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A Dance For Madalena—Ana Pi Responds to the Exhibition Madalena Santos Reinbolt: A Head Full of Planets

A Dance for Madalena is a poetic tribute, through movement and performance, to Madalena Santos Reinbolt, a remarkable Black embroiderer and painter renowned for her vivid depictions of urban and rural life in 20th-century Brazil.

Choreographer Ana Pi will engage in a dialogue with Santos Reinbolt’s work, responding to the “wool paintings” on view in the exhibition Madalena Santos Reinbolt: A Head Full of Planets. Rooted in the road between the states of Minas Gerais and Bahia, Pi will evoke the vibrant landscapes and creative spirit of the coastal and interior regions of Northeastern Brazil, where Santos Reinbolt lived, worked, and traveled.

Pi has learned that gestures carry and connect the memories and traditions of Black communities across continents and generations. A Dance for Madalena will weave together movement, voice, texture, and color, bringing Santos Reinbolt’s textile vision to life while celebrating Afro-Brazilian experience, knowledge and spirituality.

Each performance is a 20-min solo dance, integrating a motif and gesture drawn from Santos Reinbolt’s work:











When: Fri., Mar. 7, 2025 at 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Where: American Folk Art Museum
2 Lincoln Square
212-595-9533
Price: Free
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A Dance for Madalena is a poetic tribute, through movement and performance, to Madalena Santos Reinbolt, a remarkable Black embroiderer and painter renowned for her vivid depictions of urban and rural life in 20th-century Brazil.

Choreographer Ana Pi will engage in a dialogue with Santos Reinbolt’s work, responding to the “wool paintings” on view in the exhibition Madalena Santos Reinbolt: A Head Full of Planets. Rooted in the road between the states of Minas Gerais and Bahia, Pi will evoke the vibrant landscapes and creative spirit of the coastal and interior regions of Northeastern Brazil, where Santos Reinbolt lived, worked, and traveled.

Pi has learned that gestures carry and connect the memories and traditions of Black communities across continents and generations. A Dance for Madalena will weave together movement, voice, texture, and color, bringing Santos Reinbolt’s textile vision to life while celebrating Afro-Brazilian experience, knowledge and spirituality.

Each performance is a 20-min solo dance, integrating a motif and gesture drawn from Santos Reinbolt’s work:

Buy tickets/get more info now