Short Film Ditiramba pra Subir

Short film recorded in 2020 during the pandemic period and premiered in 2023, celebrating 9 years of Santa Cia.

AUDIOVISUAL

2/3/20233 min read

Short film available on Santa Cia’s YouTube channel.
Filmed in 2020 in Botucatu/SP
Premiered in 2023 at Casa das Caldeiras (Av. Francisco Matarazzo)

Bacchus Dionysus Zagreus
Bacchantes, Padilhas, Pilintras
Cross the crossroads of life
With the thyrsus steady in hand

Madness is our guide

In the orgy of guides and spins

We dance with boundless joy

Our art is our mandinga

To transmute the body

about

In the second half of 2020, during the pandemic period, actress Gabriela Hess called Rafael Abrahão, inviting him to take part in an audiovisual work dedicated to Dionysus, God of Theatre. Rafael then sealed the connection with filmmaker Ricardo Rapozo, and the two went to Demétria, a neighborhood in Botucatu, to carry out the recordings. In three days, the film was shot, and all the post-production continued digitally from our homes, respecting the social distancing rules of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The short is a prayer-poem in Dionysian strength, honoring the living bacchic performers and all those who have already entered eternity.

The film had a pedagogical screening in Professor Hugo Villavicenzo's class at Célia Helena Theatre School on March 27, 2021, International Theatre Day. Its premiere took place on February 3, 2023, celebrating 9 years of Santa Companhia, at Casa das Caldeiras.

synopsis

"Ditiramba pra Subir!" is a ritual-manifesto short film, performed by a bacchante and created as a poem-act dedicated to the enthusiastic power of Dionysus. Amidst nature, a tribute is made to theatre, taking the form of a chant in honor of our ancestral masters and some of the creative artists who departed due to this plague that haunts the world in this second decade of the 21st century. "Ditiramba pra Subir!" is an offering of invocation and blessings from the god of Theatre to creative energy. Evoé!

Credits

Cast: Gabriela Hess
Script: Gabriela Hess y Rafael Abrahão
Direction: Rafael Abrahão y Ricardo Rapozo
Produced by: Santa Cia. y Luma Films
Editing and Montage: Ricardo Rapozo
Director of Photography: Ricardo Rapozo
Porduction Director: Stephanie Glória
Art Director: Lais Damato
Graphic Art: Mateus Teixeira
Costume Design: Beatriz Capobiando
Musical Direction: Juliana Gotz
Composition: Álvaro Cotarelli y Rodrigo Zanettini
SoundDesign: Claudio Mascaro
Instrumentalist: Álvaro Cotarelli, Claudio Mascaro, Marco Magli y Rodrigo Zanettini