In the "Circo da Miséria", Magrólhos, a wanderer, of those who "never get it right" in life and only wander through streets and squares, he sets up his daily circus of survival in front of the disrespectful passing public.
From the remains of humanity, what you find in the garbage, creates terrible wonders to feed your stomach, your imagination and to win looks, and, who knows, a affection. friend.. or, in the last case, a change.
For this, he spares no effort, becoming a dancer, juggler, tightrope walker, acrobat, magician, fire-breather, and whatever else is necessary to tame his lions, to make himself a little more visible and human.
Built from workshops and experiences with the homeless population, the "Circo da Miséria" is guided by their stories, struggles and perspectives. Through the figure of the vagabond clown, this Circus reaches all ages and can be presented in any space, making people laugh and laugh, provoking and moving.
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THE SIEGE AND CIRCUS OF MISERY!
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We live in a world where, according to the UN, half of the world's population lives in poverty. Brazil, in turn, is the 8th country with the greatest social inequality in the world and occupies the 9th place in the world poverty ranking, where the richest 10% have almost half of the country's income. As a result of this situation, the alarming number of homeless people in Brazil, which exceeds 111 thousand.
Unemployment, lack of housing and lack of access to quality education and health services are central causes that drive people to the streets. There, they are falsely labeled as violent, vagrants, immoral, which causes passersby to act with violence or indifference: a recent article indicates more than 17,000 cases of violence in Brazil in just 3 years, with two people every hour homeless people are raped and, every two days, one is killed!
Poverty presents itself, therefore, in this double form: as poverty, on the one hand, and insensitivity-hostility, on the other. In both cases, we have lost our humanity. We are, therefore, led to believe that this is a siege that is impossible to break, to change.
But we have proven, throughout history, that we have the ability to, together, make the impossible possible, something so beautifully symbolized in the incredible exploits of the Circus! Art and education, although not enough to overcome poverty, help to reverse this indifference, putting us in the other's place, co-moving us and provoking us to a transformative collective action. It's a little bit of what we intend to do with this show: break the current siege and make us circus!
A DISPLAY IS BORN!
Apresentação no Encontro Sudeste do Movimento Nacional do Povo da Rua
É importante dizer que o contato através das oficinas me aproximou do povo da rua por outros caminhos também, e logo fui me tornando apoiador do Movimento Nacional da População em situação de Rua (MNPR), ajudando a construir seu polo na cidade, participando de encontros municipais e regionais, e estando presente com eles em seus atos políticos. Por tudo isso, gosto de dizer que o "Circo da Miséria" tem a co-direção do povo da rua.
Oficina com a povo da rua no Centro Pop
Este desespetáculo se constrói também na tradição dos palhaços “vagabundos”, que tem em Carlitos, de Charles Chaplin, sua encarnação mais famosa. Mas também podemos encontrá-los na TV, com Didi Mocó, dos Trapalhões, e no Chaves, do famoso seriado mexicano. Esses palhaços usam da criatividade e de toda seu “jeitinho esperto” para garantirem sua sobrevivência, como abordado por Antônio Cândido em “A dialética da malandragem” e, eternizado, em figuras da cultura popular brasileira, como João Grilo, que se tornou mais conhecido no “Auto da Compadecida” de Ariano Suassuna, ou ainda, com Pedro Malasartes. O palhaço vagabundo rompe com a ideia mais difundida atualmente de que o palhaço é só risos e só para crianças, evidenciando as misérias de sociedade contemporânea.
We live in a world where, according to the UN, half of the world's population lives in poverty. Brazil, in turn, is the 8th country with the greatest social inequality in the world and occupies the 9th place in the world poverty ranking, where the richest 10% have almost half of the country's income. As a result of this situation, the alarming number of homeless people in Brazil, which exceeds 111 thousand.
Unemployment, lack of housing and lack of access to quality education and health services are central causes that drive people to the streets. There, they are falsely labeled as violent, vagrants, immoral, which causes passersby to act with violence or indifference: a recent article indicates more than 17,000 cases of violence in Brazil in just 3 years, with two people every hour homeless people are raped and, every two days, one is killed!
Poverty presents itself, therefore, in this double form: as poverty, on the one hand, and insensitivity-hostility, on the other. In both cases, we have lost our humanity. We are, therefore, led to believe that this is a siege that is impossible to break, to change.
