quais o Museu Nacional de Belas-Artes, no Rio de Janeiro, o Museu da Gravura e o Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Paraná, em Curitiba, Museu de Arte de São Paulo e o Museu de Arte Moderna, em São Paulo, o Museu de Arte Contemporânea Dragão do Mar, em Fortaleza; e o London Print Studio, em Londres.
Brazil
Gravador, escultor, desenhista e designer de joias. Arnaldo Baptista de Souza Battaglini (1953: São Paulo, SP). 1975 – Transferiu-se para Londres, Inglaterra, onde realizou diversos cursos ligados às artes visuais. 1976-77 – Estudou pintura, gravura e desenho na Wimbledon School of Art, Londres. 1978 – Estudou história da arte na Middlesex Polytechnic, Londres. 1978-79 – Estudou gravura na Morley College, com Birgit Sköld; e desenho na Sir John Cass School of Art e no Camden Arts Centre, ambos em Londres. 1980 – Retornou ao Brasil. 1981-82 – Estudou no Centro de Estudos e Artes Visuais Aster, com orientação de Regina Silveira e frequentou o ateliê de Sérgio Fingermann , ambos em São Paulo, SP. 1982 – Graduou-se em belas artes. 1984-89 – Foi coordenador do Atelier de Livre Expressão em Artes Plásticas do Museu Lasar Segall; no mesmo período, idealizou e coordenou o I e o II Circuito Atelier Aberto. 1985-88 – Ministrou cursos de desenho e gravura nas Oficinas Culturais Oswald de Andrade, em São Paulo. 1994 – Criou e coordenou o I Intercâmbio de Artistas Gravadores Brasileiros e Britânicos. 1997 – Elaborou o tapete Arnaldo para a Cia. de Tapetes Ocidentais, São Paulo. 1997-99 – Criou joias de prata para o Cerimonial do Palácio do Itamaraty, em Brasília, DF. 2001 – Coordenou oficina de desenho no Festival de Artes Plásticas de Florianópolis, Florianópolis, SC. 2006 – Recebeu prêmio no I Concurso Nacional de Arte Pública Tridimensional de Guairá, SP.
Como designer de joias, apresentou trabalhos em diversas instituições, entre elas: 1997-99 – Joias em prata para o Cerimonial do Itamaraty, Brasília. 1993-2004 – Joias assinadas, exibidas e comercializadas no Instituto Moreira Salles, Museu de Arte Moderna, Museu de Arte Brasileira, Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado, todas em São Paulo. Várias de suas obras fazem parte de coleções institucionais, entre as quais o Museu Nacional de Belas-Artes, no Rio de Janeiro, o Museu da Gravura e o Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Paraná, em Curitiba, Museu de Arte de São Paulo e o Museu de Arte Moderna, em São Paulo, o Museu de Arte Contemporânea Dragão do Mar, em Fortaleza; e o London Print Studio, em Londres.
Marcos Aurélio Neves Gomes
BRAZIL
PLASTIC ARTIST - DIADEMA - SP - BRAZIL
PROFESSIONAL ILLUSTRATOR, GENERALIST DIGITAL ARTIST AND SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES ENTHUSIAST. WORKS SINCE 1991 WITH ART PUBLISHED IN THE ADVERTISING, EDITORIAL AND SCIENTIFIC MARKET WHERE THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE FINISHED BASED - MOST OF THE TIMES - ON HYPER-REALISM WITH THE USE OF DIGITAL AND/OR TRADITIONAL TOOLS. THE MAINTENANCE OF THE QUALITY OF HIS WORK IS TOTALLY BASED ON THE CONSTANT PRACTICE OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF DRAWING. FOLLOWS THE CONCEPT THAT "IF IT CAN BE DRAWN THEN IT CAN BE BUILT".
BRAZIL
PLASTIC ARTIST - DIADEMA - SP - BRAZIL
PROFESSIONAL ILLUSTRATOR, GENERALIST DIGITAL ARTIST AND SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES ENTHUSIAST. WORKS SINCE 1991 WITH ART PUBLISHED IN THE ADVERTISING, EDITORIAL AND SCIENTIFIC MARKET WHERE THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE FINISHED BASED - MOST OF THE TIMES - ON HYPER-REALISM WITH THE USE OF DIGITAL AND/OR TRADITIONAL TOOLS. THE MAINTENANCE OF THE QUALITY OF HIS WORK IS TOTALLY BASED ON THE CONSTANT PRACTICE OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF DRAWING. FOLLOWS THE CONCEPT THAT "IF IT CAN BE DRAWN THEN IT CAN BE BUILT".
Zed Nesti
Brazil
ARTIST - SÃO PAULO - SP - BRAZIL
ZED NESTI WAS BORN IN RIO DE JANEIRO IN OCTOBER, 1969. ARTIST WORKING MAINLY WITH DRAWINGS, PRINTS AND PAINTINGS. HIS EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE "MEMORIAL OF DRAWING" - MAC MUSEU DE ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA DE SÃO PAULO 2019-2020, 46TH CHAPEL ART SHOW 2018 SP, "METRÓPOLE, A PAULISTANA EXPERIENCE" - PINACOTECA DO ESTADO DE SP 2017, "ART NIGHT WALK" GALERIA BOLSA DE ARTE 2017 SP, "IT'S ALL PAINTING" GALERIA AURA 2017 SP, DESIGN FAIR MADE 2017 SP, "COLECTIVA DE ACERVO" GALERIA BOLSA DE ARTE 2016 SP, "PRA INGLÊS VER" - GALERIA BOLSA DE ARTE SÃO PAULO 2015, ZED NESTI + FABIO ZIMBRES - GALERIA BOLSA DE ARTE PORTO ALEGRE 2014, "PROGRAMA DE EXPOSIÇÕES CCSP" CENTRO CULTURAL SÃO PAULO 2014, "SALÃO DOS ARTISTAS SEM GALERIA" - GALERIA ZIPPER SP 2014, "INTERNATIONAL PAINTING SYMPOSIUM" MERSIN UNIVERSITY TURKEY 2013, "ZED NESTI PINTURAS 2011-2013" CLUBE NOIR SP 2013, 41 SALÃO DE ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA LUIZ SACILOTTO (ACQUISITION PRIZE) SÃO PAULO 2013, "MEDIATIONS" MOTOR GALLERY" SHIRLEY PAES LEME ATELIER SP 2010, "FOFB" ARTHUR M BERGER GALLERY NEW YORK 2010, GALERIA FULÔ, TRANCOSO BAHIA 2009, "ONLY FOR ADULTS" GALLERY MINILOFT 2009, "8 EMERGING ARTISTS" GALERIE SHO TOKYO 2009, SP ARTE FAIRS, TOKYO ART FAIR AND KIAF-KOREA INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR.
