{"id":3548,"date":"1979-11-06T00:01:00","date_gmt":"1979-11-05T22:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ricardoviviani.com\/?p=3548"},"modified":"2026-09-05T23:55:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T21:55:23","slug":"seis-ensaios-e-o-resto-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ricardoviviani.com\/?p=3548","title":{"rendered":"Tr\u00eas Ensaios (e o resto) – Production"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Cast – Tr\u00eas Ensaios (e o resto) – Bienal de S\u00e3o Paulo 1979<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Type:<\/strong> Dance Work \/ Piece \u00b7 Production
\nDate:<\/strong> 1979
\nContext:<\/strong> Dance production presented in the context of the 15th Bienal de S\u00e3o Paulo
\nLocation:<\/strong> S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil
\nInstitution \/ Organisation:<\/strong> Bienal de S\u00e3o Paulo
\nRole:<\/strong> Performer
\nParticipants:<\/strong> S\u00f4nia Mota \u2014 choreographer; Marco Antonio Carvalho \u2014 stage and musical director; Grupo Andan\u00e7a \u2014 performers
\nStatus:<\/strong> Historical Record \u2014 documented<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Record \/ Description<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tr\u00eas Ensaios (e o resto)<\/em> was a dance production created for Grupo Andan\u00e7a and presented in S\u00e3o Paulo in 1979 in the context of the 15th Bienal de S\u00e3o Paulo. Historical and scholarly documentation identifies S\u00f4nia Mota as choreographer and places the work’s premiere on 6 November 1979 at the Pavilh\u00e3o do Parque Ibirapuera. The surviving programme identifies Marco Antonio Carvalho as responsible for stage direction and musical direction and identifies Ricardo Viviani among the performers of Grupo Andan\u00e7a.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Work \/ Creation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tr\u00eas Ensaios (e o resto)<\/em> was choreographed by S\u00f4nia Mota for Grupo Andan\u00e7a. The surviving programme identifies the production as a dance spectacle with a duration of approximately 90 minutes. It also identifies Marco Antonio Carvalho as responsible for stage direction and musical direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot Page 305 – Bienal de S\u00e3o Paulo 1979<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Creative Team<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Choreography:<\/strong> S\u00f4nia Mota
\nStage Direction:<\/strong> Marco Antonio Carvalho
\nMusical Direction:<\/strong> Marco Antonio Carvalho
\nMusic:<\/strong> Keith Jarrett \u2014 The K\u00f6ln Concert<\/em>
\nDuration:<\/strong> 90 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performers \/ Collaborators<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Grupo Andan\u00e7a:<\/strong> Ismael Ivo, S\u00f4nia Galv\u00e3o, Calu Ramos, Solange Caldeira, Ricardo, Cl\u00e1udio, Ary Buccione and Tico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The surviving programme identifies Ricardo by first name within the listed Grupo Andan\u00e7a cast. The full programme should be retained as the primary source for this identification and for future clarification of the complete names of performers currently listed only by first name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Group – Tr\u00eas Ensaios (e o resto) – Bienal de S\u00e3o Paulo 1979<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Performance \/ Presentation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

6 November 1979 \u2014 XV Bienal de S\u00e3o Paulo<\/strong>
\nPavilh\u00e3o do Parque Ibirapuera
\nS\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historical documentation identifies 6 November 1979 as the premiere of Tr\u00eas Ensaios (e o resto)<\/em> at the XV Bienal de S\u00e3o Paulo, in the Pavilh\u00e3o do Parque Ibirapuera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artistic Context<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tr\u00eas Ensaios (e o resto)<\/em> belongs to the contemporary dance environment of S\u00e3o Paulo in the late 1970s and to the professional activity of Grupo Andan\u00e7a. The production was choreographed by S\u00f4nia Mota and presented a group of performers including Ismael Ivo and Ricardo Viviani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The production was presented in the context of the 15th Bienal de S\u00e3o Paulo, held from 3 October to 16 December 1979. The official Bienal documentation describes the 15th Bienal as the \u201cBienal das Bienais\u201d, providing a broad historical and international context for the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relationship \/ Professional Collaboration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This production documents an early professional collaboration between Ricardo Viviani and S\u00f4nia Mota, who is identified in the surviving programme as the choreographer of Tr\u00eas Ensaios (e o resto)<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The programme also documents Ismael Ivo as a member of Grupo Andan\u00e7a in the production. Ricardo Viviani’s later professional collaboration with Ivo should be treated as a distinct subsequent relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viviani’s first professional collaboration with Ismael Ivo dates from 1996, when he joined the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar as a dancer in Ivo’s company. This later period represents a substantial continuation of the professional relationship documented here, but should not be conflated with the 1979 production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2003, Viviani began choreographing for opera productions at the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar. This