theater
Macunaíma Ópera Tupi - Trans_Creation
(2019)
In this montage, Makunaima is embodied in the bodies of the trans artist Aretha Sadick as well as the multi-artist Macuxi Jaider Esbell. Actor Pascoal da Conceição is Mário de Andrade, Iara is Uiara and the woman who came to tell/sing the story. With Afro dancers and choreographers, a band composed of renowned musicians and a string quartet, there are a total of 22 artists on stage. With artistic direction by Iara Rennó and Gert Seewald, the piece explores visual elements beyond traditional European opera. The audiovisual elements of the montage immerse the audience in the scenography of images created by Jaider Esbell.
Macunaíma Ópera Tupi - Trans_creation - teaser
Macunaíma Ópera Tupi - Trans_creation
Macunaíma Ópera Baile - Workshop Theater
(2010)
In 2010 Iara deepened her research and found at the IEB (Institute of Brazilian Studies) an original document written by Mário entitled "Macunaíma - Ópera em Seis Quadros". This discovery leaves her even more amazed and convinced of her mission to perform the play. It is in the historic Teatro Oficina (by Zé Celso Martinez Correia), that the first opera performance takes place. Accompanied by musicians, dancers, performers and virtual participations, Iara lends her body and her art to the character, performing her musical compositions which, as the artist herself says, were as if “received” via transcendental inspirations. Bringing together excerpts from the book with letters written by Mário de Andrade, among other references, the artist recreates the saga of the Macunaíma anti-hero, transfigured in Macunawoman, in the skin of actress Thalma de Freitas.
