Passo Co
Passo Co
Passo Co have developed and strengthened the concept of Capoeira as an art form, dance and expression through choreographed works, traditional performances and workshops exploring the relationship between the traditional and the contemporary Capoeira forms.
The company was established in 1993 by Silvia Bazzarelli and Marcos dos Santos. Together, they have created 8 productions including “Morte do Capoeira”, “Maré”, “Arid Land”, “Play Low”, “Capoeira Is”, “Baker Street 5”, Waterloo 3 and “Long Haul”.
Passo Co’s work
Passo Co´s directors, Silvia Bazzarelli and Marcos dos Santos, are both qualified Capoeira masters and their extensive work and experience have been reflected upon Passo Co productions.
Passo Co’s movement language and physicality are simply tools however complicated and skilled they may seem. These are used to create ideas, stories and interaction with the audience. We aim to reach the audience with new visual experiences.
Educational work
Passo Co collaborate with the London School of Capoeira Charity: providing Traditional and Contemporary Performances, After School clubs”, Introduction to Capoeira”: Package for schools, Scholarship scheme, Work with youth groups
Passo Co’s Commercial Work
Passo Co’s commercial work aims to supply the businesses with a new idea or message.
“This display of gravity and well-oiled virtuosity was impressive”
The Stage newspaper
Some of PASSO CO commercial work
NOKIA, ELIZABETH ARDEN, BRITISH GAS, PATEK PHILLIPE, LEBANON 2000, FIREFLY, VFC CAMERAS, THE NATIONAL LOTTERY, WWF and THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM
Passo Co
Productions
Long Haul
Long Haul captures the journey of one passenger travelling long haul in between two worlds. “Long Haul” offers snap shots of the mundane minutiae of the airport and departure lounge experience and contrasts them with building anticipation and shiny excitement of the new arrival in a long awaited but unfamiliar city.
Performers
Marcos dos Santos, Silvia Bazzarelli and Caterina Violi
Choreography: Silvia Bazzarelli
Music: BlueDrumMusic
Duration: 30 minutes
Performed at
Arts Depot theatre and at the Rich Mix, London
Baker Street 5
Baker Street 5” is a bite sized blast of Capoeira style storytelling, young performers from the LSC give their unique light hearted take on the all too familiar ‘daily grind’ of commuting.
Performers
Charlie Hargrove, Cosmo Kemp, Gabriel Bazzarelli dos Santos,
Max Runge and Sacha Harlan
Choreography: Silvia Bazzarelli
Music: BlueDrumMusic
Duration: 5 minutes
Performed at
Arts Depot theatre and at St Marys, London
Play Low
Play Low explores how people today are searching, speeding, ducking and diving, following the yet unknown ultimate satisfaction. Play Low performers capture these emotions through daring Capoeira fighting & intricate Capoeira “playing” techniques and a mellow acceptance of movement and temporary end.
“…demonstrates astonishing speed at which capoeira dancers can move, often improvising in the middle of kinetic movements…” Metro
Performers
Marcos dos Santos and Silvia Bazzarelli
Choreography: Silvia Bazzarelli
Duration: 30 minutes
Performed at
The Drum/Birmingham, The Mac/Birmingham, The Island Arts Centre/Belfast, Alnwick Playhouse/Alnwick, Assembly Rooms/Ludlow, The Place/Telford, The Melina Mercouri Hall/Nicosia/Cyprus. In London: at the Jackson’s Lane theatre, the Mermaid theatre and the Greenwich Maritime Museum.
Maré
In South American industrial landscape a worker’s dreams of bygone days. Ghosts from an ancestral experience invade reality, taking us on a surreal journey. The complex tale is woven utilizing the stunning art of Capoeira, combat and contemporary dance, entering the dangerous heart of the quilombos where beauty turns heavy with threat in an instant. “…passionate, graceful and full of fire…” – Edinburgh Festival FM
Performers: Marcos dos Santos and Sylvia Bazzarelli
Choreography: Silvia Bazzarelli
Music: specially composed for the show Maré by Rikki Blue
Duration: 30 minutes
Performed at
The Performers Energy At, The Duke’s Theatre/Lancaster, The Mill Theatre/Oxford, The Palace Theatre/Redditch, The Drum/ Birmingham, The Mac/Birmingham, The Island Centre/Belfast, London: The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Riverside Studios, The Mermaid Theatre and at the Greenwich Maritime Museum.
Capoeira Is (2005-2012)
A performance with stunning movement exposing the story of Capoeira. Multimedia elements including music, percussion, images and film come together to create an inspirational introduction to the origins of the art.