But we have proven, throughout history, that we have the ability to, together, make the impossible possible, something so beautifully symbolized in the incredible exploits of the Circus! Art and education, although not enough to overcome poverty, help to reverse this indifference, putting us in the other's place, co-moving us and provoking us to a transformative collective action. It's a little bit of what we intend to do with this show: break the current siege and make us circus!
A DISPLAY IS BORN!
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We live in a world where, according to the UN, half of the world's population lives in poverty. Brazil, in turn, is the 8th country with the greatest social inequality in the world and occupies the 9th place in the world poverty ranking, where the richest 10% have almost half of the country's income. As a result of this situation, the alarming number of homeless people in Brazil, which exceeds 111 thousand.
Unemployment, lack of housing and lack of access to quality education and health services are central causes that drive people to the streets. There, they are falsely labeled as violent, vagrants, immoral, which causes passersby to act with violence or indifference: a recent article indicates more than 17,000 cases of violence in Brazil in just 3 years, with two people every hour homeless people are raped and, every two days, one is killed!
Poverty presents itself, therefore, in this double form: as poverty, on the one hand, and insensitivity-hostility, on the other. In both cases, we have lost our humanity. We are, therefore, led to believe that this is a siege that is impossible to break, to change.
But we have proven, throughout history, that we have the ability to, together, make the impossible possible, something so beautifully symbolized in the incredible exploits of the Circus! Art and education, although not enough to overcome poverty, help to reverse this indifference, putting us in the other's place, co-moving us and provoking us to a transformative collective action. It's a little bit of what we intend to do with this show: break the current siege and make us circus!
Trajectory of the "Circus of Misery"
Since I was a child, I was very touched by the figures of vagabond clowns (at the time, I hardly knew they were called that): Didi Mocó (from the Trapalhões), Carlitos (by Charles Chaplin), o Chaves (from the Mexican series). It was because of these figures that I somehow decided to be a clown. From the beginning, Magrólhos was born as a typical clown, but there was, inside me, this desire to explore this lineage of clown, so forgotten in our times. And so, in my heart, the desire to create a show through the vagabond clown, which portrays the reality of exclusion and invisibility of the people of the street, is formed in my heart.
2014-2015
The reality of the homeless population also always touched me a lot and, with time and studies, it was also a reason for revolt due to the abandonment and neglect of the State and the population. During the university period, he had already worked in Campinas with children and young people living on the streets in the "Mano a Mano" project. In 2014, I
2015-2017
That same year, the project "Circo da Miséria - the greatest spectacle on Earth!" is selected by the FICC 2014/2015 (Campinas) for production and debut season! Rehearsals begin, counting on Luciane Olendzki, as scenic advisor; Taiane Raffa, as assistant director; and Natasha Mota, in the photographs.
His debut was so well received by Flaskô, a factory occupied by workers in Sumaré.
I get closer to Centro Pop and through the dear partnership with Humberto José, social worker of this center and activist in the cause of the people of the street, I start to minister clown workshops for this population. From the workshops, the project of a show was born about everything they brought from the streets.
from 2015 In 2017, I made dozens of presentations, below are some of the most significant ones!
(Click on the photo to see it in expanded mode!)
For the presentation that took place at UFSCAR (2016), I developed the workshop "The origins of misery" which becomes a post-presentation activity option, in addition to the traditional chat demystifying the people of the street, to deepen the understanding of what drives people the street.
Magrólhos is interviewed by SBT on his tour of Mato Grosso (Nova Xavantina), when he's hungry, he eats a candy he found in the station's trash and doesn't get along very well...
2017
In 2017, I organize a project to tour São Paulo, the South region and abroad, touring America. This project gained notoriety and Magrólhos was on the cover of Correio Popular (newspaper from Campinas) and appeared on EPTV (Globo television newspaper in Campinas).
2018
In 2018, I rotated this project, presenting Circo da Miséria in several cities in the states of São Paulo and the southern region, as well as in Uruguay and Argentina. Below, see some photos of the main presentations (Click to see in expanded mode!).
2019
Circo da Miséria is selected by the PROAC public notice to circulate the state of São Paulo, passing through 20 cities, focusing on public schools, institutes and universities. In addition to the spectacle, the workshop "Misery and the vagabond clown" was given.
I participated in the Southeast Meeting of the National Movement of the Homeless Population, where I also presented Miserê!
2020
2021
Circulation of the Circo da Miséria through the state of São Paulo (PROAC) - carried out, partially, in a virtual way, because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Circus temporarily closes its shabby tarpaulins motivated by the coronavirus pandemic.
2022
Hoping that the epidemic of a rest and Miserê can return to the roads!