Brazil
ARTIST - SÃO PAULO - SP - BRAZIL
ZED NESTI WAS BORN IN RIO DE JANEIRO IN OCTOBER, 1969. ARTIST WORKING MAINLY WITH DRAWINGS, PRINTS AND PAINTINGS. HIS EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE "MEMORIAL OF DRAWING" - MAC MUSEU DE ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA DE SÃO PAULO 2019-2020, 46TH CHAPEL ART SHOW 2018 SP, "METRÓPOLE, A PAULISTANA EXPERIENCE" - PINACOTECA DO ESTADO DE SP 2017, "ART NIGHT WALK" GALERIA BOLSA DE ARTE 2017 SP, "IT'S ALL PAINTING" GALERIA AURA 2017 SP, DESIGN FAIR MADE 2017 SP, "COLECTIVA DE ACERVO" GALERIA BOLSA DE ARTE 2016 SP, "PRA INGLÊS VER" - GALERIA BOLSA DE ARTE SÃO PAULO 2015, ZED NESTI + FABIO ZIMBRES - GALERIA BOLSA DE ARTE PORTO ALEGRE 2014, "PROGRAMA DE EXPOSIÇÕES CCSP" CENTRO CULTURAL SÃO PAULO 2014, "SALÃO DOS ARTISTAS SEM GALERIA" - GALERIA ZIPPER SP 2014, "INTERNATIONAL PAINTING SYMPOSIUM" MERSIN UNIVERSITY TURKEY 2013, "ZED NESTI PINTURAS 2011-2013" CLUBE NOIR SP 2013, 41 SALÃO DE ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA LUIZ SACILOTTO (ACQUISITION PRIZE) SÃO PAULO 2013, "MEDIATIONS" MOTOR GALLERY" SHIRLEY PAES LEME ATELIER SP 2010, "FOFB" ARTHUR M BERGER GALLERY NEW YORK 2010, GALERIA FULÔ, TRANCOSO BAHIA 2009, "ONLY FOR ADULTS" GALLERY MINILOFT 2009, "8 EMERGING ARTISTS" GALERIE SHO TOKYO 2009, SP ARTE FAIRS, TOKYO ART FAIR AND KIAF-KOREA INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR.
Luis Bandeira
PORTUGAL
PRODUCER
20 YEARS CONNECTED TO MUSIC PROFESSIONALLY. FIRST AS A JOURNALIST, THEN AS A PRESS AGENT, AGENT AND MANAGER OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS. 20 YEARS SPREADING THE BEST OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MUSIC. 20 YEARS HELPING IN THE CREATION OF ARTISTS, MEDIA PHENOMENA, PROFESSIONAL CAREERS. 20 YEARS IS TIME. JUST A LITTLE TIME. MANY MORE TO COME. MUCH MORE TO DO. SONY MUSIC PORTUGAL, MUSICATIVA AND NAKED [PUBLISHERS I'VE WORKED FOR/FOUND], INFLUENZA AND BEWARE! [COMMUNICATION AGENCIES I HELPED CREATE] AND PINUTS [AGENCY AND PROMOTER OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS I CREATED IN 2015].
PORTUGAL
PRODUCER
20 YEARS CONNECTED TO MUSIC PROFESSIONALLY. FIRST AS A JOURNALIST, THEN AS A PRESS AGENT, AGENT AND MANAGER OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS. 20 YEARS SPREADING THE BEST OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MUSIC. 20 YEARS HELPING IN THE CREATION OF ARTISTS, MEDIA PHENOMENA, PROFESSIONAL CAREERS. 20 YEARS IS TIME. JUST A LITTLE TIME. MANY MORE TO COME. MUCH MORE TO DO. SONY MUSIC PORTUGAL, MUSICATIVA AND NAKED [PUBLISHERS I'VE WORKED FOR/FOUND], INFLUENZA AND BEWARE! [COMMUNICATION AGENCIES I HELPED CREATE] AND PINUTS [AGENCY AND PROMOTER OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS I CREATED IN 2015].
Anabela Cunha
BRAZIL - PORTUGAL
DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER OF CONNECTING DOTS - Brazil - Portugal
Background as a musician and a career in the health sector, with an MSc in Strategy and Leadership in New Practices from London SouthBank University.
Founder of the company CONNECTING DOTS in 2016 based in São Paulo (Brazil) and Porto (Portugal).
Performs promotion of international partnerships and exchange between a varied group of cultural agents, establishing connections among different countries and cultures.
Develops projects within the various creative industries, exploring the Brazilian market with a focus on exports and also the international artistic market with an interest in Brazil.
Curator and artistic producer, she has been involved in several projects in venues and events of national and international renown such as Sala São Paulo, Bienal de São Paulo, SPFW, Casa da Música, Montreux, SXSW, and others.
BRAZIL - PORTUGAL
DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER OF CONNECTING DOTS - Brazil - Portugal
Background as a musician and a career in the health sector, with an MSc in Strategy and Leadership in New Practices from London SouthBank University.
Founder of the company CONNECTING DOTS in 2016 based in São Paulo (Brazil) and Porto (Portugal).
Performs promotion of international partnerships and exchange between a varied group of cultural agents, establishing connections among different countries and cultures.
Develops projects within the various creative industries, exploring the Brazilian market with a focus on exports and also the international artistic market with an interest in Brazil.
Curator and artistic producer, she has been involved in several projects in venues and events of national and international renown such as Sala São Paulo, Bienal de São Paulo, SPFW, Casa da Música, Montreux, SXSW, and others.
