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Cris Brandini is a body researcher and has been dedicated to the investigation of the body functional relationships, since 1974.
These investigations objectify the construction of new languages in dance.
Her formation as interpreter has begun at 06 years old with ballet classes at the Escola de Bailado of São Paulo.
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Her first contact with modern dance, at 15 years old, occurs through out Renne Gumiel.
At 1972 decides to invest on her formation, looking towards a professional career, this period counts with a short probation at the Universidade Federal da Bahia, where she knew about The Place ( LCDS), participating in a audition and has been accepted by the school, initiating her studies at 1973 in the introductory course, followed by the full time course at 1974 - 1975.
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This unquiet personality doesn’t be satisfied by the strict technique training, stimulating her to search others instruments and mediums of expression, resulting on her mime encounter, having between her mime masters Jaques Lecoq.
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Is in the mime that this interpreter – creator lived different improvisation techniques, finding on this a medium to initiate her own investigations about movement. To understand how body works become a necessity, founding some answers at Alexander Technique, starting a trajectory that is extended till now.
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Back to Brazil initiates improvisation classes with Maria Duschenes ( Laban – 1976-1979). She started her professional career with the Groupe Andança ( APCA Price Revelation 1978) and with the Experimental Dance Groupe JC Viola. Become a interpreter at plays that made part of the brazilian dance history:

“ Valsa Para Vinte Veias” de JC Viola e Lala Dezemhelin, “ Petruska” de JC Viola e Naum Alves de Souza, “Tratar com Murdock” e “Geni’ de Zé Possi.
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In 1981 started classes with Klauss Vianna, with whom she studied during 6 years.
From 1982 till 1985 integrates the Creativity Ateliers with the artists team from Sesc Fabrica da Pompéia whose proposition is the crossing of different areas of artistic production. A fertile time of creation which results in several performances body art :
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“ O Corpo Desenha” (dance and fine arts), “Papeisgrafias” ( dance and graphic art), “Risco do Movimento’ (dance, music, and photography ), “O Banquete”( dance and scenery), “Solo&Cia” ( dance and painting) and “ Uma Odisséia na Pompéia”( integration of all art ateliers).
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Her research at the body functionality finds a synthesis during her formation as a eutonist, in the Escola de Eutonia da América Latina – Buenos Aires, from 1990 to 1994. So she produced Equilibrios for the XXI Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, 1991.
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After the Eutonie formation started to teach at studio Nova Dança, investigating the application of this method in the dancer body, having realized some stage experiments with her students. Gained support for the research by the project Sesc Dance Movement,1996 -1997.
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Cris Brandini pedagogic work will be always linked to her art production and artistic policy since the Fábrica da Pompéia ateliers till her own studios among those the studio Corion 1983-1986 and Estúdio Move ( 2004-2008)
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Text from Rosa Hercole, teacher and PHD of Artes do Corpo, course of PUC University-São Paulo-Brazil.
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.1 - Elusive body
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The course proposition looks to explore some possibilities of the relationship between the body and the video camera.
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The body is understood as an complex and multiple faced organism on a constant process of communication with the environment who it inhabits.
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The resulting movements of this relationship may occurs simply in the inner structures or prolong itself at the external space.
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Thus, the boundaries between the visibility of the movement are what will be explored as a medium of expression.
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Date : From August to October 2008
.2- Eutonie
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Method of body perception created and developed by Gerda Alexander facing the creativity and exploration of individuals body movements.
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During the practice the technique of eutonic movement will be applied and developed .
 
.3- Pilates
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The Pilates method has the name of its creator Joseph Hupertus Pilates.
 
Is a method of a physic-mental training and conditioning, that privileges flexibility, movement precision, muscles capacity and consequently shape and protection Against injuries.
 
The quality of the method is on the fact to attend practitioners of any age, sex and physical ability.- Giving good results to beginners or even professional athletes.
 
The respect to the physical effort is very important. Throughout the conscious training, the method develops a central muscles support, restoring the spine at a correct position, bringing a great balance by the strength and flexibility from all body regions.
 
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Application form and information for the course by mail: contato@crisbrandini.com
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