Orun Santana
- Category Artists and companies
- Since 2017
- Interaction with countries 2
- Members 5
Presentation/Mini-bio:
Orun Santana is an artist, ballet dancer, capoeira player, teacher, researcher in afro dance and culture from Recife - PE. He is graduated at the Education and Culture Center Daruê Malungo, by Masters Meia-Noite and Vilma Carijós. A folk culture player, he makes from experiences with dance and toys a place of bodily research and artistic investigation to the scene. He 's taken part at the Grial Group, Compassos cia and Cláudio Lacerda amorph dance. Now he is the artistic director of the company Daruê Malungo and holds a solo show entitled Meia-Noite (midnight). With the latter, Orun was awarded as the best dancer at the Janeiro de Grandes Espetáculos Festival and, with his work he’s been at stages such as the Itaú Cultural (São Paulo-SP), Palco Giratório do Sesc (Recife-PE), Festival de Inverno de Garanhuns (Garanhuns-PE), Aldeia Vale Dançar (Petrolina-PE). In 2019, Meia Noite held a middle season at the Arraial Ariano Suassuna Theater (Recife-PE) and was present at the following festivals: Aldeia Olho D’água dos Bredos by Sesc Arcoverde (Arcoverde-PE), Festival de Teatro do Agreste – FETEAG (Caruaru-PE) and Festival de Arte Negra –FAN (Belo Horizonte-MG). In the same year, Orun Santana attended the 22nd Lusophony Festival (Macaw-China) and the 11st China Cultural Week of Countries of Portuguese Languages, joining the and DJ Dolores at this tour. In 2020 he took part of the Festival de Artes Negras de Belo Horizonte (FAN BH) and in 2021 at the Mostra Internacional de Teatro de São Paulo (MITbr).
About his work:
- Sobre um paroquiano – Compassos Cia. De Dança, by Raimundo Branco;
- Ona omi – Caminho das Águas – Cia. De Dança Daruê Malungo;
- Meia-noite – by Orun Santana.