Nina Castro
BRAZIL - PARAGUAY
SINGER - SÃO PAULO - SP - BRAZIL/ ASUNCIÓN - PARAGUAY
BRAZILIAN SINGER, POPULAR PERCUSSIONIST AND VOCAL TECHNIQUE TEACHER, SHE IS THE MAIN EXPONENT OF BRAZILIAN MUSIC IN PARAGUAY. SINCE 2010, SHE PERFORMS SEASONAL CONCERT CYCLES AT TOM JOBIM THEATER, OF THE MUNICIPAL THEATER OF ASUNCIÓN. BORN IN SÃO VICENTE - STATE OF SÃO PAULO (BRAZIL). NINA STARTED SINGING BEFORE SHE LEARNED TO SPEAK, BECAUSE THAT IS HER ESSENCE NATURALLY. AT THE AGE OF 2, SHE SANG IN THE ARMS OF THE RENOWNED ERASMO CARLOS (ROBERTO CARLOS' DUO). AS A CHILD, SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE TARABAÍ FANFARE, WHERE SHE DEDICATED HERSELF TO THE WIND INSTRUMENTS. AT THE AGE OF 15 SHE BEGAN HER PROFESSIONAL CAREER AS A SINGER.
BRAZIL - PARAGUAY
SINGER - SÃO PAULO - SP - BRAZIL/ ASUNCIÓN - PARAGUAY
BRAZILIAN SINGER, POPULAR PERCUSSIONIST AND VOCAL TECHNIQUE TEACHER, SHE IS THE MAIN EXPONENT OF BRAZILIAN MUSIC IN PARAGUAY. SINCE 2010, SHE PERFORMS SEASONAL CONCERT CYCLES AT TOM JOBIM THEATER, OF THE MUNICIPAL THEATER OF ASUNCIÓN. BORN IN SÃO VICENTE - STATE OF SÃO PAULO (BRAZIL). NINA STARTED SINGING BEFORE SHE LEARNED TO SPEAK, BECAUSE THAT IS HER ESSENCE NATURALLY. AT THE AGE OF 2, SHE SANG IN THE ARMS OF THE RENOWNED ERASMO CARLOS (ROBERTO CARLOS' DUO). AS A CHILD, SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE TARABAÍ FANFARE, WHERE SHE DEDICATED HERSELF TO THE WIND INSTRUMENTS. AT THE AGE OF 15 SHE BEGAN HER PROFESSIONAL CAREER AS A SINGER.
Mere Oliveira
Brazil
MEZZO-SOPRANO - TAUBATÉ - SP - BRAZIL
OWNER OF A POWERFUL AND VELVETY VOICE, MEZZO-SOPRANO MERE OLIVEIRA IS ALSO AN ACTIVIST FOR CULTURE AND ITS WORKERS. AWARDED IN SEVERAL LYRIC SINGING COMPETITIONS IN BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, URUGUAY AND PERU, SHE HAS PERFORMED IN 38 RECITATIVES IN THE TITLE ROLE OF THE OPERA CARMEN. IN HER REPERTOIRE ARE AMNÉRIS IN THE OPERA AÍDA, ULRICHA IN UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, MADDALENA IN RIGOLETTO AND PREZZIOSILA IN LA FORZA DEL DESTINO BY G. VERDI, DALILA IN SANSÃO AND DALILA BY C. SAINT-SÄENS, ZITA IN GIANNI SCHICCHI, LA ZIA PRINCIPESSA IN SUOR ANGELICA AND FRUGOLA IN IL TABARRO BY G. PUCCINI, AMONG OTHERS. AMONG HER WORKS ARE THE INTERPRETATION OF ADALGISA IN "NORMA" AND LAURA IN "LA GIOCONDA" IN BUENOS AIRES; PAULA IN FLORENCIA IN DANIEL CATÁN'S AMAZONAS AT THE FESTIVAL AMAZONAS DE OPERA, AND LOLA IN CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA AT THE TEATRO MUNICIPAL DE SÃO PAULO. HER FIRST SOLO SYMPHONIC REPERTOIRE INCLUDES BEETHOVEN'S 9TH SYMPHONY, MAHLER'S 2ND SYMPHONY, PROKOFIEV'S ALEXANDER NEVSKY, BRAHMS' ALTO RHAPSODY, AND VERDI'S REQUIEM. HE STUDIED WITH TERESA BERGANZA, LUISA GIANNINI, AND GRACIELA ARAYA. SHE HAS PERFORMED TWO EUROPEAN TOURS WITH THE GUITARIST ANDRÉ SIMÃO, HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN SOCIAL COMMUNICATION, SPECIALIZED IN VOCAL PERFORMANCE, A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN MUSIC, AND A POSTGRADUATE DEGREE IN SINGING. SHE IS A TEACHER AND DIRECTOR, HAVING DIRECTED MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED SHOWS. COMPOSES THE CAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL AGENCY OPERA ATELIER ARTISTS, WITH THE HARPIST TALITA MARTINS FORM THE DUO LAUDES; IS COORDINATOR OF THE CHORAL SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF TAUBATÉ, DIRECTOR OF THE OPERA STUDIO DO VALE AND COORDINATOR OF THE POST GRADUATION COURSE IN SINGING OF ALPHA-FACEC OF VITÓRIA - ES.
