Poetical-political performance: In Self Defense

 04/March – after the show | Location: CCSP – Centro Cultural São Paulo (Cultural Center of São Paulo)

Performing actors: Dudu de Oliveira, Gilberto Costa, Jhonas Araujo, Junior Cabral, Renato Caetano de Jesus, Walter Baltazar, Aretha Oliveira, Luz Ribeiro, Mawusi Tulani, Nadia Bittencourt, Palomaris Mathias Manoel, Thereza Morena, Luiz Felipe Lucas and Tatiana Ribeiro.

Performance in which historical speeches will be uttered intertwined with personal testimonies, songs and poetry, referring to the black diaspora and its historical unfoldings. An action to resist the hegemonic narrative. In search of giving voice to history itself.

Eugênio Lima was born in Recife (PE). He is a DJ, actor, MC, director, researcher of the african-diasporic culture, sound design teacher at the SP Theater School, founding member of “Núcleo Bartolomeu de Depoimentos (Bartholomew Center for Testimonials)” and “Frente 3 de fevereiro (Front February Third)”. Director of “Ainda Numa Terra Estranha (Still in a Strange Land)” (2014) and “A Imagem Construída e Construção da Imagem (Built Image and Image Building)” (2009-2010) of the theater company Os Crespos. Winner of the Paulista Cooperative Theater award for best sound project in 2012 with “Orfeu Mestiço – A Hip-Hópera Brasileira (Orfeus Mestizo – a Brazilian hip-Hopera)”. Winner of the Shell music award in 2006 with “Frátria Amada Brasil – Small Compendium of Urban Legends.”