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Anjos da guarda
Um receptivo tem, durante o FIT, a importante
misso de acompanhar os grupos dia e noite.
Falando a lngua do grupo visitante, importante
elo na sua comunicao com a produo, a
imprensa, os garons, os mdicos - sim, porque s
vezes os convidados vo parar em hospitais, pre-
cisam contratar babs para os filhos, fazem com-
pras, querem visitar o Mercado Central, Ouro
Preto... Tanto cuidado costuma comover alguns
duros coraes dos cerebrais estrangeiros. E
acontece de nascer, dessa breve convivncia, um
tambm breve vnculo afetivo. 08
In a festival with that Bomb
dimension FIT-BH has, it happen, in the The synopsis sent in by Spanish group Smola Teatre about
backstage or even in front of the public, some funny facts spectacle Hibrid, for FIT-BH 1998, made allusion to alle-
and curiosities, not always caught or divulged. FIT-BH gories, vertiginous movements, impacting images. But
Magazine 3 has searched many and has chosen some the production did not know that one of the 'impacting
ones, for the lectors fun: images' was provoked by the explosion, in scene, of a bomb
placed inside a bucket. The result: damage to the stage
A prowess ceiling and many apologies offered to the direction of
Palcio das Artes. Besides, of course, the immediate
Only one group, so far, has brought to a same edition of repair of the damage.
FIT-BH more than two spectacles. The record which hap-
pened in the first edition, in 1994, belongs to Bolivian group The show must go on
Teatro de los Andes, who presented La Leyenda de un
Pueblo que Perdi el Mar, Ubu en Bolivia and Solo los Giles One of the conditions to take part in the Festival is for the
Mueren de Amor. In 2006, the group returned with Otra Vez group to send a technical rider containing the list of needs
Marcelo. to be provided by local production. In FIT-BH 1996, half an
Recognized as one of the most expressive and active Latin- hour before the spectacle Amor Paregrico, the producer
American collectives, Teatro de los Andes, which has as of the group Velho Mangaba e suas pastoras Endiabradas,
director the always welcome Csar Brie, will be also seen from Recife, realized he had forgotten to include on the list
in the 9 edition with the spectacle Con un Sol Amarillo, a drum kit, essential for the band that came with the spec-
memorias de un temblor. tacle team. For the production and audience luck, the show
was going on in Santa Tereza, a neighborhood known for its
Men in black on the run musical tradition, especially as the birthplace of Clube da
Esquina. Challenged to solve the problem in 30 minutes,
Surprised to meet them, relieved to see them leave. This the production managed to get not 111
was the reaction from the audience that Belgian group Cie. one but four drum sets,
Contre-Pour was used to, every time they performed in from musicians close
Europe. This phrase appeared in the synopsis of the inter- by. The group's
vention Les Hommes en Noir, which the group brought to bad luck: the
Belo Horizonte in 1996. In it, four men dressed in black, instrument
using the surprise element, appeared at some point of the hiring value
city carrying bizarre metallic instruments, creating disor- was abated
der wherever they went. from their
payment.
But here the spell literally turned back on the spell-mak-
ers. The huge audience that went to Praa Sete, much big-
ger than predicted for an intervention, not satisfied only
with watching them, started to participate in the spectacle Double
and to chase the black-dressed men in their movements. function
The situation became unbearable; the guide desperately
asked for security reinforcement by the cell phone. Big 6m X 5m ban-
Frightened, the actors finished the show, desperately run- ners were installed at 09
ning back to their hotel in the city center. The audience, strategic points of the city to
even more excited, thought all of that made part of the per- promote FIT-BH 1997. In one of them, the Santa Tereza
formance and followed them. bridge, the installation was particularly difficult, demand-
ing many negotiations, because the bridge is a historical
When they arrived at hotel, the men in black threw them- monument under government trust.
selves on the hotel sofas, breathless and relieved since the
automatic glass doors protected them. When they looked Once authorized, the installation was made in an after-
back, a smiling crowd with their faces touching the glass, noon, provoking a strong visual impact. The following day,
not yet satisfied, asked for more... although it was on the highest point of the bridge, the piece
had disappeared. Some days later the mystery was solved:
the banner was seen protecting the top of a shack from the French director of the Thtre du Soleil. On vacation in So
rain in the outskirts of the city of Sabar. The responsible Paulo, she had come over to Belo Horizonte to see her
for the transfer did not have any concern to dissimulate Cuban friends in the spectacle Otra Tempestad with the
his feat: with the print side up, the banner kept accom- group Teatro Buenda. When saluted, she answered polite-
plishing its finality, promoting the event even in the neigh- ly but signaled clearly that she wanted to be left that way:
boring city. unknown and alone. And so she was.
Guardian angels
During FIT, a guide has the important mission of accompa-
prise nying the groups night and day. Speaking the language of
on both the visiting group, he or she is an important link in the
10 audiences. group's communication with the production, the press, the
The incident waiters, the doctors - yes, because at times the guests
generated a letter of have to go to hospitals, need to hire baby sitters for the
protest from the Metropolitan Archbishop. kids, feel like going shopping, want to visit Mercado
Central, the city of Ouro Preto...
Surprise visit
So much care tend to touch some hard hearts of cerebral
Maintaining the ritual of visiting the theaters before every foreigns. And from this brief relationship an also brief
premiere to welcome the groups and check if everything affective link might appear. It was with folkloric music and
was in order, the general director of the event had a sur- flowers that the Polish group Teatr smego Dnia, respon-
prise in FIT-BH 1998 when he was walking into the hall of sible for the spectacle Arka, that opened FIT-BH 2006,
Teatro Sesiminas: standing unknown and all alone, there expressed their thanks to the guide who accompanied
was none other than Arianne Mnouskine, the well-known them when they were leaving. But the real surprise was
01 - Em Um Sol Amarelo, Memrias de Um Terremoto - Teatro de Los Andes/Bolvia/2008
the respectful kiss on the forehead she received from the (Foto: Radoslav Pazameta)
unsmiling director at Confins airport. 02 - Homens de Preto Cie Contre-Pour/Blgica/1996
(Foto: frederico Antoniazzi)
sable element for at least two groups at FIT-BH 2006. The 05 - Arka Teatr smego Dnia/Polnioa/2006
(Foto: Kika Antunes)
African Kofi Kk, besides candles, a white towel and an
06 - Circular 01 Prmio Fomento/BH/2004
untouched plate, requested from the production three (Foto: Kika Antunes)
liters of the good one. The material was supposed to be 07 - As Folhas que Resistem ao Vento Cia Koffi Kk/Benin/2006
(Foto: Guto Muniz)
used in the religious rituals promoted in the dressing-
08 - O Auto do Bumba-Meu-Boi da Floresta/MA/2006
room before the spectacle As Folhas que Resistem ao (Foto: Guto Muniz)
Vento. Only the men - although there was also a woman in 09 - Pgina 111: Arka
(Foto: Guto Muniz)
the cast - could participate. The door was locked and entry
10 - Amor Paregrico Velho Mangaba e suas Pastoras Endiabradas/PE/1996
forbidden even to the production. The state of trance (Foto: Kika Antunes)
remained during the spectacle and, in some cases, till 11 - Um dos tantos cobiados banners do FIT
(Foto: Guto Muniz)
later, when the members had a certain difficulty in their
spatial localization and needed help to return to the hotel.
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