Música do Círculo Retreat

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GENERAL INFORMATION

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A gathering for us to experience music and connection in an immersive way in contact with nature.
The idea is that we get together for a week away from the city to enjoy a coexistence that privileges affection, creativity, cooperation and a sense of community.
Through vocal and body percussion musical practices based on improvisation games, body practices, dialogue and healthy eating the retreat establishes a field of deep listening, trust and playfulness that contributes to the development of musicality, sensitivity, self confidence and sense of belonging.

After coming to the retreat people develop a deeper understanding of the Música do Círculo practice and worldview and feel more connected to the international musical community that has been growing since the first edition of this gathering in 2015. Since then we have received hundreds of people from more than 15 different countries, including experienced artists, restless educators, people who don't have music as a profession, and masters like Fernando Barba, Stênio Mendes, Keith Terry and Christiane Karam.

Team

The retreat is led by the Founders of Música do Círculo and responsible for the methodology.

Facilitator

ZUZA GONÇALVES

Founder and director of Música do Círculo.

Musician and teaching artist concentrating particularly in vocal music and body percussion, has explored alternative ways in collective music making throughout the last 20 years. He is and educator at Sesc Vila Mariana's Music Center and is part of the faculty at Bobby McFerrin's Circlesongs Workshop at the Omega Institute in New York.

Facilitator

RONALDO CIRSPIM

Founder and director of Música do Círculo.

Teaching artist and songwriter, has dedicated himself professionally to body percussion since 2007. He was a part of Fernando Barba's study group (creator of Barbatuques) and for 7 years was responsible for the Fritos body music group. He has a degree in Pedagogy of Cooperation and in the Gaia Education program of regenerative culture.

Facilitator

PEDRO CONSORTE

Founder and director of Música do Círculo.

Teaching artist of hybrid formation (music and dance), has been a part of the group STOMP for 2 years, is part of the faculty at the International Body Music Festival and has dedicated himself increasingly to processes of learning and human development.

Producer

PATI PASSONI

Musician, actress, educator, entertainer and cultural producer, with 24 years of diverse experiences in the arts, culture and education. He was part of Fernando Barba's study group where he met Ronaldo, Zuza and Pedro. It creates alternative educational spaces and produces, among other projects, the Música do Cïrculo's Retreats and Immersions, TaKeTiNa in Latin America and the Badi Assad Immersions and Retreats. The Fantástica Fábrica de Sons Produções Culturais is your company.

Foi intenso e transformador com leveza. Um campo de confiança muito bem construído para a entrega de cada um.

Clara
- São Paulo, Brasil -

Previous editions

We've been in many different retreat spaces but always valuing the proximity with nature. Hundreds of people from dozen countries and 5 continents have participated, generating an amazing cultural exchange not only during the retreat experience but also beyond it.