2015 – ENGAGE EARTH, HELIÓPOLIS

Accomplishment

Denise Milan Produções Artísticas
UNAS Heliópolis e Região
Instituto Baccarelli
Orquestra Sinfônica de Heliópolis
Avante - O Coletivo
Grupo Artes Simples de Teatro
SESC SP

On November 13, 2015, hundreds of children and teenagers from the Heliopolis community staged, in the streets and at CEU Heliopolis Arlette Persoli, Opera of the Stones by multimedia artist Denise Milan, in a version adapted for children.

The show is an offshoot of the Procession of Precious Lives, which, in turn, is part of the art education project Engage Earth ©, created in 2010 by the artist.

The procession of children, which is now in its sixth year, received an operatic version, directed by the artist herself with the guidance of a collective of theater and hip hop operating in the region of Heliopolis, Grupo Simples de Teatro and Avante - The Collective, along with the community. The compositions are from Clarice Assad, Badi Assad, Carlinhos Antunes and André Mehmari. The presentation featured the participation of the Symphonic Orchestra of Heliopolis from the Baccarelli Institute, composed of 70 young musicians and orchestrated by Clarice Assad.

Children in the community put on the streets and on stage the 12 characters that Denise Milan uses to tell the story of the transformations of quartz and uses them as metaphors for the human journey toward a precious life.