Erika Schwarz
Macunaíma Nova Rota Guanabara
Author: Erika Schwarz
Performance space: Praia Vermelha (Rio de Janeiro)
Theatre company/company produced for: Erika Schwarz and Performers
Month & year of original production: July 2009
Description of items intended for exhibition:
Costume
Project description:
Macunaíma Nova Rota Guanabara was created from what can be called a Brazilian universe, with the intention of reaching theatricality and finding references for the performance for Mário de Andrade’s typical literature “hero”, Macunaíma. Considering the existence of many Brazilian worlds that emerge from the relationships between a great variety of bodies and the environment, the purpose was to create a cutout from the territories and daily paths. While crossing the bay of Guanabara every day, the costume designer seeks inspiration in space and finds the Paqueta island - a place filled with Indian legends and immortalized by the novel A moreninha (1844) by J. M. de Macedo. There she notices waste all over the beaches (bottles, plastic bags, popsicle sticks, beer cans), swan shaped paddle boats, floats, flowers... With these references, Erika Schwarz investigates through symbolism and recycling how to create costumes that dialogue with this urban materiality.
Artform:
Performance Design
Costume Design
Designers:
Costume designer: Erika Schwarz
Director/choreographer: Erika Schwarz
Other creative collaborators: Amanda Paiva (Performer), Daniel Leuback (Performer), Fred Araújo (Performer), Laura Becker (Performer), Tatiana Arenaz (Performer), Luiza Paes (Costume Designer Assistant), Eri Araújo (Makeup Artist), Mariana Bahia (Photographer)
Image gallery
Macunaíma Nova Rota Guanabara
Performance for Macunaíma's character.
Performer: Fred Araújo
Costume Design: Erika Schwarz
Costume Design Assistant: Luiza Paes
Makeup Artist: Eri Araújo
Photographer: Mariana Bahia
Macunaíma Nova Rota Guanabara
Performance for Macunaíma's character.
Performer: Fred Araújo
Costume Design: Erika Schwarz
Costume Design Assistant: Luiza Paes
Makeup Artist: Eri Araújo
Photographer: Mariana Bahia
Macunaíma Nova Rota Guanabara
Performance for Ci's character.
Performer: Amanda Paiva
Costume Design: Erika Schwarz
Costume Design Assistant: Luiza Paes
Makeup Artist: Eri Araújo
Photographer: Mariana Bahia
Macunaíma Nova Rota Guanabara
Performance for Boiuna Capei's character.
Performer: Tatiana Arenaz
Costume Design: Erika Schwarz
Costume Design Assistant: Luiza Paes
Makeup Artist: Eri Araújo
Photographer: Mariana Bahia
Macunaíma Nova Rota Guanabara
Performance for Maanape's character.
Performer: Daniel Leuback
Costume Design: Erika Schwarz
Costume Design Assistant: Luiza Paes
Makeup Artist: Eri Araújo
Photographer: Mariana Bahia
Macunaíma Nova Rota Guanabara
Performance for Naipi's character (based on A moreninha by J.M. de Macedo).
Performer: Laura Becker
Costume Design: Erika Schwarz
Costume Design Assistant: Luiza Paes
Makeup Artist: Eri Araújo
Photographer: Mariana Bahia