“Grud” is selected for Dancing Award in Florianópolis

UFPel’s University Dance Group (Grud) from the Physical Education School (ESEF) was nominated to compete in the Desterro de Dança award, an event to be held in Florianópolis (Santa Catarina, Brazil) from August 30 to September 4.
The festival is one of the most important in the country and aims to be a vehicle for art and education, encouraging choreographic creation, promoting Brazilian artwork and working as an exchanging place for dancing professionals. 200 choreographies out of 800 from Brazil and abroad were selected. Grud is competing in the category Contemporary Dance with the choreography Insônia, featuring a cast of 11 dancers from Pelotas and UFPel students under choreographic work by Professor Maria Helena Klee Oehlschlaeger.