Giving in to the temptations of lust, vis-à-vis the stubborn and intolerant fight against the pleasure of the flesh. The tension between these two extremes marks the existence of philosopher and religious Aurélio Agostinho (¶ 354 - V 430), also known as Saint Augustine, from the pantheon of Catholicism. This served as a starting point for composer Tom Zé to write the original soundtrack for Santagustin, the latest ballet of Grupo Corpo, out in 2002.
The friction produced by these opposing forces interested Rodrigo Pederneiras who adopted Love, with all its contradictions, its sublime as well as its ludicrous aspects, as the central theme to create the choreography. The end result is a work loaded with humor and eroticism, which exposes attraction and repulsiveness, frailty and strength, pleasure and compassion, harshness and gentleness, swaying and angularity, consonance and dissonance, acoustic and electronic, in a dizzying succession of pas-de-deux solo or in group..
The new ballet establishes the beginning of the collaboration between the Minas Gerais dance group and designer Ronaldo Fraga, who finds in the citrus green and shocking pink colors, the chromatic summing up for these endless contrasts. Meanwhile Paulo Pederneiras places a gigantic, five meters high plush heart in the middle of the stage, which is the setting’s interpretation of the overstated nature of the most cultivated of all human feelings.
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ADRIANA ALMEIDA DO CARMO, ADRIANA ALVARES BATISTA, ALBERTO ORTENBLAD FILHO, ALESSANDRA CRISTINA PIMENTA, ALEXANDRE DA SILVA BORGES, ALEXANDRE MARQUES FERRARA, ALOISIO FEDERMAN CAIXETA, ANA CAROLINA BHERING DE CARVALHO COSTA, ANA CLAUDIA GAMA, ANA MARIA PORTUGAL MAIA SALIBA, ANDERSON FERREIRA SERRA, ANDRÉ PEREIRA GARCIA RAMOS, ANDRÉ WILLE ROSÁRIO, ANDREA DE CAMPOS VASCONCELLOS, ANDREIA ANGEL DE MORAES DOMINGUEZ, ANNA DA SOLEDADE VIEIRA, ANTÔNIO BATISTA DA SILVA JÚNIOR, BARBARA FERREIRA PIRES, BEATRIZ BRITO RIBEIRO DE OLIVEIRA, CAMILLO DE ALCÂNTARA CÉSAR, CARLOS ALBERTO ARRUDA DE OLIVEIRA, CARLOS ROBERTO VASCONCELOS NOVAIS, CAROLINE DE OLIVEIRA NERY, CÉLIA MARIA MEDEIROS DA ROCHA PAES, CÉLIO AUGUSTO MARTINS LIMA, CÍCERO ALBERTO MAFRA, CLAUDIA FIRMINO BARROS SANTOS, CLAUDIA MARIA QUIROGA DA CUNHA, CLAUDIA MARIA VILAS FREIRE, DALVA PEREIRA MACHADO, DEISE ESTEFÂNIA DE SOUZA DUTRA, DENISE STARLING ARAÚJO DE FREITAS, DORA MARIA BARBOSA TORRES BUCEK, ELINE COELHO GOES, ELIZABETH GAELZER JEOLÁS VALADARES, ELIZABETH MACHADO