Brazil
MEZZO-SOPRANO - TAUBATÉ - SP - BRAZIL
OWNER OF A POWERFUL AND VELVETY VOICE, MEZZO-SOPRANO MERE OLIVEIRA IS ALSO AN ACTIVIST FOR CULTURE AND ITS WORKERS. AWARDED IN SEVERAL LYRIC SINGING COMPETITIONS IN BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, URUGUAY AND PERU, SHE HAS PERFORMED IN 38 RECITATIVES IN THE TITLE ROLE OF THE OPERA CARMEN. IN HER REPERTOIRE ARE AMNÉRIS IN THE OPERA AÍDA, ULRICHA IN UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, MADDALENA IN RIGOLETTO AND PREZZIOSILA IN LA FORZA DEL DESTINO BY G. VERDI, DALILA IN SANSÃO AND DALILA BY C. SAINT-SÄENS, ZITA IN GIANNI SCHICCHI, LA ZIA PRINCIPESSA IN SUOR ANGELICA AND FRUGOLA IN IL TABARRO BY G. PUCCINI, AMONG OTHERS. AMONG HER WORKS ARE THE INTERPRETATION OF ADALGISA IN "NORMA" AND LAURA IN "LA GIOCONDA" IN BUENOS AIRES; PAULA IN FLORENCIA IN DANIEL CATÁN'S AMAZONAS AT THE FESTIVAL AMAZONAS DE OPERA, AND LOLA IN CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA AT THE TEATRO MUNICIPAL DE SÃO PAULO. HER FIRST SOLO SYMPHONIC REPERTOIRE INCLUDES BEETHOVEN'S 9TH SYMPHONY, MAHLER'S 2ND SYMPHONY, PROKOFIEV'S ALEXANDER NEVSKY, BRAHMS' ALTO RHAPSODY, AND VERDI'S REQUIEM. HE STUDIED WITH TERESA BERGANZA, LUISA GIANNINI, AND GRACIELA ARAYA. SHE HAS PERFORMED TWO EUROPEAN TOURS WITH THE GUITARIST ANDRÉ SIMÃO, HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN SOCIAL COMMUNICATION, SPECIALIZED IN VOCAL PERFORMANCE, A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN MUSIC, AND A POSTGRADUATE DEGREE IN SINGING. SHE IS A TEACHER AND DIRECTOR, HAVING DIRECTED MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED SHOWS. COMPOSES THE CAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL AGENCY OPERA ATELIER ARTISTS, WITH THE HARPIST TALITA MARTINS FORM THE DUO LAUDES; IS COORDINATOR OF THE CHORAL SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF TAUBATÉ, DIRECTOR OF THE OPERA STUDIO DO VALE AND COORDINATOR OF THE POST GRADUATION COURSE IN SINGING OF ALPHA-FACEC OF VITÓRIA - ES.
Prof. Dr. Paulo Faustino
PORTUGAL
PHD and POST.DOC
PAULO FAUSTINO IS PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTO AND GUEST PROFESSOR AT FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES (CHINA, SWITZERLAND, RUSSIA AND BRAZIL).
CO-DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER OF MEDIA XXI: WWW.MEDIAXXI.COM (FORMALPERSS, LDA).
HE HAS WORKED ABOUT 20 YEARS IN RELEVANT POSITIONS IN THE MEDIA AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRY; AND HAS LED SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS AND CONSULTANCY WORK FOR SEVERAL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS: EX: WORLD BANK, MEDIA REGULATOR PORTUGUESES OF THE JOURNAL OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND CULTURAL STUDIES, PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT, EUROPEAN COMMISSION. HE WAS SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE PORTUGUESE MEDIA CONFEDERATION; MEDIA CONSULTANT FOR THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT; VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE PRESS ASSOCIATION. PAULO FAUSTINO WAS PRESIDENT OF THE OBSERVATÓRIO DA COMUNICAÇÃO, AND MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN JOURNALISM (PORTUGAL). HE HOLDS A DOCTORATE AND POST-DOCTORATE IN MEDIA AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES. HIS RESEARCH FOCUSES ON THE AREAS OF MARKETING, MANAGEMENT, ECONOMICS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INNOVATION, REGULATION AND PUBLIC POLICY APPLIED TO THE MEDIA AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES. HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION - IMMAA. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE OPINION BOARD OF RTP (PUBLIC TELEVISION OPERATOR IN PORTUGAL).
PORTUGAL
PHD and POST.DOC
PAULO FAUSTINO IS PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTO AND GUEST PROFESSOR AT FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES (CHINA, SWITZERLAND, RUSSIA AND BRAZIL).
CO-DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER OF MEDIA XXI: WWW.MEDIAXXI.COM (FORMALPERSS, LDA).
HE HAS WORKED ABOUT 20 YEARS IN RELEVANT POSITIONS IN THE MEDIA AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRY; AND HAS LED SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS AND CONSULTANCY WORK FOR SEVERAL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS: EX: WORLD BANK, MEDIA REGULATOR PORTUGUESES OF THE JOURNAL OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND CULTURAL STUDIES, PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT, EUROPEAN COMMISSION. HE WAS SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE PORTUGUESE MEDIA CONFEDERATION; MEDIA CONSULTANT FOR THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT; VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE PRESS ASSOCIATION. PAULO FAUSTINO WAS PRESIDENT OF THE OBSERVATÓRIO DA COMUNICAÇÃO, AND MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN JOURNALISM (PORTUGAL). HE HOLDS A DOCTORATE AND POST-DOCTORATE IN MEDIA AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES. HIS RESEARCH FOCUSES ON THE AREAS OF MARKETING, MANAGEMENT, ECONOMICS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INNOVATION, REGULATION AND PUBLIC POLICY APPLIED TO THE MEDIA AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES. HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION - IMMAA. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE OPINION BOARD OF RTP (PUBLIC TELEVISION OPERATOR IN PORTUGAL).
José Mauro Gnaspini
BRAZIL
DOCTOR IN LAW AND MASTER IN COMMUNICATION AND ARTS - CREATOR OF VIRADA CULTURA DE SÃO PAULO - SÃO PAULO - SP
CURRENT DIRECTOR OF ART AND CULTURE AT AMIGOS DA ARTE, HE WAS DIRECTOR OF VIRADA CULTURAL IN ITS FIRST TEN EDITIONS, WAS ALSO COORDINATOR OF PUBLIC EVENTS SUCH AS SPNARUA, QUEBRADA CULTURAL, CITY'S ANNIVERSARY, PIANO NA PRAÇA, NATAL ILUMINADO, AS WELL AS OF THE NEW REGULATIONS FOR SÃO PAULO'S STREET CARNIVAL. MUSICIAN, LAWYER, ARTIST AND CONSULTANT, HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN CINEMA FROM ECA-USP AND A DOCTORATE IN LAW FROM LARGO SÃO FRANCISCO.
BRAZIL
DOCTOR IN LAW AND MASTER IN COMMUNICATION AND ARTS - CREATOR OF VIRADA CULTURA DE SÃO PAULO - SÃO PAULO - SP
CURRENT DIRECTOR OF ART AND CULTURE AT AMIGOS DA ARTE, HE WAS DIRECTOR OF VIRADA CULTURAL IN ITS FIRST TEN EDITIONS, WAS ALSO COORDINATOR OF PUBLIC EVENTS SUCH AS SPNARUA, QUEBRADA CULTURAL, CITY'S ANNIVERSARY, PIANO NA PRAÇA, NATAL ILUMINADO, AS WELL AS OF THE NEW REGULATIONS FOR SÃO PAULO'S STREET CARNIVAL. MUSICIAN, LAWYER, ARTIST AND CONSULTANT, HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN CINEMA FROM ECA-USP AND A DOCTORATE IN LAW FROM LARGO SÃO FRANCISCO.
