Santos presented a cover version of Ravel’s Bolero, composed by his friends from the band Uakti (1978–2015, Marco Antônio Guimarães, Artur Andrés Ribeiro, Paulo Sérgio Santos and Décio Ramos). The band’s name in the language of Brazil’s Tucano people refers to a forest demon with holes in its body through which the wind whistles. The musicians always made a point of using improvised instruments, from PVC pipes to aqualungs and gourds, and for Ravel’s music they created their own percussions immersed in water bowls. In the video, images of these instruments are interspersed with the movements of dancers and musicians, white noise, flowers, and aquarium fish. Bolero, an early twentieth century French orchestral masterpiece, reputedly inspired by the measured operation of a conveyor belt, sounds natural and folksy in its Brazilian treatment, as if it belonged to pre-colonial South America, rather than being written for Ida Rubinstein’s company at the Paris Opera in 1928.
Awards
- 5th Festival | Competitive Show | 5th FestivalU-Matic - Best cinematography and sound editing