Fiery affairs, devouring lust, disastrous jealousy, broken hearts, brutal longing, contempt, rancor, and indifference in lyrics that border on the kitsch and dazzlingly beautiful melodies – these are the exuberantly romantic songs written by Ernesto Lecuona (1895-1963). They captivated choreographer Rodrigo Pederneiras in the mid-eighties, and two decades later in 2004, GRUPO CORPO celebrated the all-time greatest genius of Cuban music, opening for the first time since 1992 an exception to the house rule that the dance company would only dance to soundtracks especially composed for them. The result is a 38-minute ballet simply called Lecuona, an infatuating sequence of pas de deux followed by a single ensemble number created by Rodrigo Pederneiras to twelve aching love songs and one Waltz by the famous composer of Siboney. Lecuona has a singular character among all the other ballets by GRUPO CORPO. Visual and scenery change color every time a new couple takes the stage to dance to one of Ernesto Lecuona’s songs. The scenery and lighting design (by Paulo Pederneiras and Fernando Velloso) outlines the scenic space with cubes made of monochromatic light that move within the black box as the partners dance. Domineering, the male dancers get on stage donning patent leather shoes, shirts, and slacks in different shades of black. On gauzy dresses with plenty of slits and cleavage, the fiery female dancers of Lecuona put on high heels (from 2 inches high to 5-inch heels) and dress from head to toes in one invariably warm color that relates to the light shade chosen for their couples. After the pas de deux, six couples take the stage to dance a waltz in a gigantic cube made of mirrors (now the women wear long lilting white dresses). Each dancer is multiplied in the play of mirror reflections and the final number becomes a big bright ball from a bygone era.
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PATRONOS & AMIGOS DO CORPO
PATRONOS DO CORPO
ALEXANDRE BIRMAN, ALEXANDRE E ANA ELISA AROEIRA, ANA ELISA E EUGÊNIO STAUB FILHO, ANA MARIA DINIZ, ANA PAULA E SÉRGIO SPINELLI, ANA SARKOVAS E DÁRIO GUARITA, ANDRÉ E CAROLINA SALAZAR, ANDRÉA JOHANNPETER, ANDREA LEONEL, BETÂNIA TANURE e FILHOS, BRUNO E PAULA WANDERLEY, ELEONORA ROSSET, ELIZABETH MACHADO, EUGÊNIO MATTAR, FÁBIO OLIVEIRA LIMA, FÁBIO PENTEADO RODRIGUES, FERNANDA FEITOSA E HEITOR MARTINS, FLÁVIA FARIA VASCONCELLOS, GEYZE DINIZ, GISELA NEGRÃO ASSIS, GUILHERME E FLÁVIA TEIXEIRA, HAYDÉE E ALAN BELDA, JULIANA SIQUEIRA SÁ, KARINA PYLES, LÚCIA FARIA, LUCIANA HALL, LUIS STUHLBERGER, LUIS TEREPINS, MAGUY ETLIN, MARCELO TOSTES, MARCO ANTÔNIO E MARIANA PATRUS, MAURÍCIO E VALÉRIA CAMPOS, RENATA FISHER FERNANDES, ROBERTA DEMANGE, RODRIGO E ADRIANA CARNEIRO, ROSE BRATKE, RUBENS MENIN, TÂNIA HADDAD NOBRE, TED MASON E REBECCA, THIAGO GOMIDE E LÍVIA DEBBANÉ, VERA NEGRÃO.
