International Dance Festival 2008 (FID)

Comprising two main programs - Minas Territory (Território Minas) and International Connection (Conexão Internacional) -, the Festival was shaped 12 years ago by "Atômica Artes". Since its beginning, FID was committed to work for the diffusion, reflection and creation of new producers in the field of contemporary dance. In 2008, the FID walks for its 11th edition trying to incorporate new knowledge about worldwide dance.

The Minas Territory program has the goal to foment the dance in Minas Gerais. As a local manifestation, the FID will count with presentations of Guards of Congado (Guardas de Congado), showing that modern and traditional cultures can coexist in perfect harmony. Moreover, it has the FIDoteca, where the public will be able to watch a digital archive that reconstruct FID`s 11 years of history.

The International Connection program is the event where the FID promotes the internationalization of the local and Brazilian dance, besides an interchange with foreign companies. For the first time in Belo Horizonte, FID brings the French choreographer Maguy Marin and spectacles of Edgardo Market (Argentina), Nelisiewe Xaba (South Africa), Kettly Nöel (Mali), Josie Cáceres (Equator), Federica Folco (Uruguay), Fauller (Ceará), Tiago Guedes (Portugal), Carmen Jorge (Paraná), Helena Bastos (São Paulo), Elisa Ohtake (Brazil/Japan), A.P.I (Japan) and Luvyen Mederos (Cuba).

In 2008 an innovation will be presented: FIDinho (or little FID), with spectacles directed toward the infantile public. With the objective to generate habits and to form new spectators, it will use an intelligent and easy understanding language for children.

Stretched around Belo Horizonte, the better option is to track the attraction list at:
http://www.fid.com.br/ or call +55 31 3485-7875 or +55 31 9347-3993.