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Bruno Beltro/Grupo de Rua

H3, U.S. Debut Tour

Part of 2009-2010 Performing Arts Season

“Brazilian choreographer Bruno Beltrão … is set to inflict seismic shock waves upon the hip-hop world.” —Ballet World

Bruno Beltrão became an international sensation with choreography fusing hip-hop and
contemporary dance. His 9-member Grupo de Rua de Niteroi presents H3, his most complex and compelling work to date. In it, he unleashes astonishing duets and ensemble works that incorporate elements of krumping, popping, collisions, and floor-spins, but with a contemporary dance master’s conceptual and compositional orientation. The stage is wired to transform the sounds of the dancers’ shoes into samples for a pulsing electronic soundtrack. Moving beyond hip-hop lineages, H3 foregrounds Grupo de Rua’s idiosyncratic language, adding ambiguity, richness, and density of gesture to the exhilarating world of hip-hop movement.

Support provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, and Producers’ Council members Leni and David Moore, Jr./The Moore Family Fund for the Arts of The Minneapolis Foundation.

The Walker Art Center’s Dance Season is sponsored by


Additional support is generously provided by Engaging Dance Audiences: A Program of Dance/USA, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The James Irvine Foundation.