Ariane Porto
Brazil
AUDIOVISUAL AND THEATER DIRECTOR, SCREENWRITER, ACTRESS AND PRODUCER, CREATOR OF ECOCINE ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL, DOCTORATE IN COMMUNICATION AND ARTS - ECA/USP - SÃO PAULO - SP - BRAZIL
DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER OF BRAZILIAN FILMS AND TV SERIES. DOCTORATE IN COMMUNICATION AND ARTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO, AND POST-DOCTORATE IN THE SAME AREA, SHE IS A PROFESSOR AT THE INSTITUTE OF ARTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS. SHE HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL AUDIOVISUAL PROJECTS WITH RENOWNED BRAZILIAN ARTISTS AND PROFESSIONALS. HIGHLIGHTS ARE HER EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION OF THE FILM "VLADO, 30 ANOS DEPOIS" BY JOÃO BATISTA DE ANDRADE, THE SCRIPT AND PRODUCTION OF "TOPOGRAFIA DE UM DESNUDO" BY TERESA AGUIAR, AND THE ADAPTED SCRIPT AND DIRECTION OF "O CRIME DA CABRA".
ARIANE IS ALSO THE IDEALIZER, PRODUCER, AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ECOCINE, FESTIVAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CINEMA AND HUMAN RIGHTS, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN BRAZIL, WITH 28 YEARS OF EXISTENCE. SHE WAS ALSO INVITED AS JUROR AND CURATOR OF RENOWNED INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS SUCH AS MAR DEL PLATA, IN ARGENTINA, AND CINEMA BRASIL, IN TOKYO.
RECENTLY, SHE WAS AWARDED FOR HER DIRECTION IN JADZIA AT THE INDEPENDENT SHORT AWARDS LOS ANGELES (AUGUST 2020). THE FILM IS A POETIC NARRATIVE OF JADZIA'S LOOK AT HER IMPRISONMENT IN THE NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMP IN RAVENSBRUCK. CURRENTLY, ARIANE IS DIRECTING A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ACTOR LIMA DUARTE'S 90TH BIRTHDAY.
Brazil
AUDIOVISUAL AND THEATER DIRECTOR, SCREENWRITER, ACTRESS AND PRODUCER, CREATOR OF ECOCINE ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL, DOCTORATE IN COMMUNICATION AND ARTS - ECA/USP - SÃO PAULO - SP - BRAZIL
DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER OF BRAZILIAN FILMS AND TV SERIES. DOCTORATE IN COMMUNICATION AND ARTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO, AND POST-DOCTORATE IN THE SAME AREA, SHE IS A PROFESSOR AT THE INSTITUTE OF ARTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS. SHE HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL AUDIOVISUAL PROJECTS WITH RENOWNED BRAZILIAN ARTISTS AND PROFESSIONALS. HIGHLIGHTS ARE HER EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION OF THE FILM "VLADO, 30 ANOS DEPOIS" BY JOÃO BATISTA DE ANDRADE, THE SCRIPT AND PRODUCTION OF "TOPOGRAFIA DE UM DESNUDO" BY TERESA AGUIAR, AND THE ADAPTED SCRIPT AND DIRECTION OF "O CRIME DA CABRA".
ARIANE IS ALSO THE IDEALIZER, PRODUCER, AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ECOCINE, FESTIVAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CINEMA AND HUMAN RIGHTS, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN BRAZIL, WITH 28 YEARS OF EXISTENCE. SHE WAS ALSO INVITED AS JUROR AND CURATOR OF RENOWNED INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS SUCH AS MAR DEL PLATA, IN ARGENTINA, AND CINEMA BRASIL, IN TOKYO.
RECENTLY, SHE WAS AWARDED FOR HER DIRECTION IN JADZIA AT THE INDEPENDENT SHORT AWARDS LOS ANGELES (AUGUST 2020). THE FILM IS A POETIC NARRATIVE OF JADZIA'S LOOK AT HER IMPRISONMENT IN THE NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMP IN RAVENSBRUCK. CURRENTLY, ARIANE IS DIRECTING A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ACTOR LIMA DUARTE'S 90TH BIRTHDAY.
Ivam Cabral
Brazil
THEATER DIRECTOR, FOUNDER OF THE SATYRUS GROUP, ACTOR AND PLAYWRIGHT, DOCTOR IN THEATER PEDAGOGY AND MASTER IN SCENIC ARTS - ECA/USP - SÃO PAULO - SP - BRAZIL
ACTOR, DIRECTOR AND PLAYWRIGHT, HE HAS DEDICATED HIS CAREER TO THE ARTS OF THE STAGE. DOCTOR IN THEATER PEDAGOGY AND MASTER IN SCENIC ARTS BY ECA/USP, HE IS CO-FOUNDER, TOGETHER WITH RODOLFO GARCÍA VÁZQUEZ, OF CIA. DE TEATRO OS SATYROS. AS AN ACTOR AND PLAYWRIGHT, HE HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL AWARDS AND WRITTEN DOZENS OF TEXTS, HAVING BEEN TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH AND GERMAN. RELEASED, IN 2006, THE BOOK "O TEATRO DE IVAM CABRAL - QUATRO TEXTOS PARA UM TEATRO VELOZ" (IVAM CABRAL'S THEATER - FOUR TEXTS FOR A FAST THEATER), BY THE APLAUSO COLLECTION, FROM THE SÃO PAULO OFFICIAL PRESS; AND, IN 2010, WAS NOMINATED FOR THE JABUTI PRIZE. HE ALSO WRITES FOR CINEMA AND TV, HAVING WRITTEN THE SCRIPTS FOR "THE BRIDE" AND "BEYOND THE HORIZON", BOTH FOR TV CULTURA. HE IS CURRENTLY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SP ESCOLA DE TEATRO - CENTER FOR THE FORMATION OF STAGE ARTS.
