Ricardo de Paula
… born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, works as a freelance dance performer, choreographer, teacher and director. He began his dance studies in 80s, attending dance classes at Harmonia Studio de Dança in Belo Horizonte. There he received his education in classical ballet, jazz and contemporary dance. He worked in many companies, such as Grupo Corpo (Brazil), DV8 Physical Theater (UK) and Staatstheater Kassel (DE).
Since 2003 Ricardo lives in Berlin and has taken part in research projects with an extensive range of companies and artists, including DV8/Lloyd Newson (2007), Sasha Waltz (2006), Felix Ruckert (2005), Ahn Eun-Me (2005), Sommer Ulrickson (2004), Christoph Winkler (2003), Constanza Macras (2003), Staatstheater Kassel/Ana Mondini (2002). Since 2005 he has developed solo-works as well as mixed media installations/performances and since 2006 he has shown his own works with Grupo Oito, who were invited to Turkey, France and Kenya for guest performances. Furthermore he teaches his Get Physical Process.
Recently, the artist has been researching physicality body and developing works of contact improvisation and capoeira.
Linking the intimate experience and the larger history through movement and radical research is a delicate and never-ending quest. "O my body, make me always a man who questions" writes Frantz Fanon as a final plea in his essay Black skins, white masks. This could as well be the closing statement of ten years of Grupo Oito." Marie Yan.
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CAREER
2026 / 2027- Tanzpraxis of Senate Office of Berlin - Guiding by the "Get Physical Process"
2025 - Resilient Ground - Acker Stadt Palast
2024 - CARNE - Ufer Studio
2023 - LABIRYNTH - HAU 2
2022 - Present Body2
2022 - ORI CLEANSE
2022 - P.U.M.P. (Perfectly Used Mic Power)
2021 - Break & Connection
2021 - Ubiquitous Assimilation
2020/2021 - MIMIMI Space
2020 - Borders & Corners
2019 - Black Memories on White Bones in Bordeaux, France
2019 - Interaction "Out of Many, One!"
2019 - Borders and Corners working in a process with Grupo Oito
2018 - Concept and direct with Grupo Oito the Know-go-Zones
2017 - Created and directed with Grupo Oito the Unrestricted Contact
2017 - Research Center of Performing Arts and Dance 2017 of Senate Office of Berlin - Cultural Affaires since 2013 Guiding by the "Get Physical Process" and creating the "JOBS Project series" with Grupo Oito since 2012 Developing the "Oito Solos + 1" plattform with Grupo Oito since 2011. Directing the creative process with Grupo Oito like Perception, Sight and Part of You
2011 - Dance scholarship of the Senate Office of Berlin – Cultural Affaires
2008 and 20092 projects with the subject "Everyday racism" and "Foreign hostility" with youngsters with differently cultural origins in the public space
2007 - Did the Research process at TO BE STRAIGHT WITH YOU at DV8 Physical theater in London, UK since 2006 Teaching the body work „Get Physical Process“ developed by him to professional dancers on open class since 2006 Artistic Director from Grupo Oito
2006 - Founded the dance company Grupo Oito in Berlin
2006 - Worked with Sasha Waltz in Berlin
2006 - Worked with Felix Ruckert in Berlin
2005 - Worked with Ahn Eun-Me in Berlin
2005 - Worked with Felix Ruckert in Berlin
2004 - Worked with Sommer Ulrickson in Berlin
2003 Moved to Berlin where he has worked with choreographers like Christoph Winkler, Constanza Macras and researched with Sasha Waltz
2002 - Ricardo moved to Germany attending an invitation from the Staatstheather Kassel where he worked with Ana Mondini
1993 - Ricardo is hired by Grupo Corpo where he worked with the choreographer Rodrigo Pederneiras during eight years and attended to the classical ballet with the maestros Gustavo Mollajoli and Bettina Bellomo
1989 - He began his professional carrier dancing with the Centro Mineiro de Danças Clássicas under the direction of the master Carlos Leite and Maria Clara Sales
1989 - Ricardo joined the Grupo de Dança Camaleão under the direction of Marjorie Quast and Bettina Bellomo
1987 - Ricardo start his dance studies on Harmonia Studio de Dança
1986 - Ricardo studied Regional Capoeira with Chicão Master at the Governed School Carlos Lacerda
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