Brazil’s Grupo Corpo performed its Cal Performances debut with two works that showcase the dance company’s distinctive style, rooted in classical ballet but enriched by folk and popular dance. Under the artistic direction of choreographer Rodrigo Pederneiras’ brother Paulo Pederneiras, the troupe’s dancers are celebrated for their athleticism, versatility, and deep respect for the connections between music and movement. The choreography in 21 is derived from the rhythmic sequences in the score by Marco Antônio...
These lectures explored an anthropogenic history of sound during the first half of the twentieth century (up to the 1960s), a period of intense imperial expansion of the United States in Latin America and the Caribbean. In the first three lectures, Ochoa approached the centrality of media and the development of new sound technologies in such a history. Ochoa particularly focused on the transformation of the relation between histories of life, extractivism, and sound produced by sound technologies. In the last two...
Professor Barros de Castro teaches at the Institute of Economics of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and has been a visiting professor at the Center for Latin American Studies. Professor Barros de Castro is an expert on Brazilian industrial and trade policy, having directed BNDES, Brazil's giant development bank, which has a loan volume greater than the World Bank's.
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