Wagner Schwartz Explained

Wagner Miranda Schwartz (born 2 December 1972) is a Brazilian performer, choreographer and writer.

Biography

He was born in Volta Redonda, in the state of Rio de Janeiro.^[1] He began his studies of popular music and drama in the public schools of Volta Redonda. Later, at the Federal University of Uberlândia,^[2] Wagner studied modernist literature and art, which influences his approach to choreography, receiving the award of the Art Foundation Itau Cultural in 2000–2001, 2003–2004, 2009–2010, 2014.^[3] In 2005 and 2009 he collaborated with the choreographer Rachid Ouramdane in Cover,^[4] Des témoins ordinaires,^[5] working, during those years, in Paris, São Paulo and Berlin.^[6] In 2017, his performance La Bête sparked controversy in Brazil and abroad, when naked, Wagner was touched on the foot by a child of approximately four years of age in the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art.^[7] Currently, he resides in São Paulo and Paris.^[8]

Performances

• 2020 Tumba
• 2019 Playlist, with Lorenzo De Angelis^[9]
• 2019 A Boba (Silly Woman) ^[10]
• 2018 Public Domain, with Elisabete Finger, Maikon K and Renata Carvalho^[11]
• 2014 Mal Secreto^[12]
• 2010 Piranha^[13]
• 2008 Placebo 2008^[14]
• 2006 Placebo^[15]
• 2005 La Bête^[16]
• 2004 Wagner Ribot Pina Miranda Xavier Le Schwartz Transobjeto (European premiere, 2005, at the festival "Move Berlim", in Berlin^[17])
• 2003 Finita ^[18]

Collaboration

• 2016 Bird in a zoo with Pierre Droulers and Stefan Dreher (Brussels),^[19]
• 2015 Un petit peu de Zelda (remix) by Yves-Noël Genod (Paris),^[20]
• 2012 Questions and their Opposite,^[21] with Gustavo Bitencourt and Sheila Ribeiro (Curitiba)^[22]
• 2012 Chic By Accident,^[23] by Yves-Noël Genod, with Jeanne Balibar (Paris)^[24]
• 2009 The Ordinary Witness,^[25] by Rachid Ouramdane (Paris)^[26]
• 2005 Cover,^[27] by Rachid Ouramdane (Paris)
• 2005 Mein Raum?, with Natali Fari and Ricardo de Paula (Berlin)^[28]
• 2003 What you wish, what you want, here I am ready to serve you, by Cláudia Müller (Torres Vedras)^[29]

Books

• 2023 A nudez da cópia imperfeita (Editora Nós)^[30]
• 2018 Nunca juntos mas ao mesmo tempo / Jamais ensemble mais en même temps (Editora Nós)^[31]

Films

• 2018 Le genre international,^[32] directed by Judith Cahen and Masayasu Eguchi^[33] with Maria de Medeiros
• 2009 I Needed to get some time,^[34] with Rachid Ouramdane^[35]
• 1996 The Poet, Filminute: The International One-Minute Film Festival, directed by Waltuir Alves^[36]

Prizes

• 2024 Finalist for the São Paulo Prize for Literature (Category: "Best Novel of 2023," with the book "A nudez da cópia imperfeita" ["The Nudity of the Imperfect Copy"])^[37]
• 2021 Fundação Daniel and Nina Carasso / Cité des Arts, Paris^[38]
• 2013 Prêmio Funarte de Dança Klauss Vianna ^[39]
• 2012 Best Artistic Project of 2012 for "Piranha", by the São Paulo Association of Art Critics^[40]
• 2012 Funarte Klauss Vianna Dance
• 2011 Prêmio Funarte Klauss Vianna 2011^[41]
• 2010 Rumos Itaú Cultural Dance
• 2006 Funarte Klauss Vianna Dance
• 2005 Território Minas, FID (Dance International Forum)
• 2003 Rumos Itaú Cultural Dance
• 2003 XVI Festival de Dança do Triangulo
• 2000 Rumos Itaú Cultural Dance
• 1996 The International One-Minute Film Festival

Olhares sobre o Corpo [OsC] Festival

In 2004, he creates, together with Fernanda Bevilaqua, the festival Olhares sobre o Corpo [OsC] ("Perspectives on the Body").^[42] A meeting between artists, students and the people interested on the contemporary relationship in dance, visual arts and performance.

