{"id":71,"date":"2009-06-14T13:34:34","date_gmt":"2009-06-14T20:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southernmirrors.com\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2019-09-10T12:56:34","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T19:56:34","slug":"nelson-rodrigues-festival","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/southernmirrors.com\/nelson-rodrigues-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelson Rodrigues Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

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April 25-28, 2007
\nat the George Ignatieff Theatre in Toronto<\/h1>\n

The Festival paid homage to this great Brazilian playwright bringing
\na series of theatrical readings, and a discussion group, which shall
\nprovide Torontonians with a small sample of the richness and diversity
\nof Brazilian culture.<\/p>\n

April 25th<\/h1>\n

Discussion panel @ 7:30<\/strong> – with David George, Professor from
\nLake Forest College (Chicago), Malu Mota, Brazilian journalist from
\nMIX-TV (Sao Paulo), Claudia Tatinge Nascimento, Professor from Wesleyan
\nUniversity (Connecticut), Suely Correa Peixoto, Brazilian Lawyer (Sao
\nPaulo), moderated by Helder Ramos, actor and director (Toronto) and
\nGuilherme Dantas (simultaneous translation).Theatrical readings @ 8p.m.<\/p>\n

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April 26th<\/h1>\n

Theatrical readings @ 8p.m. – Dorothea<\/strong> – It is the
\nstory of a former prostitute who decides to seek penitence by taking
\nrefuge in the house of three widows, her distant cousins. Her arrival
\ncreates an uproar in a house with “no bedrooms, only living-rooms”
\nwhich leads to many surprises as the story unravels. The text is a
\nfarce that bears a tragic theme: the struggle between the forces of
\nsexual instinct and its repression, and also a metaphor for the
\nprimitive dichotomy between life (fertility) and death (sterility).
\nTranslated by Joffre Rodrigues, Toby Coe and Flavia Carvalho. Directed
\nby Barbara Larose, with Toni Ellwand, Lori Hallier, Sh\u00e2n Gordon,
\nBarbara de la Fuente, Sigrid Velis, Bernadete Oliveira and Sandro
\nMiranda.<\/p>\n

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April 27th<\/h1>\n

The Asphalt Kiss <\/strong>– As a man lies dying from a hit-and-run
\naccident on a busy Rio street, a male stranger comes to his aid and
\nfulfils his dying wish for a kiss. An unscrupolous reporter, eager to
\nfeed a scandal hungry public, witnesses his kiss and turns a simple act
\nof human compassion into salacious front page news. While the Good
\nSamaritan tries to hide from the tabloid spotlight, his entire life is
\nturned into a media circus, which culminates to a shocking conclusion.
\nTranslated by Alex Ladd. Directed by Vinetta Strombergs, with Hume
\nBaugh, Tony Marra, Isai Rivera Blas, Robert Nolan, Barbara de la
\nFuente, Sigrid Vellis, Kelly Murtha, Genevieve Oda, Roman Zaluaga and
\nJamie Hunter.<\/p>\n

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April 28th<\/h1>\n

Waltz # 6 <\/strong>– Rio de Janeiro. A teenage girl. A piano. A
\ndoctor. A dress. Death. Sex. In an ethereal world haunted by the melody
\nof Chopin’s Waltz #6, a young woman is caught somewhere on the edges of
\ndeath and dreams. Translated by Joffre Rodrigues and Toby Coe. Directed
\nby Claudia Tatinge Nascimento, with Sara Bremen.<\/p>\n

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Research<\/h1>\n

Maria Eugenia Jardim<\/p>\n

Thanks to….<\/h1>\n

the sponsors<\/strong><\/p>\n