Performers: Marcos dos Santos and Silvia Bazzarelli
Choreography: Silvia Bazzarelli
Duration: 30 minutes
Performed at
Alnwick Playhouse/Alnwick, Assembly Rooms/Ludlow, The Place/Telford, The Melina Mercury Hall/Nicosia/Cyprus, The Civic Theatre/Doncaster. In London: The Jackson’s Lane, The Riverside Studios and in schools across London as part of the Black History project.
Arid Land (1998-2000)
Passo Co are focused and physically captivating, blending Bosco de Oliveira and Paulo de Oliveira’s compelling musical arrangements with Brazilian contemporary art forms.
“…display of gravity – cheating back-flips and well-oiled virtuosity was impressive…” The Stage newspaper
Performers: Marcos dos Santos and Silvia Bazzarelli
Choreography: Silvia Bazzarelli
Music: composition by Bosco de Oliveira
Duration: 30 minutes
Performed at
The Mill Arts/Oxford, The Tabernacle Theatre/London, The Jackson’s Lane/London, The Sfendoni Theatre/Athens/Greece and The Lebanon 2000 Festival/Lebanon.
Morte do Capoeira (1994-1996)
Morte Do Capoeira follows the tracks of the art form leaping through African Roots to the Brazilian beat fusing combat and acrobatics, dance and sharp wit, percussion and physical theatre.
…an explosive performance combining physical theatre and the Brazilian art form Capoeira.
…não e’ facil pegar um Capoerista! – …it’s not easy to catch a Capoerista.
Performers: Marcos dos Santos, Silvia Bazzarelli, Euvira Mancusi and Paul Sadot
Choreography: Silvia Bazzarelli
Duration: 30 minutes
Performed at
The Womad Festival, The Glastonbury Festival, The Edinburgh Festival, The Mosaics/Sadlers Wells.
Waterloo 3 (2012)
“Waterloo 3” is bite sized blast of Capoeira style story telling illustrates a unique take on an all too familiar story.
Performers: Carolina Bazzarelli dos Santos, Caterina Violi and Rachael Lewsley.
Music: BlueDrumMusic
Duration: 5 minutes
Performed at
The Arts Depot Theatre, London
Choreographer Silvia Bazzarelli
Silvia’s performing work with Passo Co and The London School of Capoeira in this country and abroad will include some of the venues below:
The Barbican Centre, the Jazz Café, the Common Wealth Institute, The Queen Elizabeth Hall, The Drill Hall Theatre, Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadlers Wells, Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris, at various Womad Festivals in England, Spain, Italy and the USA, the Glastonbury Festival, the Theatre Academy of Finland, the Notting Hill Carnival, the Edinburgh Festival, the Duke’s Theatre, Lancaster, Riverside Studios, London, The Mill Theatre, Oxford, the Jackson’s Lane Theatre, London, The Phoenix Theatre, Leicester, The Tabernacle Theatre, London, at the Lebanon 2000, Lebanon, The Dome, London, amongst many other Venues all over England And Europe.
Performed for the following Companies
The Holiday Inn, Oxford, Elizabeth Arden launch, London, Nokia Mobile Launch, Paris, British Gas Launch, London, the Brazilian Embassy – Brazil 500 at the Dome, The Maritime Museum, WWF, amongst others.
TV Work – Short Capoeira demonstrations for TV:
Transworld Sport (Cable), Motormouth (TVS), 01 for London, Global Jukebox (Cable), Under the Moon (Channel 4), Activ8 (BBC), The Big E (Channel 4), What’s up doc? (ITV), Dilly Downtown Entertainers (ITV), Selina Scott Show (ITN), the Eleventh Hour (BBC), 01 Channel (Cable and Nation Wide live TV), BBC Blue Peter.
Short feature films
The film “Capoeira Quickstep” by Roberto Mader (Channel 4 in 1992),
Dance 4 Series (Channel 4)
Capoeira Diaspora (British Film Institute)
Commercial for TV and Cinema:
Nokia 8 Mobile 2000 and Nokia N8 Mobile 2011.
Teaching Experience
Master Silvia has run extensive Capoeira workshops at venues all over England and Europe, including the Iuna Academy, Berlin, the Paname Academy of Paris, Dartington College of Arts, The Drill Hall Arts Centre, The London Contemporary Dance School and the Commonwealth Institute.
A summary from 1985 – 2007
Teaching Assistant Instructor to Master Sombra at the Senzala Academy of Santos, Brazil.
Capoeira Music Workshops for children at The Venture Centre, Notting Hill.
One month workshop at The Theatre Academy of Finland
The Laurie Booth Summer Schools
Master Silvia ran a successful series of workshops for disabled people at The Ark Project at South hill Arts Centre, Bracknell.