AMIGOS DO CORPO
ADILSON AUGUSTO LARANJA, ADRIANA ALMEIDA DO CARMO, ADRIANA GOULART DE SENA ORSINI, ALBERTO GARCIA FERNANDEZ VARELA, ALESSANDRA CRISTINA PIMENTA, ALEXANDRE DA SILVA BORGES, ALEXANDRE MARQUES FERRARA, ALEXANDRE SANTOS HANSEN, ALICE FUSARO FAIOLI, ALICE HERRERA DE FIGUEIREDO, AMANA MATOS VELOSO, AMARILDO CRUZ, ANA CLÁUDIA GAMA, ANA CRISTINA DE ALMEIDA RIBEIRO, ANA LUÍZA DA SILVA VAZ BARRETO, ANA MARIA PORTUGAL MAIA SALIBA, ANA PAULA REIS, ANA PAULA SOUTO MELO, ANDRÉA COLSATO PRADO, ANDRÉA DE CAMPOS VASCONCELLOS, ANDREA FIGUEIREDO TEIXEIRA ALVARES, ANDRÉIA ANGEL DE MORAES DOMINGUEZ, ANGELA MARIA AMARAL, ANNA DA SOLEDADE VIEIRA, ANTONIA MASCARENHAS, MOREIRA, BÁRBARA FERREIRA PIRES, BEATRIZ BRITO RIBEIRO DE OLIVEIRA, BRUNO MOTTA, CAMILLO DE ALCÂNTARA CÉSAR, CAROLINE DE OLIVEIRA NERY, CÉLIA MARIA MEDEIROS DA ROCHA PAES, CELINA MACHADO DA SILVA MUYLAERT, CÉLIO AUGUSTO MARTINS LIMA, CLARICE MENEZES, CLÁUDIA MARIA QUIROGA DA CUNHA, CLÁUDIA MARIA VILAS FREIRE, CONRADO CHACON BORGES DE PAULA, DEISE ESTEFÂNIA DE SOUZA DUTRA, DENISE STARLING ARAÚJO DE FREITAS, DIANA MARA DA SILVA, DORA MARIA BARBOSA TORRES BUCEK, EDUARDO TEIXEIRA CARDOSO, ELIANE DE ASSIS REBELLO, ELIZABETH GAELZER JEOLÁS VALADARES, ELOÍSA DE ASSIS REBELLO, ELZA LOPES GAMA, EMANUEL APOEMA SORTICA, FABRÍCIO DE SOUZA CAMPOS, FELIPE GOMES DE ALCÂNTARA, FELIPE MASCARENHAS MOREIRA, FERNANDA SIQUEIRA DE QUEIROZ VARELLA, FERNANDO AUGUSTO SOUSA MONTEIRO, FERNANDO MELLO FRANCO, FERNANDO SOARES BRAGANÇA, FLAVIA CRISTINA ROSSI DUTRA, FLÁVIA MOURA MASCARENHAS, FLÁVIO SEHN, FRANCISCO EDUARDO DE CARVALHO VIOLA, GABRIELA SOUSA DE MELO MIETTO, GILMAR DE CARVALHO CRUZ, GLAYSON EDUARDO DE FIGUEIREDO, GREICE BALTIERI, GUILHERME BRITO RIBEIRO DE OLIVEIRA, GUSTAVO DE CASTRO MAGALHÃES, HELENA TÂNIA KATZ, HELGER MARRA LOPES, HENRIQUE KAHN, ILANA KATZ ZAGURY FRAGELLI, ISAK GWERCMAN, JACQUELINE FINKELSTEIN, JANAINA DOS SANTOS DAMAS RIBEIRO, JOÃO CARLOS SIMONETTI JÚNIOR, JOÃO HENRIQUE ROSCOE DINIZ MACIEL, JOÃO HILÁRIO ÁVILA VALGAS FILHO, JOÃO PEDRO PINTO COELHO, JOÃO VICTOR SANTOS MURUCI, JOICE TOYOTA, JOSÉ ALBERTO NEMER, JOSÉ MARTINS QUINTÃO, JOSÉ ROBERTO ALMEIDA FEITOSA, JULIANA BASTONE, JÚNIA MARIA VILAS FREIRE, KATHRIN ELLEN PFEFFER, KLEVERSON MESQUITA