represents a further development of his professional practice, moving from his earlier work as a dancer in Ivo’s company into choreography for opera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Primary Source \/ Documentation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The principal surviving documentary evidence currently available for this record is the original programme. The programme identifies S\u00f4nia Mota as choreographer, Marco Antonio Carvalho as responsible for stage and musical direction, the Grupo Andan\u00e7a performers, and the production duration of 90 minutes. It also provides biographical information about S\u00f4nia Mota and documents her professional activity in Brazil and abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional scholarly documentation is provided by S\u00edlvia Maria Geraldi’s Ra\u00edzes da teatralidade na dan\u00e7a c\u00eanica: recortes de uma tend\u00eancia paulistana<\/em>, a doctoral study at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas documenting and reconstructing the production of S\u00f4nia Mota and C\u00e9lia Gouv\u00eaa during the 1970s and 1980s. The research brings together historical documents, photographs, press material and interviews and is therefore particularly relevant to the reconstruction of this period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The programme is particularly significant because it provides direct contemporary evidence for the production credits and cast. It should therefore take precedence over earlier assumptions concerning individual participation or roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archival Material<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1979<\/strong> \u2014 Original programme for Tr\u00eas Ensaios (e o resto)<\/em>, including production credits, cast and biographical information on S\u00f4nia Mota
\n1979<\/strong> \u2014 Photographs of the production \/ performance
\n2009<\/strong> \u2014 S\u00edlvia Maria Geraldi, Ra\u00edzes da teatralidade na dan\u00e7a c\u00eanica: recortes de uma tend\u00eancia paulistana<\/em>, doctoral thesis, Universidade Estadual de Campinas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contribution \/ Significance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tr\u00eas Ensaios (e o resto)<\/em> documents an early point in Ricardo Viviani’s professional trajectory and a significant early collaboration with S\u00f4nia Mota. The surviving programme also places Viviani within Grupo Andan\u00e7a alongside Ismael Ivo and other dancers active in S\u00e3o Paulo’s contemporary dance environment in 1979.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The work is also significant within the longer professional network documented elsewhere in this archive, connecting early S\u00e3o Paulo collaborations with later work involving S\u00f4nia Mota, Ismael Ivo and other artists and institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assessment \/ Relevance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The original programme substantially strengthens the documentary status of this record by providing contemporary evidence for the choreographer, direction, musical direction, cast and duration of the production. Additional historical research provides further evidence for the work’s title, premiere date and venue and places the production within the wider development of S\u00e3o Paulo contemporary dance in the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tr\u00eas Ensaios (e o resto), S\u00f4nia Mota, Ismael Ivo, Grupo Andan\u00e7a, Ricardo Viviani, Marco Antonio Carvalho, Keith Jarrett, The K\u00f6ln Concert, Bienal de S\u00e3o Paulo, 15th Bienal, contemporary dance, S\u00e3o Paulo, dance, choreography, 1979<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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External Links<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\n15th Bienal de S\u00e3o Paulo \u2014 Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Bienal de S\u00e3o Paulo<\/a>\n<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\n15th Bienal de S\u00e3o Paulo \u2014 Official Catalogue, 1979<\/a>\n<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\nS\u00edlvia Maria Geraldi \u2014 Ra\u00edzes da teatralidade na dan\u00e7a c\u00eanica: recortes de uma tend\u00eancia paulistana<\/em><\/a>\n<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\nHelena Katz \u2014 Dance chronology and documentation<\/a>\n<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Internal Links<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\nIRIBIRI<\/a>\n<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\nTanztheater Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar<\/a>\n<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\nQuaaDriDuuo<\/a>\n<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Archival Note:<\/strong> This page forms part of an ongoing personal archive documenting Ricardo Viviani\u2019s professional work and activities over more than four decades. Names and other personal information appear where relevant to the documented work or collaboration. If you believe that information concerning you has been published incorrectly or should be reconsidered, please contact me<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Type: Dance Work \/ Piece \u00b7 Production Date: 1979 Context: Dance production presented in the context of the 15th Bienal de S\u00e3o Paulo Location: S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil Institution \/ Organisation: Bienal de S\u00e3o Paulo Role: Performer Participants: S\u00f4nia Mota \u2014 choreographer; Marco Antonio Carvalho \u2014 stage and musical director; Grupo Andan\u00e7a \u2014 performers Status: Historical … <\/p>\n

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