Rhythms, Energy and Passion in African-Brazilian Dance with Newton Moraes

Dance Style: 
African Brazilian Dance.
Accompanied by Walter Maclean - Percussionist

The Bentway

Expressing emotions, feelings, cultural heritages, masculinity, femininity, through chanting and movements inspired by Newton Moraes guidance! He wants to explore some possibilities through imagery and kinetics with the participants at the workshop, focusing on many ideas and conversations he has had with his mentor choreographer and dancer Jean Sasportes of Pina Bausch Wuppertal Tanztheater from Germany and his spiritual leader Pai Beto do Xango Aganju and Pai Chico da Oxum Panda.Newton Moraes - Artistic Director, Choreographer, Teacher, Researcher
Newton Moraes is an alumnus of The School of Toronto Dance Theatre and a renown dance teacher in Ontario for more than twenty five years. He teaches African Brazilian, , choreography, improvisation and contemporary dance forms in Canada and abroad offering masterclasses at Humber College Theatre Department, York University Dance Department, Anhembi Morumbi University Dance Department in Sao Paulo Brazil, Unicamp University Dance Department in Campinas Brazil, many schools, festivals and dance companies such as: Ballet Creole, COBA, Kashedance and Free Flow Dance Theatre. He is the founder, artistic director and choreographer of Newton Moraes Dance Theatre which has toured in Canada, USA, Cuba, Germany, Colombia and Brazil. He was a board member of Dance Ontario Association and jurist for the Summerworks Festival and for the Dora Mavor Moore Award. His mentors are Jean Sasportes from Pina Bausch Wuppertal Tanztheater, Danny Grossman, Pai Beto do Xango Aganju and Pai Chico da Oxum Panda. 

Walter Maclean - Percussionist 
Walter Maclean was born in Germany to a Ghanaian father and a German Mother. He studied percussion, congas and bongos, traditional hand drums and fusion-drum kit with renown musicians Nippy Noya in Holland, Adja Addy in Ghana and Rick Gratton in Toronto. He toured and recorded throughout Europe with groups such as Black Gospel Pearls, Oloye, Tony Hurdle Septet and more while he was living in Berlin. 


Webpage:
http://www.newtonmoraesdancetheatre.com

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