THE STORY OF BRAZIL IN MOTION WITH FELIPE PULETINI
New Britain Museum of American Art 56 Lexington St., New Britain, CT, United StatesViolinist Brunilda Myftaraj leads the Virtuosi in a concert featuring Brazilian-American choreographer Felipe Puletini and Ballet RI dancers Alexa Kearnan & Garret McNally. The love of movement and its artistic expression in dance are essential elements of Brazilian culture and music. These traditions are reflected in the work of the Brazilian American dancer Felipe Puletini and his AMA Dance Theatre. The event's repertoire will feature Sonata for strings "O Burrico de Pau" (The Wooden Donkey) by Antônio Carlos Gomes, an ever-beautiful Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K201 by W. A. Mozart, and Bachianas Brasileiras No.9, by Heitor Villa-Lobos.