Benjamin Abras

Benjamin Abras (born 1975 in Belo Horizonte / Brazil) is an interdisciplinary contemporary artist, poet, dance-theater director, playwright, and essayist. His performances, installations, objects, drawings, and paintings reflect his experiences in the Afro-Brazilian traditions of Candomblé and Capoeira de Angola. He has performed, exhibited and done artistic residencies in England, Denmark, India, and Senegal. As a guest artist at the International Arts Festival FESMAN he presented the performance MASEMBA in 2010, performed at the Dakar Dak’Art Biennale in 2014, and Helsinki in 2019. He published the book Falanges, and recorded the CD What is silent is great. He completed a one-year immersion in the conceptual and technical practices of Afro-Butoh at the National Theater of Tunisia, where he is currently conducting research on the history of slavery in Africa. The result of this process will be the creation of his new book of essays and poems.