BALé DA CIDADE DE SãO PAULO

BIOGRAPHIES

Balé da Cidade de São Paulo

When the dance company was founded in 1968, the most important point was at first to do justice to the neccessities of a theater in Latin America's biggest metropolis. In 1974, Antonio Carlos Cardoso then pushed a new development while searching dancers, who were able to realize his modern and innovative ideas. Both the name of the group, Balé da Cidade de São Paulo, and the exceptional status come from that time until today, the Balé da Cidade is an independent company inside the official structure of the theater.

In the 80s, many choreographers, directors, sceneographers, painters and musicians formed the company's style and constantly developed an own language and own aesthetics on the basis of modern dance techniques. The Brasilian self-image gave the dancers within the universal language as well technical as interpretatory variety, which had the consequences, that every direction of style flowed into the repertoire, from neo-classicism to dance theater.

The work which has developed this way, met a lively echo with audience and press and was awarded with prizes in all conceivable categories. In addition to various chreographies, technical perfection and artistic expression were especially praised.

Lara Pinheiro
artistic director
Master in Communication and Semiotics at PUC-SP, choreographer and dancer. She also taught of the university PUC-SP and was invited as jury in various competitions and public programs to promote the dance.
From 89 to 93 studied at the Folkwang School in Essen, Germany.
Internships in Milton Myers Company in New York during 90/91.
In Brazil studied classical ballet with Ismael Guise, Yoko Okada and Neide Rossi.

In addition to stage performances with the group Dança Povera, works with video installations and dance where the relationship body / space has been the central theme, such as installation Secret Landscapes (2000), the performance of the Zero One (2005) and dance videos Landscapes (2000), one of the winners of the Sergio Motta Prize, Capture me (2007). In 2007, along with Livio Tragtemberg, Jurandir Muller and Daniela Bousso, created the interdisciplinary show Node (s) funded by Sergio Motta Award.

In the late years, 2008 on, she has been dedicated to coordinate and plan dance strategies for the City of Sao Paulo.
She was Curator Chief from the Centro Cultural Sao Paulo for a year before being the head of the Dance Board in the Municipality Cultural Secretariat.

She’s being appointed Directress of the Co. in March, 2010.

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