ARTE AO VIVO, RIO AO VIVO
FESTIVAL DO ARTES AO VIVO
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
2 & 3 JULHO 2011
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LIVE ART, LIVE RIO
LIVE ARTS FESTIVAL
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
JULY 2 & 3 2011

The inaugural Live Arts Festival, ARTE AO VIVO, RIO AO VIVO celebrates international time-based art through a variety of performances, happenings and workshops throughout Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the first weekend of July 2011. The goal is to infuse the city with the energy and innovation of both Brazilian and international emerging visionary artists while cultivating dialogue and relationships between artists and artists and audiences.  The festival seeks to share the work of artists who work with time-based mediums, from choreographers to conceptual artists and performance artists to composers.  Venues for the events will vary from the Plaza, Largo do Machado to Gallery Barracão Maravilha in the Centro to the beautiful Rampa dance studio in Copacabana. The festival’s mission is to bring access and discourse of contemporary works and ideas to all.