SAF 2024 programme

Social Arts Festival 2024

6-7-8 December

Day 1: 6 December

Introduction by Joanna Puchala

Welcome to the 7th edition of Free Social Arts Festival. In Algodoal it’s a 4th edition. This is a multicultural social event created by artists and for artists. It’s the integration of international and local /indigenous artists from Amazonia in Brazil. We combine a different arts forms such as music, dance, aerial, theatre, film and many more. We express what’s going on in the world, our hearts and minds. We rise awareness of violation of human rights and social injustice through performing and visual arts. All the artists: amateur and professional and audience are welcome to join our festival. The Social Arts Festival is hold at Flowmove Arts Centre in Algodoal on Princesinha beach in front of the Ocean. It’s the initiation of Polish movement artist from London Joanna Puchala and supported by Flowmove and all incredible international and local artists. Social Arts Festival 6-7-8 December 2024 6pm AMT/9pm GMT in person @princesinha beach @retreat.centres.Flowmove and online: instagram@socialartsfestival

Presentation of the book about forests and chronicles – Yvonne Miller

Yvonne Miller is a German writer who lives in Brazil. In her latest book „Deus Criou Primeiro um Armadillo – Crônicas da Mata (Aboio, 2022) she tells about her life in the Atlantic Forest of Pernambuco, Brazil, where she lived from 2020 to 2023.

In 50 short texts between fiction and non-fiction – sometimes funny, sometimes serious, poetic or political – you can get an idea of this lesser-known Brazilian forest and some of its inhabitants, such as huge lizards, colorful snikes, furry spiders, cute sloths or scandalous birds. You can find the book here: https://www.amazon.com.br/Deus-Criou-Primeiro-Tatu-Cr%C3%B4nicas-ebook/dp/B0C4Q7MD51/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1702049050&sr=8 -1

Or contact the author on Instagram @yvonnemiller_ Writer

Poem and music – Poet Scott

Pole dance – Flying without fear – Luane

“Pole dance is one of the devices I am least “intimate” with. Challenging myself to try is allowing myself to make mistakes without fear. Leaving my body light and my mind open to possibilities. It is a way of expressing feelings and exploring the unknown. Flying without fear of making mistakes.”

improvisation: aerial dance Joanna Puchala

Joanna Puchala originally from Poland. She is a world citizen. She is mainly based in London but also travels the world. She is an award winning performing artist and choreographer. She runs the dance company LCP Dance Theatre and aerial school Flowmove. She creates retreat centres in the natural reserves and runs creative aerial and professional aerial yoga retreats. She is a funder of Social Arts Festival. She started this non profit artistic movement in London in the United Kingdom six years ago. After the third edition she moved it to Amazonia where she created the Flowmove Arts Centre in Algodoal. This is the fourth edition of Social Arts Festival in Maiandeua, in Algodoal.

Joanna will present an act 1 of improvised aerial dance performance based on her experience of living in duality. Being trapped in an artificial world of civilisation and flying high and free in the world of nature. She shares her frustration of living very high speed of life in a big metropolis and much more meaningful life in the nature of Amazon and not only. She identifies herself more with the nature. However she can not leave behind the concrete world of civilisation.

Interval:

Workshop by Daniele Risi da Silva from Amazon – Region Pará in Brazil– Workshop on reusing glass bottles using the upcycling technique. Everyone is welcome to join!

Aerial Duet – Poeta Scott and Anita Borozan

Connection through movement without the spoken world. Multicultural integration of the Western and local world.

Aerial – group choreography – Anita Borozan, Luane Furtado, Yvonne Miller, Joanna Puchala

LCP Dance a theatre – Choreography inspired by the aerial yoga retreat at the flowmove retreat and arts center in Algodoal. Integration of professional instructors and students. Artistic creation of Western and local participants. Integration of nature and all human beings, regardless of their race, nationality and origin. Union and togetherness.

Capuera – group – Brazilian dance – Anita Borozan, Luane Furtado, Yvonne Miller, Joanna Puchala

Latin and contemporary dance group – Anita Borozan, Luane Furtado, Yvonne Miller, Joanna Puchala

Raising awareness about environmental issues. Trash is the biggest problem of ocean pollution and nature in general.

