Rio de Janeiro | West Coast debut
Merrill Wright Mainstage Theater

Stripped of the posturing and booming bass associated with hip hop, Bruno Beltrão’s H3 mines the movement vocabulary of the streets of Rio de Janeiro without the usual cultural baggage. The Brazilian choreographer’s company Grupa de Rua features 9 male dancers performing hypnotizing solos, duets and group work while incorporating elements of krumping, popping and floor-spins against a sparse electronic soundtrack ranging from classical music to sampled loops of the dancer’s screeching shoes. A hot ticket on the international festival circuit, H3 originally premiered at the Kunsten Festival des Arts (Belgium) and has been performed at such venues as Festival TransAmériques (Montreal), Sadler Well’s (London), Singapore Arts Festival and Fest mit Pina (Berlin).