Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças

 Founded in 1990, in Rio de Janeiro. Stimulating reflection, providing spaces for debate, raising other people ‘s awareness of contemporary art issues, generating intellectual and emotional encounters, in addition to supporting and investing in the training and information of new audiences are just a few. – some of the actions that the company has been developing since its creation. The Company remains active throughout the year, with courses, repertoire rehearsals and research and creation work, always in collaboration with the artist-dancers, and tours not only throughout Brazil but also in the whole world. 

In 2003, Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças was invited by Silvia Soter to collaborate with Redes de Desenvolvimento da Maré, in Morro do Timbau, where she transferred her daily activities, helping to build and ensure the maintenance of a suitable place for dance, in addition to offering classes and workshops for young people in the community and donating a large collection of dance videos and books. 

In 2007, the company, still in partnership with Redes da Maré, launched a new project in the Nova Holanda community, in Maré. The creation of the Center des Arts Maré (CAM), a place of sharing, coexistence and exchange of knowledge, aimed at the training, creation, dissemination and production of the arts. CAM, in addition to being the headquarters of Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças, hosts, among other initiatives, the Free School of Dance of Maré. In addition to shows, the company organizes and offers conferences, debates and workshops, aimed at beginners as well as dance professionals. The Company has already supported other dance companies or artists who had no support or sponsorship such as: Paula Nestorov, Duda Maia, Gustavo Ciríaco, Frederico Paredes and Carmen Luz. 

Source: Lia Rodrigues’ Website

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