Videography by Leo Fazio Lou Riggs
Heidi Duckler Dance was proud to be the first company from the United States ever invited to participate in the Dança em Trânsito Festival based in Rio de Janeiro!
Dança em Trânsito is a traveling dance festival where companies visit 33 cities across Brazil and three international locations, reaching over 1,000 audience members in each city. The festival’s primary focus is on fostering exchanges between cultures, languages, expressions, and techniques, allowing for the translation of diverse worldviews, promoting freedom for innovation, and providing maximum support for the creation of new concepts in dance.
As a participating company in the festival, HDD developed unique work for its performances in two vibrant cities, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. To prepare, Heidi Duckler and her team explored each site in advance, engaging with the locations where their choreography unfolded. This process of on-site rehearsal was open to the public and showcased artistic development but also invited spectators to witness the creative journey firsthand. Heidi and HDD dancers, Marissa Brown, Colleen Loverde, and Joseph Stevens, journeyed to
Brazil on July 23rd, 2024, with the tour beginning in São Paulo and concluding in Rio Janeiro. HDD performed on July 27th, 2024 in the foyer of Teatro J. Safra in São Paulo, and August 2nd, 2024 in the foyer at The Banco do Brasil Cultural Center in Rio.
Credits
Produced by: Heidi Duckler Dance
Directed by Heidi Duckler
Dancers: Marissa Brown, Colleen Loverde, Joseph Stevens
Costumes by: Carmen Molina
Music by El Haru Kuroi
Videography by Leo Fazio Lou Riggs
Edited by: 2Sides Films
