DiAsFRICA to play LIMF’s main stage Sefton Park Liverpool

DiAsFRICA to play LIMF’s main stage Sefton Park Liverpool

Local organisation with links to Brazil presents at LIMF’s main stage a unique show (in collaboration with over 10 organisations from Brazil, Africa, Liverpool and Manchester) with live music, movement and visuals showing the connections between Liverpool, Africa, Brazil, America and Caribbean cultures.

BrazUKa* has been working -in collaboration with Liverpool Drum Academy and Movema-to bring to Liverpool audiences an ambitious project:  DiAsFRICA*, a performance piece that tells the story of the transatlantic slave trade, stopping at main ports to show their cultural expressions and links with the UK: from Africa, Brazil, Norh America, and Caribbean arriving at modern urban British culture.

The audience is taken on a journey across the world: starting in West Africa we see traditional drumming and dancing. Travelling across to Brazil we witness the martial art of Capoeira, experience the trance rituals of Candomblé and the carnival fever of samba reggae.  We are moved by the heart felt melodies of the deep American South from slave cotton picking traditions and taken by an explosion of Caribbean reggae all culminating with a 23 piece ensemble of Hip Hop beats, break dancing, 12 piece drumming band, rapping and more!  

When: 24th of August-Sunday- 12pm noon

Where: LIMF (main stage) Sefton Park

An exert of the piece will be also presented as part of the celebrations of Slavery Remembrance Day on the 23rd of August, 2:30pm  at the Maritime Museum outdoor stage

“The show is a feast for the senses, with live music, dance, martial arts…the first show has wowed the audience and - we hope- left them more informed showing how Liverpool connects to Brazil, Africa,etc…DiAsFRICA expresses connections, strips away segregation, motivates mutual respect  – and our hopes of a more peaceful world-as our lyrics say we all share “one love, one life, one world”- Juliana Landim, Artistic Director

Latin Grammy Nominee band to play in Liverpool this Saturday as part of The Voodoo Ball

New arts and culture organisation BrazUKa International brings to Liverpool for the first time, Latin Grammy nominees (12 piece group) to perform at The Voodoo Ball, Kazimier, on the 26th of October alongside 15 others acts, and a New Orleans style “funeral” boisterous parade through the city centre with local 60 piece percussion band, Batala Liverpool.

The Voodoo Ball is in its second year (last year being organised as part of the Brazilica Fringe Carnival), and has built a huge following due to its innovative approach combining music and performance arts in one space, providing the audience with a new “universe” in which to play, enjoy diverse independent music. The audience becomes no longer expectators, but true participants in producing a magical, one of a kind party night in Liverpool.

The “ritual of intoxicating revelry” starts at 8:30pm with a parade down Bold St, formed by over 60 musicians, attracting the crowd to join in the street celebration ending at the Kazimier around 9:30 with a static performance by Wostenholme Sq, following inside the venue for an unforgettable night.

BrazUKa International is a not-for-profit organisation with charitable aims that develops intercultural learning and artistic exchanges within communities in the UK, Brazil and beyond in order to promote equality and diversity in the UK and international understanding more widely through: workshops, performances, language courses, business consulting, trips to Brazil and more, facilitating the exchange between British, Brazilian and other cultures.

Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda (portuguese for Contemporary Orchestra from Olinda), also known as OCO, is one of the two Brazilian bands performing at Womex 2013, in Cardiff, Wales. OCO plays on Oct. 24 at the Twin Stage A of WOMEX 2013, the day before, the group plays in London. The concert in Cardiff is followed by dates in Brighton and Liverpool on the 26th

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The Voodoo Ball is put together by a collaboration of artists, and promoted by Rebel Soul and Misturado,(BrazUKa’s events promotion initiave)

Videos > www.youtube.com/orquestraolinda

Social Networks: www.orquestraolinda.com.br

Dates and locations in the UK :

London - Oct. 23 - Bedroom Bar

Cardiff - Oct. 24 - WOMEX Showcase - Wales Millenium Centre

Brighton - Oct. 25 - The Blind Tier

Liverpool - Oct. 26 - The Kazimier

The Voodoo Ball:

http://www.facebook.com/events/515442108530380/?fref=ts