THE RHYTHMS OF BRAZIL

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32336, 30 June 1970, Page 3

THE RHYTHMS OF BRAZIL

[ It is not only the World I Cup which brings Brazil ; fame. One of the world’s most I exciting shows, the vibrant production “Brasiliana,” has [now been running for 20 | years and New Zealanders [will be able to see it in [a 40-minute film recently ! bought by the N.Z.B.C. [ "This is a brand-new, largescale presentation of gay, | colourful Brazilian rhythm, songs and dances, performed ;with exuberant and joyous abandon by a company of 40 dancers, singers and; musicians,” says the B B C.' information service. “The handsome, smiling and athletic young men and the shapely, sinuous, coppercoloured girls with their in- 1 born gift of rhythm to the I pulsating music, make a spectacle enchanting to the eye and capitivating to the ear. “ ‘Brasiliana’ is the natural; outcome of Brazil’s dancing! culture. It was in 1950 that; Miecio Askanasy organised al troup of some of the carnival [ winners and opened at a i theatre in Rio de Janeiro. The show was such an immediate hit that it toured Brazil and then throughout South [ America. In 1951, impresario I Mariano Norsky saw the company in Sao Paulo and liked them so much that he I

I immediately took them under [' his management. For the last .[ 18 years he has arranged visits for ‘Brasiliana’ to [ almost every country in the ; world.” .