Juliana Pardo leads a three-day immersive workshop blending theater, dance, and Brazilian folk traditions at Jambu Galpão in São Paulo, free of charge.
São Paulo becomes a stage for living tradition. The workshop “Body, Rhythm, and Scene: Confluences Between Tradition and Contemporaneity”, led by performer and researcher Juliana Pardo, with special guest Alício Amaral (Cia. MunduRodá), takes place on March 24, 25, and 26, from 1 PM to 5 PM, at Jambu Galpão, in the West Zone of São Paulo. Attendance is free and registration is open until March 20.
Folk knowledge as creative technology
The workshop draws on Brazilian folk expressions such as Cavalo Marinho, Maracatu Rural, Caboclinho, and Batuque de Umbigada Paulista — not to reproduce their forms, but to explore their underlying logic. The aim is to access states of presence, qualities of energy, and ways of organizing the body that these traditions carry. Inspired by the trajectory of Cia. MunduRodá, the workshop treats folk traditions as sophisticated systems of knowledge creation and transmission.
Over three days, participants are invited to develop their awareness of the body in relation to rhythm, space, and collective dynamics. The workshop investigates how weight transforms into energy, how physical impulses become motors for action, and how to sustain multiple layers of attention simultaneously. Technical and poetic procedures from Cia. MunduRodá’s own repertoire are also shared.
About Juliana Pardo and Alício Amaral
Juliana Pardo is an actress, director, and educator whose research focuses on body and contemporary performance in dialogue with popular knowledge. She is a faculty member of the ISTA – International School of Theatre Anthropology and co-founder of Cia. MunduRodá and Grupo Manjarra, alongside Alício Amaral. She is also the author of “Mestre Inácio Lucindo” and “Cavalo Marinho – do Fundo da Roda ao Pé do Banco.”
Over more than two decades, Cia. MunduRodá has developed a distinctive theatrical language rooted in corporeality, musicality, and performative play, touring festivals and cultural venues across Brazil and abroad.
These manifestations are recognized as sophisticated technologies of creation and transmission of knowledge, articulating body, voice, rhythm, musicality, ritual, play, and ancestry.
Supported by São Paulo’s Dance Program
The workshop is part of the project “A Ilha”, by Jorge Garcia Companhia de Dança, selected for the 38th edition of São Paulo’s Municipal Dance Funding Program, run by the Municipal Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy.
Event Info
Workshop: “Body, Rhythm, and Scene: Confluences Between Tradition and Contemporaneity”
With: Juliana Pardo and special guest Alício Amaral (Cia. MunduRodá)
Dates: March 24, 25, and 26, 2026, from 1 PM to 5 PM
Venue: Jambu Galpão — Rua Marco Aurélio, 564, Vila Romana, São Paulo, Brazil
Admission: Free
Open to: Dance, theater, audiovisual artists, and anyone interested in Brazilian folk culture research
Limited spots. Registration open until March 20 at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnf4TQ3CiCCWBaD2rMoR27Ze9iHm_3LS8vBrOFjpXEmttT_A/viewform?usp=header
Confirmation: sent by email
Photo: Divulgação
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