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THEATER DIRECTOR, FOUNDER OF THE SATYRUS GROUP, ACTOR AND PLAYWRIGHT, DOCTOR IN THEATER PEDAGOGY AND MASTER IN SCENIC ARTS - ECA/USP - SÃO PAULO - SP - BRAZIL
ACTOR, DIRECTOR AND PLAYWRIGHT, HE HAS DEDICATED HIS CAREER TO THE ARTS OF THE STAGE. DOCTOR IN THEATER PEDAGOGY AND MASTER IN SCENIC ARTS BY ECA/USP, HE IS CO-FOUNDER, TOGETHER WITH RODOLFO GARCÍA VÁZQUEZ, OF CIA. DE TEATRO OS SATYROS. AS AN ACTOR AND PLAYWRIGHT, HE HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL AWARDS AND WRITTEN DOZENS OF TEXTS, HAVING BEEN TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH AND GERMAN. RELEASED, IN 2006, THE BOOK "O TEATRO DE IVAM CABRAL - QUATRO TEXTOS PARA UM TEATRO VELOZ" (IVAM CABRAL'S THEATER - FOUR TEXTS FOR A FAST THEATER), BY THE APLAUSO COLLECTION, FROM THE SÃO PAULO OFFICIAL PRESS; AND, IN 2010, WAS NOMINATED FOR THE JABUTI PRIZE. HE ALSO WRITES FOR CINEMA AND TV, HAVING WRITTEN THE SCRIPTS FOR "THE BRIDE" AND "BEYOND THE HORIZON", BOTH FOR TV CULTURA. HE IS CURRENTLY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SP ESCOLA DE TEATRO - CENTER FOR THE FORMATION OF STAGE ARTS.
AMBASSADOR LAURO BARBOSA DA SILVA MOREIRA
Brazil
IN ADDITION TO HIS COUNTLESS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AS A CAREER DIPLOMAT OVER 47 YEARS, AMBASSADOR LAURO MOREIRA HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ACTIVIST IN THE CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC CAUSE, DEDICATING HIMSELF TO THE PERFORMING ARTS (ACTOR, DIRECTOR, AND AUTHOR), CINEMA (DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER), AND PHOTOGRAPHY (AWARDED IN NATIONAL CONTESTS). IN ALL DIPLOMATIC POSTS HE HAS HELD - BUENOS AIRES, GENEVA, WASHINGTON, BARCELONA, RABAT, AND LISBON - HE HAS DEDICATED HIMSELF TO THE PROMOTION OF HIS COUNTRY'S ARTS AND CULTURE.
IN 1998 HE RELEASED THE DOUBLE CD MÃOS DADAS, WHERE HE INTERPRETS POETS FROM ALL PORTUGUESE SPEAKING COUNTRIES AND, IN 2005, HE RECORDED THE HISTORIC CD ALBUM MANUEL BANDEIRA: O POETA EM BOTAFOGO; IN 2008, HE RELEASED A DOUBLE ALBUM INTERPRETING POEMS BY MARLY DE OLIVEIRA. THESE THREE CDS WERE ALSO PRESENTED IN SHOWS HELD IN SEVERAL CITIES AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN BRAZIL, PORTUGAL AND CAPE VERDE, INCLUDING AT THE ABL THEATER, IN RIO DE JANEIRO. IN 2015 HE RELEASED THE DVD MÃOS DADAS, WHERE HE INTRODUCES AND RECITES WORKS BY 19 OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POETS OF THE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE. IN 2013, HE PARTICIPATES AS AN ACTOR IN THE FEATURE FILM BY ALBERTO ARAÚJO VAZIO CORAÇÃO, ALONGSIDE MURILO ROSA, LIMA DUARTE AND BETE MENDES, AMONG OTHERS. IN 2019 HE DIRECTS AS SOLE ACTOR AND CULTURAL CONSULTANT THE FILM VOLTA À CASA PATERNA, INTEGRALLY FILMED IN PORTUGAL, ALSO DIRECTED BY ALBERTO ARAÚJO.
HE ALSO CREATED, IN 1999, THE GROUP SOLO BRASIL, TO PRESENT THE SHOW HE WROTE - A JOURNEY THROUGH THE MUSIC OF BRAZIL, WHERE HE TRIES TO SHOW WHAT IS MOST REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BRAZILIAN MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY. THE GROUP HAS ALREADY BEEN IN 20 COUNTRIES AND DOZENS OF BRAZILIAN CITIES, ALWAYS ACHIEVING REMARKABLE SUCCESS. IN 2020 HE LAUNCHES THE MEMOIR QUINCASBLOG: MY ENCOUNTERS.
AMONG MANY HONORABLE DISTINCTIONS, LAURO MOREIRA HAS RECEIVED THE GRAND CROSS OF MERIT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF RIO BRANCO AND THE ORDER OF INFANTE DOM HENRIQUE, FROM PORTUGAL, BESIDES THE HASSAN-AL-ALAUÍ NECKLACE, FROM THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO. IN 2009, AT THE END OF HIS LONG CAREER IN THE SERVICE OF BRAZILIAN DIPLOMACY, AS AMBASSADOR OF BRAZIL TO THE COMMUNITY OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKING COUNTRIES - CPLP, HE WAS AWARDED THE TITLE OF "LUSOPHONE PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR" BY THE INTERNATIONAL LUSOPHONE MOVEMENT. IN 2011 HE RECEIVED A SPECIAL TRIBUTE FROM THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF ODIVELAS, IN LISBON, WHEN A PLAQUE WAS UNVEILED IN A PUBLIC SQUARE, IN WHICH HE WAS DISTINGUISHED WITH THE TITLE OF PRINCE OF LUSOPHONY. IN 2016, HE WAS DISTINGUISHED EX AEQUO WITH THE JOSÉ APARECIDO DE OLIVEIRA AWARD, FROM CPLP, FOR SERVICES RENDERED TO THE LUSOPHONE CAUSE.
