Is an electrifying Brazilian dance company that had the ability to captivate you with their stunningly sexy physicality, dynamic and rich visual beauty. Grupo Corpo creates a seamless blend of ballet and modern dance in this 21st-century dance piece. The choreography of Rodrigo Pederneiras was fun and easy on the eyes. Lines of rubber like figures kick, sway, spin, and roll across the stage like waves. Backs flip in and out of deep curves, all limbs bounce elastically into falls and hips had a mobility that denies usual laws.
Arnaldo Antunes was given carte blanche to create the 42-minute soundtrack, and the result was a rhythmic symphony of sampled gasps overlapped with tonal sounds from different instruments. But the technical facts give little idea of the score’s vast range, from rock and techno, reggae, samba, and hip-hop. The stage design consisted of a wall of blinking colored lights and a floor washed with green, but it’s also linked to the music by computer allowing the light to react to specific sounds. The female partner in each of the duets spends as much time on the floor as on her feet, and even then seems to have one leg clamped round her man’s waist, or hooked over his shoulder.
Whether flirty and funny in yellow bodysuits, or the black and white blend, every dancer moves with animal like characteristics. Undulating torsos and rhythmic stamping footwork, and the stretched, balletic limbs and light, suspended jumps. And all set to pulsating music, performed by dancers who seamlessly integrate these influences into their ever malleable, apparently tireless bodies. Dancers arranged on the floor, often flat bodied as they propel themselves horizontally into the air or move on their sides by wheeling one leg over the other. Sections frequently end with a jump into a partners arms and a blackout.
