Public Works / Calixto Neto - Jardim Atlântico

1 rue de Bourgogne, 67100 Strasbourg

Calixto Neto, a dancer and choreographer from Olinda in Brazil, has been based in France since 2013 after having been a member of Lia Rodriguez's company from 2007. Jardim Atlântico is a protean choreographic project but also a real place, the neighborhood where the choreographer grew up, in Olinda in the northeast of Brazil. A neighborhood touched by social contrast that resembles many others. A banal district on the city outskirts. Jardim Atlântico is the name of a solo piece, inhabited by memories, the personal archives, and the traditional Pernambuco dances…