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IN ADDITION TO HIS COUNTLESS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AS A CAREER DIPLOMAT OVER 47 YEARS, AMBASSADOR LAURO MOREIRA HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ACTIVIST IN THE CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC CAUSE, DEDICATING HIMSELF TO THE PERFORMING ARTS (ACTOR, DIRECTOR, AND AUTHOR), CINEMA (DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER), AND PHOTOGRAPHY (AWARDED IN NATIONAL CONTESTS). IN ALL DIPLOMATIC POSTS HE HAS HELD - BUENOS AIRES, GENEVA, WASHINGTON, BARCELONA, RABAT, AND LISBON - HE HAS DEDICATED HIMSELF TO THE PROMOTION OF HIS COUNTRY'S ARTS AND CULTURE.
IN 1998 HE RELEASED THE DOUBLE CD MÃOS DADAS, WHERE HE INTERPRETS POETS FROM ALL PORTUGUESE SPEAKING COUNTRIES AND, IN 2005, HE RECORDED THE HISTORIC CD ALBUM MANUEL BANDEIRA: O POETA EM BOTAFOGO; IN 2008, HE RELEASED A DOUBLE ALBUM INTERPRETING POEMS BY MARLY DE OLIVEIRA. THESE THREE CDS WERE ALSO PRESENTED IN SHOWS HELD IN SEVERAL CITIES AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN BRAZIL, PORTUGAL AND CAPE VERDE, INCLUDING AT THE ABL THEATER, IN RIO DE JANEIRO. IN 2015 HE RELEASED THE DVD MÃOS DADAS, WHERE HE INTRODUCES AND RECITES WORKS BY 19 OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POETS OF THE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE. IN 2013, HE PARTICIPATES AS AN ACTOR IN THE FEATURE FILM BY ALBERTO ARAÚJO VAZIO CORAÇÃO, ALONGSIDE MURILO ROSA, LIMA DUARTE AND BETE MENDES, AMONG OTHERS. IN 2019 HE DIRECTS AS SOLE ACTOR AND CULTURAL CONSULTANT THE FILM VOLTA À CASA PATERNA, INTEGRALLY FILMED IN PORTUGAL, ALSO DIRECTED BY ALBERTO ARAÚJO.
HE ALSO CREATED, IN 1999, THE GROUP SOLO BRASIL, TO PRESENT THE SHOW HE WROTE - A JOURNEY THROUGH THE MUSIC OF BRAZIL, WHERE HE TRIES TO SHOW WHAT IS MOST REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BRAZILIAN MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY. THE GROUP HAS ALREADY BEEN IN 20 COUNTRIES AND DOZENS OF BRAZILIAN CITIES, ALWAYS ACHIEVING REMARKABLE SUCCESS. IN 2020 HE LAUNCHES THE MEMOIR QUINCASBLOG: MY ENCOUNTERS.
AMONG MANY HONORABLE DISTINCTIONS, LAURO MOREIRA HAS RECEIVED THE GRAND CROSS OF MERIT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF RIO BRANCO AND THE ORDER OF INFANTE DOM HENRIQUE, FROM PORTUGAL, BESIDES THE HASSAN-AL-ALAUÍ NECKLACE, FROM THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO. IN 2009, AT THE END OF HIS LONG CAREER IN THE SERVICE OF BRAZILIAN DIPLOMACY, AS AMBASSADOR OF BRAZIL TO THE COMMUNITY OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKING COUNTRIES - CPLP, HE WAS AWARDED THE TITLE OF "LUSOPHONE PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR" BY THE INTERNATIONAL LUSOPHONE MOVEMENT. IN 2011 HE RECEIVED A SPECIAL TRIBUTE FROM THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF ODIVELAS, IN LISBON, WHEN A PLAQUE WAS UNVEILED IN A PUBLIC SQUARE, IN WHICH HE WAS DISTINGUISHED WITH THE TITLE OF PRINCE OF LUSOPHONY. IN 2016, HE WAS DISTINGUISHED EX AEQUO WITH THE JOSÉ APARECIDO DE OLIVEIRA AWARD, FROM CPLP, FOR SERVICES RENDERED TO THE LUSOPHONE CAUSE.
João Lindolfo
BRAZIL
Doctor in Anthropology from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (2002), Master in Social Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (1994). Bachelor in Social Sciences by the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (1987). Post-graduate in Transformative Mediation of Conflicts at the Superior School of the Public Ministry of São Paulo. He has experience in communication and mediation, teaching and researching, mainly on youth, urban tribes, migratory sociopaths, social psychology, sociology of daily life and urban anthropology. Musician, composer and broadcaster, with interest in youth and peripheries of São Paulo, Lisbon and Paris.
BRAZIL
Doctor in Anthropology from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (2002), Master in Social Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (1994). Bachelor in Social Sciences by the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (1987). Post-graduate in Transformative Mediation of Conflicts at the Superior School of the Public Ministry of São Paulo. He has experience in communication and mediation, teaching and researching, mainly on youth, urban tribes, migratory sociopaths, social psychology, sociology of daily life and urban anthropology. Musician, composer and broadcaster, with interest in youth and peripheries of São Paulo, Lisbon and Paris.
Rico Dalasan
Brazil
SINGER, COMPOSER AND RAPPER - SAO PAULO - SP - BRAZIL
CHALLENGING THE NORMALITY IN MUSIC AND GENDER ISSUES, RICO DALASAM CALLS THE ATTENTION OF NATIONAL CRITICS FOR HIS RHYTHMIC UNPRECEDENTEDNESS.
RICO DALASAM CHALLENGES THE NOTION OF NORMALITY IN MUSIC AND GENDER ISSUES, INAUGURATING THE QUEER RAP SCENE IN BRAZIL. TODAY, AT THE AGE OF 25, AFTER HAVING WORKED AS A HAIRDRESSER AND FASHION EDITOR, HE HAS ENTERED THE NATIONAL RAP SCENE, BECOMING ONE OF THE MAIN BETS OF CONTEMPORARY NATIONAL MUSIC.
