Viver Brasil / DJ Muñeka

Grand Performances

Grand Performances is proud to premiere a newly commissioned, original work by Viver Brasil choreographer &amp; Co-Artistic Director Vera Passos

Rezas E Folhas (“Prayers &amp; Leaves”) is a genre-defying original work by Vera Passos that posits Afro-Brazilian traditions of sacred herbalism as urgently necessary interventions against ever-growing acts of climate injustice. “Rezas E Folhas”, was born out of Vera Passos’s unique creative approach, masterfully blending traditional Afro-Brazilian dances and rhythms with experimental choreography and poignant storytelling. The creative process of the artistic piece consists of four strategies: choreographic studies inspired by Orixá mythology, music and dance investigations, spatial reimaginings of the conventional theater stage, and storytelling sessions with spiritual elders.Set Times: <ul><li>6﻿pm: DJ Muñeka</li><li>7﻿pm: Viver Brasil</li></ul>For Location, Parking &amp; FAQ, <a href="https://www.grandperformances.org/info" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">click here</a>

About Vera Passos:Hailing from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Passos is a pioneering choreographer, seasoned teacher, and acclaimed performer whose deep-seated relationship with Afro-Brazilian movement and music sets her apart in the field of contemporary dance. Her work bravely defies archaic categories of tradition and experimentation, locating the ancestral practices of her Black Bahian heritage as powerful expressions of spirit-body rife with artistic and political possibility.

About Viver Brasil:Founded in 1997 by Co-Artistic Directors Linda Yudin and Luiz Badaró, Viver Brasil is a legacy-bearing Los Angeles institution with deep and ongoing ties to Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Viver Brasil creates culturally rooted and aesthetically bold Afro-Brazilian dance theater with its signature blend of ancestral practices, street styles, and live music–addressing contemporary issues of racial and social inequity towards a radically reimagined future. In 2022, Vera Passos was appointed as Co-Artistic Director. <a href="https://www.viverbrasil.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.viverbrasil.com/</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/viverbrasildance/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/viverbrasildance/</a>

Samantha Blake Goodman aka DJ Muñeka is a multidisciplinary cultural programmer, casting director and choreographer working across music, fashion, film, and live performance. She is the founder of RAIL UP, one of LA’s most beloved pre pandemic dance parties and is known for her unique Brazilian Baile Funk sounds. Muñeka played Coachella’s Heineken House stage in 2022 and has featured mixes on NTS, Boiler Room and Red Bull. She has curated music, dance and film programs as guest curator for the Music Center and Redbull Music Academy.

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