Centro Cultural Banco Do Brazil
Monday, October 19, 2009The most important event for Rio de Janeiro in October is definitely the 20 years of activity celebration of the Centro Cultural Banco Do Brazil. For this special event, CCBB Rio will hold a series of events in this location, as a sample of the quality that they have been providing to the large public for the last two decades. The starts of this celebration will be the movie industry, music art and the theater life, each of them will have some of the most representative artists in their domain. For example, for the movie domain, CCBB Rio will celebrate director Rainer Fassbinder and will show the epic “Alexanderplatz” which consists of 15 movies and a whopping 14 hours of footage.
As far as the theater is concerned, an exhibition will bring close together performances of famous Brazilian companies that for 20 years had many shows; some of these companies are Teatro Autônomo, Amok, Cia dos Atores, Grupo Galpão, Sobrevento and Armazém Cia. de Teatro.
The CCB event will also celebrate the actor Sergio Brtito for his lifetime dedication to the theater. For the music part, a series of shows will bring together numerous well-known national artists like Nina Becker, Marina La Riva, Silvia Machete, Rodrigo Maranhão, Finno Collective and Mariana Aydar. At the CCB show, Paulinho da Voila will make an entertaining show for all the participants. Heloisa Seixas and Zuenir Ventura will hold a seminar of literary journalism at this event, with the theme “acts and fiction: the reports of memory”. This educational project will have several actions in this period but the focus will be on 06-12 of October.
The CCBB is housed in an imposing domed building that in the past was the headquarters of the national bank. Now it is considered one of the most popular contemporary art spaces in the entire country. The building has three floors which house exhibition rooms, a superb theatre, the cinema and an auditorium. If you will spend your vacation in Rio this month, do not forget to check one of the many free shows CCBB Rio will exhibit.