DE OLIVEIRA, ELLEN KATHRIN PFEFFER, EMERSON DE ALMEIDA, ERICO MEDEIROS JACOBINA AIRES, FERNANDA SIQUEIRA DE QUEIROZ VARELLA, FERNANDA TAVARES RIBEIRO DE OLIVEIRA, FERNANDO SOARES BRAGANCA, FLÁVIA CAMBRAIA MARINHO QUEIROZ, GILBERTO HOCHMAN, GREICE BALTIERI, GUILHERME ARANTES ROSA MACIEL, GUILHERME BRITO RIBEIRO DE OLIVEIRA, GUSTAVO DE CASTRO MAGALHÃES, HELSON ANSELMO DUARTE, IZABEL CORREA DE OLIVEIRA, IZABELA KARENNINA TRAVIZANI MAFFRA, JACQUELINE FINKELSTEIN, JOANA PAULA PRIMEIRA DE RESENDE PINTO, JOÃO MARCO MACIEL DA SILVA, JOÃO PEDRO GAVA ROTTA, JOSÉ ALBERTO NEMER, JOSÉ MARTINS QUINTÃO, JOSÉ ROBERTO ALMEIDA FEITOSA, JÚNIA MARIA VILAS FREIRE, KÊNIA MARIA CUNHA MARQUES GROSSI, LEANDRO JOSE VILAS BOAS, LEONARDO MOREIRA RESENDE, LEONARDO NASCIMENTO LACERDA, LETICIA RODRIGUES DE ALENCAR, LILIAN JACOTO, LUCIANA SARMENTO DRUMOND, LÚCIO ANTÔNIO CHAMON JUNIOR, LUISA FREIRE PEDERNEIRAS BARBOSA, LUIZ CARLOS GENOVES JÚNIOR, LUIZ HENRIQUE SOUZA LIMA DE VASCONCELLOS, LUIZA MARIA EKMAN SCHENBERG, LUZIA HELENA DA CUNHA, MAGDA FRANCISCA GONÇALVES ROCHA, MAIRA OLIVEIRA CAIAFA, MAIURA FREITAS PEIXOTO, MARCELO AUGUSTO DE ALMEIDA BRITO, MARCO AURÉLIO CROCCO AFONSO, MARCOS GOMES DE AMORIM, MARIA AUXILIADORA GOMES DE REZENDE, MARIA CLARA ABATI GREGGIO, MARIA CLARA DUARTE TEIXEIRA, MARIA DE FÁTIMA MARTINS HORTA, MARIA DE LOURDES BARRETO CARNEIRO, MARIA DO CARMO DOS SANTOS MACEDO, MARIA ELISA BAPTISTA, MARIA EUGÊNIA DA ROCHA, MARIA HERMÍNIA DE ALMEIDA, MARIA INÊS TAVARES PINTO COELHO, MARIA IZABEL MACEDO DE LIMA, MARIA LUCIA MACHADO VIANA, MARIA LUIZA VASCONCELOS NASCIMENTO, MARILIA COSTA E SILVA, MARKO UHLIG, MARTA VIEIRA BOGEA, MARTHA REGINA COELHO TEIXEIRA LASSANCE, MARZULO PAGANI VIVACQUA, MIGUEL ANGELO CAMPOS RIBEIRO, MIRIAM GANDELMAN, MIRIAM LINS DE MACEDO, MIRIAM OLIVEIRA E ROCHA, NELSON BAISI CERQUEIRA, NILCE ALVES DOS SANTOS, NILSON FONSECA AMARAL, NIVALDO DOS SANTOS FERREIRA, PEDRO MARCOS OLIVEIRA BELLO, RAFAEL GERALDO DE QUEIROZ SOUZA, RAVEL CARLOS DE MIRANDA PIMENTA, REGINA CÉLIA SOARES CLARO, RENATA DA SILVA JAFFAR, RENATO FERREIRA FRANCO, RONAN JACKSON SILVA, SANDRA DE ANDRADE PACHECO, SANDRA MARIA DA MATA AZEREDO, SÉRGIO CARVALHO BANDEIRA DE MELLO, SERGIO HONORIO DE FREITAS, SHEILA REGINA MURGEL VELOSO, SIMONE COSTA NUNES, SUSANA ISABEL VIDAL SEMEDO, TOMAS FISCHER, VANIA LUCIA DE LIMA ANDRADE, VÂNIA MINTZ, VANILDA DA ANUNCIAÇÃO FERREIRA CARDOSO, VERA LÚCIA LAGE DE OLIVEIRA, WAGNER FURTADO VELOSO, WALDETE SANTOS DA INVENÇÃO, WALTER MARINHO DE OLIVEIRA, YARA ALVARENGA DRUMOND