IN 2015, HE RELEASED HIS FIRST WORK, THE EP MODO DIVERSO, BRINGING TOGETHER SIX SONGS THAT NARRATE HIS LIFE EXPERIENCES AS A YOUNG BLACK AND GAY MAN LIVING IN THE PERIPHERY OF GREATER SÃO PAULO. SPOKESMAN OF A SPEECH FULL OF PRIDE OF WHAT ONE LIVES AND, MAINLY, OF WHAT ONE IS, RICO DALASAM HAS ALSO RELEASED TWO MUSIC VIDEOS, OF THE TRACKS "ACEITE-C" AND "NÃO POSSO ESPERAR", ON THE MAIN TELEVISION NETWORKS IN THE COUNTRY, SUCH AS MTV AND MULTISHOW, BESIDES HAVING ALREADY REACHED, THROUGH THEM, MORE THAN HALF A MILLION PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET. ON MARCH 11, HE RELEASED HIS SECOND ALBUM, "DOLORES DALA, THE GUARDIAN OF RELIEF", ALREADY ON ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS. THE ALBUM IS DESCRIBED AS A FABLE ABOUT BEING BORN AMULET, DELIVERING MAGIC, AND DYING IN ENCHANTMENT. "ALL FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF BLACK AFFECTIVITY," IN THE ARTIST'S WORDS.
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SINGER, COMPOSER AND RAPPER - SAO PAULO - SP - BRAZIL
CHALLENGING THE NORMALITY IN MUSIC AND GENDER ISSUES, RICO DALASAM CALLS THE ATTENTION OF NATIONAL CRITICS FOR HIS RHYTHMIC UNPRECEDENTEDNESS.
RICO DALASAM CHALLENGES THE NOTION OF NORMALITY IN MUSIC AND GENDER ISSUES, INAUGURATING THE QUEER RAP SCENE IN BRAZIL. TODAY, AT THE AGE OF 25, AFTER HAVING WORKED AS A HAIRDRESSER AND FASHION EDITOR, HE HAS ENTERED THE NATIONAL RAP SCENE, BECOMING ONE OF THE MAIN BETS OF CONTEMPORARY NATIONAL MUSIC.
IN 2015, HE RELEASED HIS FIRST WORK, THE EP MODO DIVERSO, BRINGING TOGETHER SIX SONGS THAT NARRATE HIS LIFE EXPERIENCES AS A YOUNG BLACK AND GAY MAN LIVING IN THE PERIPHERY OF GREATER SÃO PAULO. SPOKESMAN OF A SPEECH FULL OF PRIDE OF WHAT ONE LIVES AND, MAINLY, OF WHAT ONE IS, RICO DALASAM HAS ALSO RELEASED TWO MUSIC VIDEOS, OF THE TRACKS "ACEITE-C" AND "NÃO POSSO ESPERAR", ON THE MAIN TELEVISION NETWORKS IN THE COUNTRY, SUCH AS MTV AND MULTISHOW, BESIDES HAVING ALREADY REACHED, THROUGH THEM, MORE THAN HALF A MILLION PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET. ON MARCH 11, HE RELEASED HIS SECOND ALBUM, "DOLORES DALA, THE GUARDIAN OF RELIEF", ALREADY ON ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS. THE ALBUM IS DESCRIBED AS A FABLE ABOUT BEING BORN AMULET, DELIVERING MAGIC, AND DYING IN ENCHANTMENT. "ALL FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF BLACK AFFECTIVITY," IN THE ARTIST'S WORDS.
Elizandra Souza
Brazil
ELIZANDRA SOUZA, BORN IN 1983 ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF SÃO PAULO, GREW UP IN NOVA SOURE, A SMALL TOWN IN BAHIA, HER PARENTS' HOMELAND. In 1996, she RETURNED to the capital of São Paulo, a moment when she got to know and began her dialogue with hip-hop culture.
CREATOR OF MJIBA, A POETRY FANZINE, WHICH CIRCULATED BETWEEN 2001 AND 2005, THE AUTHOR STARTED TO ATTEND THE COOPERIFA EVENTS IN 2004. LATER, SHE TOOK PART IN THE EXPERIMENTAL JOURNAL BECOS E VIELAS WITH THE GOAL OF GIVING VOICE AND VISIBILITY TO THE PERIPHERAL CULTURE. IN 2006, SHE ENROLLED IN A JOURNALISM COURSE AND, FROM THAT MOMENT ON, RECEIVED AN INVITATION FROM THE ORGANIZATION AÇÃO EDUCATIVA TO WRITE THE CULTURAL AGENDA OF THE PERIPHERY.
THE POET IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK "ÁGUAS DA CABAÇA", TOTALLY PRODUCED, EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY YOUNG BLACK WOMEN, RELEASED IN OCTOBER 2012. SHE IS ALSO CO-AUTHOR OF THE POETRY BOOK PUNGA, WITH AKINS KINTÊ, (2007), AND HAS PARTICIPATED IN LITERARY MAGAZINES AND ANTHOLOGIES SUCH AS: LITERATURA MARGINAL - ATO 3, CADERNOS NEGROS, NEGRAFIAS, AMONG OTHERS.
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ELIZANDRA SOUZA, BORN IN 1983 ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF SÃO PAULO, GREW UP IN NOVA SOURE, A SMALL TOWN IN BAHIA, HER PARENTS' HOMELAND. In 1996, she RETURNED to the capital of São Paulo, a moment when she got to know and began her dialogue with hip-hop culture.
CREATOR OF MJIBA, A POETRY FANZINE, WHICH CIRCULATED BETWEEN 2001 AND 2005, THE AUTHOR STARTED TO ATTEND THE COOPERIFA EVENTS IN 2004. LATER, SHE TOOK PART IN THE EXPERIMENTAL JOURNAL BECOS E VIELAS WITH THE GOAL OF GIVING VOICE AND VISIBILITY TO THE PERIPHERAL CULTURE. IN 2006, SHE ENROLLED IN A JOURNALISM COURSE AND, FROM THAT MOMENT ON, RECEIVED AN INVITATION FROM THE ORGANIZATION AÇÃO EDUCATIVA TO WRITE THE CULTURAL AGENDA OF THE PERIPHERY.
THE POET IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK "ÁGUAS DA CABAÇA", TOTALLY PRODUCED, EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY YOUNG BLACK WOMEN, RELEASED IN OCTOBER 2012. SHE IS ALSO CO-AUTHOR OF THE POETRY BOOK PUNGA, WITH AKINS KINTÊ, (2007), AND HAS PARTICIPATED IN LITERARY MAGAZINES AND ANTHOLOGIES SUCH AS: LITERATURA MARGINAL - ATO 3, CADERNOS NEGROS, NEGRAFIAS, AMONG OTHERS.
