Past Performance
February 9, 2010, 8:00 pm
Hogg Memorial Auditorium
$26

Bruno Beltrão, artistic director

“…presents traditional hip hop in an entirely different perspective.” – Ballet Magazine

Unfettered by trends and dismissing commercialization, street dancing has officially come into its own not only as an accepted and viable art form, but as an expression that has revolutionized an entire artistic genre. What began in the streets of New York quickly spread around the world and embedded itself in Brazil— a country where beats are celebrated and dance is a generation’s second language. Bruno Beltrão launched Grupo de Rua in 1996, and the powerhouse company immediately began to capture fans across the world, competing, showcasing and bringing their distinctive brand of hip hop to new audiences. Sixteen years later, the conversation between hip hop and contemporary dance has created a new language distinctly Brazilian, and all street.

Program:
H3

Funded by New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project (NDP), with generous support by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the MetLife Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation.

REVIEWS, RESOURCES AND MORE
Grupo de Rua Review from the Los Angeles Times
Grupo de Rua Youtube channel
Grupo de Rua Website – in Portuguese