Together We Stand with Jorge Samuel Faria
Recent studies with Jorge: https://vimeo.com/723542295/2231ab9631
Samuel and I did document our student work in Brazil. Experiential anatomy followed by creating a score: https://vimeo.com/580913042

Jorge Samuel Faria is a movement artist from Brazil. The grandson of the founder of one of the first schools of Samba in Teresòpolis, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Jorge grew up surrounded by drums and dancing. Currently, he is a candidate at UNESPAR, in Curitiba, Brazil where he studies dance research and composition. Jorge’s current project Nativo Urbano scientifically examines dance composition and movement analysis.

Together We Stand with Jorge Samuel Faria

Together We Stand brings together a Black Brazilian Nativo Urbano dancer, a descendant of the American slave trade & Scandinavian immigrants, and a woman who traces her lineage through Southern plantation owners to Peter The Immigrant. They show up in relationship to one another and hold space for the hard conversations through their personal interactions and love (together.we.stand___).

Jorge Samuel Faria is a movement artist from Brazil. The grandson of the founder of one of the first schools of Samba in Teresòpolis, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Jorge grew up surrounded by drums and dancing. Currently, he is a candidate at UNESPAR, in Curitiba, Brazil where he studies dance research and composition. Jorge’s current project Nativo Urbano scientifically examines dance composition and movement analysis.

Drawings from the Body: somatic drawing
I’ve begun a practice of somatic drawing inspired by a class with the gifted artist Rebecca Haseltine.

For these drawings, I worked with ideas ranging from embryology to the body’s fluid systems and the senses. I’ve been working in a mode that explores what arises from sustained motion and intention. Often working with both hands simultaneously—following an impulse through to its culmination. I’m enjoying how full-bodied the process of drawing can be and what is emerging within exploring scale, process, and materials.