Employed by director David Freeman to choreograph fight scenes for his production of Le Morte d’Arthur.
Taught Capoeira at Rivca Rubin’s 5th New Dance Summer Schools.
Received Arts Council grant to run a series of ‘Capoeira and Dance Performance Workshops’.
The Alternative Skills Workshops, Yorkshire Dance Centre
Cambridge Summer Project, Mumford Theatre
Citymoves Dance space, Aberdeen
Bristol Community Dance Centre
Residency, Nottingham – Springboard 94
International Workshop Festival, Nottingham Stamping Ground
Capoeira Residency for One World Festival, Kirklees
Advisor on Capoeira to the director David Glass for his production of ‘The Mosquito Coast’
Series of Capoeira workshops for the Dance Spring, Dance 4, Nottingham.
Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
Lemon Tree, Spring 95, Aberdeen
Performers Energy, International Workshop Festival
The Alhambra Studio Theatre, Bradford
Capoeira workshops for the Volcano Theatre, Wales
Ballroom Blitz, Southbank
World Food Summit – WOMAD, Rome, Italy
WOMAD, Las Palmas, The Canary Islands
Residency at the secondary school, Swansea, London
Marcos dos Santos Capoeira master and performer
Master MARCOS’s performing work in the UK and abroad will include:
The Barbican Centre, the Jazz Café, the Common Wealth Institute, The Queen Elizabeth Hall, The Drill Hall Theatre, Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler’s Wells, Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris, at various Womad Festivals in England, Spain, Italy and the USA, the Glastonbury Festival, the Theatre Academy of Finland, the Notting Hill Carnival, the Edinburgh Festival, the Duke’s Theatre, Lancaster, Riverside Studios, London, The Mill Theatre, Oxford, the Jackson’s Lane Theatre, London, The Phoenix Theatre, Leicester, The Tabernacle Theatre, London, at the Lebanon 2000, Lebanon, The Dome, London, The Dance Xchange, Improvised Music, Dublin, amongst many other Venues all over England And Europe.
Performed for the following Companies
VFC Cameras, The Holiday Inn, Oxford, Elizabeth Arden launch, London, Nokia Mobile Launch, Paris, British Gas Launch, London, the Brazilian Embassy – Brazil 500 at the Dome, The Maritime Museum, WWF, amongst others.
TV Work – Short Capoeira demonstrations for TV
01 for London, Under the Moon – channel 4, Activ8 – BBC, The Big E channel 4, Dilly down town entertainers – ITV, Selina Scott show – ITN, the Eleventh hour BBC, 01 Channel – Cable and Nation Wide live TV, BBC Blue Peter.
Short feature films
Dance 4 Series (Channel 4)
Capoeira Diaspora (British Film Institute)
Commercial for TV and Cinema:
Nokia 8 Mobile 2000 and Nokia N8 Mobile 2011
Teaching Experience
Master Marcos has run extensive Capoeira workshops at venues all over England and Europe, including the Iuna Academy, Berlin, the Paname Academy of Paris, Darttington College of Arts, The Drill Hall Arts Centre, The London Contemporary Dance School and the Commonwealth Institute.
A summary from 1985 to 2007
Assistant Instructor to Master Sombra at the Senzala Academy of Santos, Brazil.
The Alternative Skills Workshops, Yorkshire Dance Centre
Cambridge Summer Project, Mumford Theatre
Citymoves Dancespace, Aberdeen
Bristol Community Dance Centre
Residency, Nottingham – Springboard 94
International Workshop Festival, Nottingham Stamping Ground
Capoeira Residency for One World Festival, Kirklees
Series of Capoeira workshops for the Dance Spring, Dance 4, Nottingham
Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
Lemon Tree, Spring 95, Aberdeen
Performers Energy, International Workshop Festival
The Alhambra Studio Theatre, Bradford
Capoeira workshops for the Volcano Theatre, Wales
Ballroom Blitz, Southbank
World Food Summit – WOMAD, Rome, Italy
WOMAD, Las Palmas, The Canary Islands
Residency at the secondary school, Swansea, London
Workshops for the Arts World Wide Feet First
Residency for the Leicester Raw Talent
Workshops for the Swindon Dance Co
Residency at Camden Community School
Residency for the secondary school Bow
Series of workshops for the Dance Xchange, Birmingham
Series of workshops for the Greenwich dance Agency
Series of workshops for the Joyvana Davies Dance Company
Capoeira Workshop at Museum of London, as part of Brasil 500
International Workshop Festival Residency, Coventry.
Passo Co’s collaborations
Passo Co collaborate with the London School of Capoeira providing traditional and contemporary performances, after School clubs”, “Introduction to Capoeira” package for schools and scholarship for young people.