Carimbo – everyone!

Local native folk music and dance from the Amazon, Pará, Maiandeua in northern Brazil

Day 2: 7 December

Introduction: Joanna Puchala

Welcome to the second day of the 7th Free Social Arts Festival for the fourth time in Algodoal, Amazonia. This is a multicultural social event created by artists and for artists. It’s the integration of international and local /indigenous artists from Amazonia in Brazil. We combine a different arts forms such as music, dance, theatre, painting, film and many more. We express what’s going on in the world, our hearts and minds. We rise awareness of violation of human rights and social injustice through performing and visual arts. All the artists: amateur and professional and audience are welcome to join our festival. The Social Arts Festival is hold at Flowmove Arts Centre in Algodoal on Princesinha beach in front of the Ocean. It’s the initiation of Polish movement artist from London Joanna Puchala and supported by Flowmove and all incredible international and local artists. Social Arts Festival 6-7-8 December 2024 6pm AMT/9pm GMT in person Im Amazon in Para on Algodoal island at Princesinha beach @Flowmove.retreatcenters and online: instagram@socialartsfestival Join us!

Narration by writer Yvonne Miller from Germany living in Algodoal where the festival takes place

Discussion group on violence against women – Daniele Risi da Silva

Solo dance and Pole dance performance – Anita Borozan – inner journey

An exploration of pole dance and floor dance inspired by the feeling of freedom and inner connection.

Interval:

Workshop by Daniele Risi Da Silva from Northern Brazil on reusing glass bottles using the upcycling technique

Solo aerial dance/hoop/trapeze performance – Joanna Puchala

Joanna will present an act 2 of improvised aerial performance based on her experience of living in duality. Being trapped in an artificial world of civilisation and flying high and free in the world of nature. She shares her frustration of living very high speed of life in a big metropolis and much more meaningful life in the nature of Amazon and not only. She identifies herself more with the nature. However she can not leave behind the concrete world of civilisation.

Duet contemporary dance and aerial improvisation – Anita Borozan and Joanna Puchala

Exploring connection between two professional movers from Croatia and Poland. Professional collaboration of contact improvisation and floor work. Speaking the same language through the movement. Cultural European diversity meets together in Amazon.

Carimbo – group performance- local native folk dance and music from Para north Brazil.

Day 3: 8 December

Introduction: Joanna Puchala

Narration by writer Yvonne Miller from Germany living in Algodoal where the festival takes place

Music and singing by local artist Diego Medeiro

Aerial and dance duet influenced by weekly aerial yoga retreat Yvonne Miller and Anita Borozan

Breaking free from the struggle of being an insecure woman. Woman who lives in a patriarchal reality and wants to live on her own terms

Interval: workshop about up cycling by Daniele Risi da Silva

Singing poetry about local culture of Amazon in Algodoal by Poet Scott

Duet improvised dance – Joanna Puchala e Doriel Ribeiro da Silva

Joanna and Doriel will present the fusion of aerial and contemporary dance. It’s the artistic collaboration about cultural diversity, emotional and professional journey between two different worlds, sometimes conflict and eventually union and understanding.

Carimbo – native folk music and dance from Amazon region of Para north of Brazil

The Finale and awards

With our social arts festival we educate and raise awareness of what’s the most meaningful in our lives in many different aspects: social, political and economical

SAF is presented in person @flowmove in Amazon – Algodoal – Praia Princesinha and online on Instagram @socialartsfestival

During SAF we educate through the art and different workshops such as recycling bins built of dry bamboo in Amazonia. Recycling from the nature and bringing it back to the nature.

Please join us and share with everyone!

Thank you for your support to make our SAF happen annually. Every second weekend of December: Friday-Saturday-Sunday.

You can donate on our website or by coming to the free SAF and getting some food and drinks which we serve.

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Thanks to all the participants who made the Social Arts a success

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Artistic direction and organisation

Social Arts Festival Funder

Joanna Puchala