Cantata for Love

A poetic scene with musical beats based on Karabaré: Love Poetry

ESPETÁCULO CURTO

11/24/20226 min read

It is what fate wants from us—who shipwreck in ourselves
Seeking to be as intimate with the earth as the seed and its becoming.
To perceive the calls of the unquenchable heart-flame,
Ancient, wise, and ancestral like the evocation of song.

Longing to witness
Life as a petal unfurling
But I remember
I draw inspiration from the now
And in tomorrow I believe

Love is learned
Still inside the womb
Of the one who sowed us
In the creative darkness
Like a sprout of a love-tree
It is from the root-love that our sap flows

the process

Cora Primavera is a 130-minute performance, and due to its duration and scale, it couldn’t always be staged everywhere. To sow seeds in multiple places and discover new creative possibilities from an already established work, we created Cantata for Spring, a shorter 50-minute performance that synthesized Cora Primavera and allowed the Company’s affective and creative transitions into new spaces.

Cantata for Love presents itself as a sketch, a 25-minute scene. This Cantata is the first act of the ritual-manifesto Karabaré: Love Poetry—a condensed version of the play, ideal for venues and institutions seeking and open to hosting a short performance.

Built upon poetry with musical beats, the Cantata serves as an oracle about Lovers and Love, and can be shared with children, teenagers, adults, and seniors.

For better understanding, we share a Creation Notebook—a video of the poetic foundation’s construction process for this dramaturgy.

Creation Notebook

Cantata for Eros is the name of Rafael Abrahão’s poem that originated the structure of Cantata for Love. NOTE: This video is not an excerpt of the Cantata itself, only a fraction of its construction process.

press release

The first part of the performance Karabaré: Love Poetry, called Cantata for Love, consists of a scenic choral poetry about love—this universal theme, an invisible force that materially builds our society and its relationships. The Cantata approaches love as a social cause, presenting concise and musicalized poetry that introduces the universe of Karabaré through a synthesis of Plato’s Symposium. This text is a philosophical dialogue written around 380 B.C. and remains contemporary due to its profound philosophical approach to the nature of love (from the Platonic perspective and the pursuit of wisdom and transcendence), its reflections on truth and beauty, its diverse perspectives (including scientific, philosophical, mythological, and poetic views), its ethical and moral relevance, and its role in classical philosophy studies.

The Cantata is also marked by the musicality of its poetry, blending lyrical and mantric sounds with frevo, salsa, ijexá, funk, and coco de roda. Furthermore, it invites the audience to co-act in the event, dancing along with the group and complementing the scene by reading poetic excerpts.

In short, Cantata for Love explores love in familial, friendly, romantic, relational, and affective bonds, serving as an oracle for the performance Karabaré: Love Poetry.

important links

Media Kit: Presentation of the Cantata

Artistic Project: Costume, set, lighting, and sound sketches (along with their riders) for Karabaré, similar to the Cantata

Technical Sheet and Resumes

Clipping – CCSP Season of Karabaré

sinopse

Cantata for Love is an excerpt from the play Karabaré: Love Poetry, created by Santa Companhia de Teatro. Based on card #6 "The Lovers" from the Marseille Tarot and the text The Symposium by the Greek philosopher Plato, it presents symbols and interpretations of passion, desires, and the paths of love.

In a dynamic and educational sketch format, it features a group of musicians, actors, and actresses who craft a unique poetic language and captivating musical rhythms, including salsa, frevo, coco de roda, and more.

Duration: 25 minutes
Rating: Free (recommended for ages 12 and up)

The Fool

Arcana 0

The Lovers

Arcana VI

history

Centro Cardecista Irmão Clarêncio - Teatro Domingos Montanher
Performance at Nei Calderon's launch event
thursday, november 24, 2022

cantata for corporate events

Cantata for Love is suitable for alternative spaces, auditoriums, and amphitheaters. As a condensed version of a larger artistic work, it delivers the intense theatrical experience with beauty and lightness.

Being a pocket-sized performance, its technical requirements are simplified. Ideal for breaking away from the ordinary on special dates and enhancing event programming.

Love is

It is the highest affective intelligence, where all logic fades before its drafts.
It is flying with ideas in dreamlands that crown our simplicity and decolonize kingdoms.
It is the madness of the stage, spilling pagan laughter under divine spotlights, in shows where all are audience and artists.
It is the sober farewell, drunk on memories, venturing into no one’s heart.
It is praying with our feet the outline of dance, evoked as an omen of flavors that lavish the existence of wisdom.
It is the devil and the choir of angels embraced by the untamed fury of a tear not yet fallen.
It is the purpose of time, the fit of emptiness, the destiny of pleasure, and the knowledge of faith.

Blessed be all forms of love.
Blessed be passions.
Blessed be our friendship.
Blessed be our choices.
Blessed be ancestral love.
Blessed be self-love and the universal.

Credits

Playwright: Ade Branco, Igor Bueno, Rafael Abrahão, y Ricardo Rapozo
General Direction: Rafael Abrahão
Poet Counselor: Ade Branco
Musical Direction: Rodrigo Zanettini
Body Preparation: Anna Merici
Vocal Preparation: Luíza Abe
Cast: Ade Branco, Anna Merici, Débora Predella, Demétrio Abrahão, Igor Bueno, Luíza Abe, Mada Rocco, Pedro Coêntro, Rafael Abrahão, Rafael Pinto, Renato Ihu, Ricardo Rapozo y Rodrigo Zanettini
Art direction and scenic architecture: Lais Damato
Stage Management: Isis Patacho
Costumes: Ade Branco, César Augusto, Harth Brito y Maria José Gomes Moreira
Lighting: Hart Brito (Temporada CCSP) // Nara Zocher (demais apresentações)
Sound Design: Lucas Tancsik
Production, strategy and booking: Stéphanie Glória