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jornal Correio. correiodeuberlandia.com.br. 2 December 2010.
2. Web site: Concectedance. conectedance.com.br. 3 December 2010.
3. Web site: Hebbel-am-ufer. hebbel-am-ufer.de. 3 December 2010.
4. Web site: Centre Pompidou . centrepompidou.fr. 2 December 2010.
5. Web site: Festival d'Avignon. festival-avignon.com. July 11, 2009.
6. Web site: Galerie Forum Berlin Am Meer. 13 July 2011.
7. News: A Naked Performance in São Paulo is Sparking Violent Reactions. Vice. 2017-10-16.
8. Web site: Conectedance. conectedance.com.br. 9 October 2015.
9. Web site: Libération. liberation.fr/ . 6 June 2019.
10. Web site: O Globo. oglobo.globo.com/ . 19 March 2018.
11. Web site: O Globo. oglobo.globo.com/ . 20 March 2018.
12. Web site: Folha de S.Paulo . folha.uol.com.br . 14 July 2014.
13. Web site: O Estado de S. Paulo. helenakatz.pro.br. 25 December 2010.
14. Web site: SESC SP. sescsp.org.br. 3 December 2010.
15. Web site: Idanca. idanca.com. 14 July 2011.
16. Web site: Aplauso Brasil. aplausobrasil.com.br . 20 October 2011.
17. Web site: Festival move berlim. moveberlim.de. 2 December 2010.
18. Web site: Llansol - Uma Vida de Escrita. scribd.com. es.
19. Web site: Charleroi Danses . charleroi-danses.be . 20 October 2016.
20. Web site: Un petit peu de Zelda . InRocks. issuu.com. 19 January 2015 . 24 February 2015.
21. Web site: RECEITAS E DÚVIDAS. 15 July 2012.
22. Web site: FUNARTE. funarte.gov.br. 15 July 2012.
23. Web site: THEATRE ET BALAGAN. 12 March 2012.
24. Web site: THEATRE ET BALAGAN. logs.rue89.com. 12 March 2012.
25. Web site: Théâtre de Gennevilliers. theatre2gennevilliers.com. 3 December 2010.
26. Web site: Le Figaro. blog.lefigaro.fr. 3 December 2010.
27. Web site: Fundação Joaquim Nabuco. fundaj.gov.br. 3 December 2010.
28. Web site: AnyWay Galerie Berlin. maudpiquion.com. 3 December 2010.
29. Web site: Cláudia Müller Portifolium. claudiamuller.com. 14 July 2011.
30. Web site: 3 November 2023. Valor Econômico. valor.globo.com.
31. Web site: FLIP Paraty . oglobo.globo.com . 27 July 2018 . 27 July 2018.
32. Web site: Centre Pompidou. centrepompidou.fr . 27 January 2018.
33. Web site: Le genre international.
34. Web site: CoLABoratório, Festival Panorama 2009. movimento.org. 3 December 2010.
35. Web site: J'essayais de gagner du temps. dailymotion.com. 23 September 2009. 3 December 2010.
36. Web site: Minute Festival. minutefestival.com. 3 December 2010.
37. Web site: 23 September 2024 . Diário Oficial do Estado de São Paulo .
38. Web site: Daniel e Nina Carasso. fondationcarasso.org. 30 June 2021. 30 June 2021.
39. Web site: Funarte. funarte.gov.br. 21 January 2014.
40. Web site: Estadão. estadao.com.br. 11 December 2012.
41. Web site: FUNARTE. funarte.gov.br. 11 December 2012.
42. Web site: Olhares sobre o Corpo. olharessobreocorpo.blogspot.com. 3 December 2010.