MELLO, LAURA BOGÉA MULLER DE ALMEIDA, LAURA VILLARES DE FREITAS, LETÍCIA FERREIRA GONTIJO SILVEIRA, LETÍCIA RODRIGUES DE ALENCAR, LÍVIA VILAS BOAS E SILVA, LUCAS ALEXANDRE DA SILVA, LUCAS ALMEIDA PEREIRA DE LIMA, LUCIANA SARMENTO DRUMOND, LUIS ROBERTO SILVESTRINI, LUÍSA ROCHA CABRAL, LUIZ FELIPE CORRÊA MOREIRA, LUIZ GONZAGA VAZ COELHO, LUIZA MARIA EKMAN SCHENBERG, LUZIA HELENA DA CUNHA, MARCELA MASCARENHAS MOREIRA, MARCELE FERNANDES DIAS, MARCELO AUGUSTO DE ALMEIDA BRITO, MARCELO CAMPOS GALUPPO, MARCELO DE CAMARGO MAIA , MARCELO JOSÉ BERABA, MARCIA AMARAL PEIXOTO MARTINS, MARCO ANTÔNIO FERNANDES FRADE, MARCOS GOMES AMORIM, MARCOS PORTO BARBOSA, MARCOS SÉRGIO PERES, MARIA ÂNGELA ALVES NOGUEIRA, MARIA ÂNGELA BRAGA REIS, MARIA CLARA DUARTE TEIXEIRA, MARIA DE FÁTIMA MARTINS HORTA, MARIA DO CARMO DOS SANTOS MACEDO, MARIA DO CARMO FRICHE PASSOS, MARIA ELISA BAPTISTA, MARIA EUGÊNIA DA ROCHA, MARIA INÊS TAVARES PINTO COELHO, MARIA IZABEL MACEDO DE LIMA, MARIA JÚLIA DE OLIVEIRA SANTOS, MARIA LÚCIA PEREIRA DE QUEIROZ, MARIA LUIZA VASCONCELOS NASCIMENTO, MARIA TEREZA LANNA DE OLIVEIRA, MARILDES LUIZA DE CASTRO, MARILDO REZENDE SILVA, MARÍLIA COSTA E SILVA, MARTA VIEIRA BOGÉA, MARZULO PAGANI VIVACQUA, MIRIAM LINS DE MACEDO, MIRIAM MENDES GANDELMAN, MIRIAM OLIVEIRA E ROCHA, MOISÉS DE OLIVEIRA ARIOZA, MÔNICA LODI XAVIER, NILCE ALVES DOS SANTOS, NILSON FONSECA AMARAL, PATRÍCIA ROCHA NOBRE, PATRÍCIA SOUZA BASTOS, PAULO RUBENS DE TATIT, PEDRO MARCOS OLIVEIRA BELLO, PEDRO MOUSINHO GOMES CARVALHO SILVA, RAFAELA SALGADO FERREIRA, RENATA RIZKALLAH, RENATA SIQUEIRA DE RESENDE CHAVES, RENATO FERREIRA FRANCO, RICARDO RIBENBOIM, ROBERTA CRISTINA SILVA ALVES, SANDRA MARIA DA MATA AZEREDO, SÉRGIO CARVALHO BANDEIRA DE MELLO, SÉRGIO DINIZ GUERRA, SÉRGIO HONÓRIO DE FREITAS, SHEILA REGINA MURGEL VELOSO, SIMONE COSTA NUNES, SOLANGE DOMINGO ALENCAR TORRES, SUSANA ISABEL VIDAL SEMEDO, TANUS VITAL SAUDE, TATIANA GUIMARÃES TEIXEIRA, TELMA MENDES SILVA, TOMAS FISCHER, VÂNIA LÚCIA DE LIMA ANDRADE, VÂNIA MINTZ, VERA LÚCIA LAGE DE OLIVEIRA, VLADIMIR BONONI, WAGNER BUENO CATEB, WALTER MARINHO DE OLIVEIRA, WEBER JOSÉ VARELA, WILMA DA SILVA LOPES, YARA ALVARENGA DRUMOND, ZENILCA SOARES DE NAVARRO.
Friendly company: ROUXINOL
Special thanks: WAGNER VELOSO