Improvisation has evolved in Brazil thanks to these three individuals: Dr. Mariana Lima Muniz, Marcio Ballas, and Daniel Nascimento of Barbixas. Join us for a conversation on the art and impact of improvisation in Brazil and beyond. This panel will be moderated by UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts Associate Chair of Production and Co-Head of Stage Management Joel Veenstra and Theresa Robbins Dudeck, PhD, a 2019/2020 U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Brazil.
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- Dr. Mariana Lima Muniz, a well-known and highly respected theatre educator, scholar, and artist, credited by many as the person responsible for bringing contemporary improvisation inspiration to Brazil. She founded the company Uma Companhia, has created several unique long-form improvisation formats, coached the first professional Brazilian improv troupe Jogando no Quintal, and she is the producer of FIMPRO, a yearly improv festival in Brazil that attracts improvisers and other performance artists from around the world.
- Marcio Ballas cofounded Jogando no Quintal (“Playing in the Yard”) in 2002, the oldest improvisational troupe in Brazil. He is the creator/director of Caleidoscópio, one of the first improvised long form structures in Brazil and is a performer on the popular TV show É Tudo Improviso. Ballas trained in Paris at École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq and has performed as a clown and improviser on stages and screens all over the world. He trained the hugely successful group, Barbixas, and works often as an emcee and/or as a facilitator of big corporate events (
http://marcioballas.com.br/).
- Daniel Nascimento is a member of Barbixas, the famous improv troupe based in São Paulo, Brazil, has performed in more than 80 cities in Latin America and Europe to almost always to sold-out houses in very large theaters. Their live show, “Improvável” has been seen by over a million people. Every week, Barbixas uploads content from the live shows to their YouTube channel, which was listed in 2010 as one of the 100 most viewed web series in the world. They now have over 3 million subscribers and their videos get 14 million hits each month (
https://www.barbixas.com.br/).
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