Wagner Miranda Schwartz (born 2 December 1972) is a Brazilian

performance artist Performance art is an artwork or art exhibition created through actions executed by the artist or other participants. It may be witnessed live or through documentation, spontaneously developed or written, and is traditionally presented to a pu ...

, dancer,

choreographer Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which Motion (physics), motion or Visual appearance, form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A chor ...

and writer.

Early life and education

Schwartz was born in

Volta Redonda Volta Redonda () is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil with an area of 182.81 km2, located from 350m to 707m above the sea level (22°31'23" S, 44°06'15" W) and with a pop ...

, in the

state of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil. It has the second largest economy of Brazil, with the largest being that of the state of São Paulo. The state, which has 8.2% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for 9.2% of ...

. He began his studies of popular music and drama in Volta Redonda's public schools. Later, at the

Federal University of Uberlândia The Federal University of Uberlândia (, UFU) is a Brazilian public university, located in the southwest of Minas Gerais, in Uberlândia, Brazil. The students are admitted through both annual exams, the vestibular, and the National High School ...

, located in

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...

, Schwartz studied

modernist literature Modernist literature originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and is characterised by a self-conscious separation from traditional ways of writing in both poetry and prose fiction writing. Modernism experimented with literary form a ...

and

art Art is a diverse range of cultural activity centered around ''works'' utilizing creative or imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience, generally through an expression of emotional power, conceptual ideas, tec ...

, which influences his approach to choreography, receiving the award of the Art Foundation Itau Cultural in 2000–2001, 2003–2004, 2009–2010, 2014.

Career

In 2005 and 2009, Schwartz collaborated with the choreographer Rachid Ouramdane in ''Cover'', ''Des témoins ordinaires'', working, during those years, in

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and

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. In 2017, his performance of ''La Bête'' in the

São Paulo Museum of Modern Art The São Paulo Museum of Modern Art, (Portuguese: Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, or MAM), is located in Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo. Founded by Francisco Matarazzo Sobrinho and Yolanda Penteado, and built in 1948, the museum is modelled on ...

sparked controversy in Brazil and abroad, when naked, Schwartz was touched on the foot by a child of approximately four years of age.

Personal life

Schwartz resides in São Paulo and Paris.

Performances

* 2020 – ''Tumba'' * 2019 – ''Playlist'', with Lorenzo De Angelis * 2019 – ''A Boba'' (''Silly Woman'') * 2018 – ''Public Domain'', with Elisabete Finger, Maikon K and Renata Carvalho * 2014 – ''Mal Secreto'' * 2010 – ''Piranha'' * 2008 – ''Placebo 2008'' * 2006 – ''Placebo'' * 2005 – ''La Bête'' * 2004 – ''Wagner Ribot Pina Miranda Xavier Le Schwartz Transobjeto'' (European premiere, 2005, at the festival ''"Move Berlim"'', in

) * 2003 – ''Finita''

Collaborations

* 2016 – ''Bird in a Zoo'', with Pierre Droulers and Stefan Dreher (

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) * 2015 – ''Un petit peu de Zelda'' (remix), by Yves-Noël Genod (

) * 2012 – ''Questions and Their Opposite'', with Gustavo Bitencourt and Sheila Ribeiro (

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) * 2012 – ''Chic by Accident'', by Yves-Noël Genod, with

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(Paris) * 2009 – ''The Ordinary Witness'', by Rachid Ouramdane (Paris) * 2005 – ''Cover'', by Rachid Ouramdane (Paris) * 2005 – ''Mein Raum?'', with Natali Fari and Ricardo de Paula (

) * 2003 – ''What You Wish, What You Want, Here I Am Ready to Serve You'', by Cláudia Müller (

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)

Books

* 2023 – ''A nudez da cópia imperfeita'' ( Editora Nós) * 2018 – ''Nunca juntos mas ao mesmo tempo / Jamais ensemble mais en même temps'' ( Editora Nós)

Films

* 2018 – ''Le genre international'', directed by Judith Cahen and Masayasu Eguchi with

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* 2009 – ''I Needed to Get Some Time'', with Rachid Ouramdane * 1996 – ''The Poet, Filminute: The International One-Minute Film Festival'', directed by Waltuir Alves

Prizes

* 2024 – Finalist for the

São Paulo Prize for Literature The São Paulo Prize for Literature () is a Brazilian literary prize for novels written in the Portuguese language and published in Brazil. It was established in 2008 by the Secretary of Culture for the State of São Paulo. Though not as old as o ...

(category: "Best Novel of 2023", with the book ''A nudez da cópia imperfeita'' 'The Nudity of the Imperfect Copy'' * 2021 – Fundação Daniel and Nina Carasso / Cité des Arts, Paris * 2013 – Prêmio Funarte de Dança Klauss Vianna * 2012 – Best Artistic Project of 2012 for ''Piranha'', by the

São Paulo Art Critics Association The São Paulo Art Critics Association or APCA (Associação Paulista dos Críticos de Arte) is an organization established in 1956 in São Paulo that honors the best in the Brazilian fields of stage acting (since 1956), music, literature, film, te ...

* 2012 – Funarte Klauss Vianna Dance * 2011 – Prêmio Funarte Klauss Vianna 2011 * 2010 – Rumos Itaú Cultural Dance * 2006 – Funarte Klauss Vianna Dance * 2005 – Território Minas, FID (Dance International Forum) * 2003 – Rumos Itaú Cultural Dance * 2003 – XVI Festival de Dança do Triangulo * 2000 – Rumos Itaú Cultural Dance * 1996 – The International One-Minute Film Festival

Olhares sobre o Corpo sCFestival

In 2004, he created, together with Fernanda Bevilaqua, the festival ''Olhares sobre o Corpo'' sC("Perspectives on the Body"). A meeting between artists, students and the people interested on the contemporary relationship in dance, visual arts and performance.

References

External links

* , Schwartz's official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwartz, Wagner 1972 births Living people 20th-century Brazilian dancers 20th-century Brazilian male artists 20th-century Brazilian male writers 20th-century Brazilian novelists 21st-century Brazilian dancers 21st-century Brazilian male artists 21st-century Brazilian male writers 21st-century Brazilian novelists Artists from Paris Artists from São Paulo Brazilian choreographers Brazilian expatriates in France Brazilian expatriates in Germany Brazilian founders Brazilian male dancers Brazilian male novelists Brazilian performance artists Dancers from Paris Festival founders Novelists from Paris People from Volta Redonda Writers from São Paulo