Three Places: flamingofeather in the Sertão of Guimarães Rosa

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The event dedicated to the renowned Brazilian writer João Guimarães Rosa

took place Saturday, 30 January 2010 at Birkbeck Cinema with the generous

support of the Embassy of Brazil in London, and the Centre for Iberian and

Latin American Visual Studies at Birkbeck University London. It was

organised by flamingofeather Physical Theatre.

Pictures by André Stéfano:

The programme ran as follows • Live music played on the rabeca (Brazilian fiddle) by musician Thomas Rohrer

• Screening of the documentary Urucuia (23 mins; Angélica Del Nery, 1998)

• Seminar by Professor Sandra G. Vasconcelos from the University of Sao Paulo:

Guimarães Rosa’s poetics and the backlands

• Seminar by Professor David Treece from King’s College, London: The Audacious

Mariner and Soroco: Guimaraes Rosa at the bounds of language and music

• Performance by flamingofeather with Ilana Gorban and Simon Rice, Three Places,

which included live music played on the rabeca by musician Thomas Rohrer

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Luciana Martins, Director of CILAVS Opening the event

Ilana Gorban, Co-Director of flamingofeather Introducing participants: Professor Sandra G. Vasconcelos from the University of Sao Paulo, Professor David Treece from King’s College London, musician Thomas Rohrer. flamingofeather acknowledged The Brazilian Embassy, with a special mention for the First Secretary Carlos Pachá, and Elizabeth Fiuza; and Luciana Martins of Birkbeck College, University of London.

Auditorium capacity: 70 Number of people attending the event: 84

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Thomas Rohrer

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Professor Sandra Guardini Vasconcelos

Professor David Treece

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THREE PLACES

Three Places is a work inspired by João Guimarães Rosa’s short stories The Audacious

Mariner and Soroco. The work is about a man and a woman endeavouring to maintain

their equilibrium. They conjure flights of the imagination, creating another world, a place

that lies between their experiences and themselves.

Directed by Simon Rice

Performed by Ilana Gorban and Simon Rice

Live music by Thomas Rohrer

Produced by flamingofeather Physical Theatre

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The Reception

Contact details flamingofeather Physical Theatre Ilana Gorban & Simon Rice Email: info@flamingofeather.org Website: www.flamingofeather.org