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Photo by Krystal Pagán
Cover photo by Jeremy Daniel
BARBA: Brazilian Body Percussion Musical 2024 performances
Book: Kim Bixler & Carlos Bauzys
Music: Carlos Bauzys
Lyrics: Kim Bixler
Additional music: Fernando Barba
Brazilian-born Fernando Barbosa “Barba” Ferraz discovers he has an extraordinary gift for rhythm and constructing music using his own body as an instrument. After dedicating his life to teaching and sharing this accessible form of crafting music, Barba is given a life-altering diagnosis rendering him dysrhythmic.
BARBA | Opening Number - Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater
Book: Kim Bixler & Carlos Bauzys
Music: Carlos Bauzys
Lyrics: Kim Bixler
Additional music: Fernando Barba
Opening Number performed at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater, May 2023. Directed by Scott Ebersold. Musical Direction by Carlos Bauyzs, Matt Castle and Rachel Dean.
Performance and clips of rehearsals.
BARBA | 2024 musical performances preview
R.Evolución Latina and Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater performances of BARBA: Brazilian Body Percussion Musical February 22 – 25, 2024.
Book & Lyrics: Kim Bixler Book & Music: Carlos Bauzys. Directed by Luis Salgado. Associate Director: Valeria Cossu. Associate Choreographer: Matthew Steffens. Music Director & Body Percussion Virtuoso: Carlos Bauzys.
BARBA | You Ready?
A sneak peek into the rehearsal studio for BARBA: Brazilian Body Percussion Musical.
National Dance Institute in Harlem, NYC.
BARBA | Just This Moment (excerpt) - Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater
Lyrics: Kim Bixler Music: Carlos Bauzys
Performed by: Chelsea Zeno, Cesar Carreno & Carlos Bauzys
Barba takes his girlfriend Dani to the waterfall to share some news. Dani thinks she is about to get a marriage proposal.
Univision Channel 41 visits Pregones Theatre
Univision Channel 41 visits the cast and creative team working on BARBA: Brazilian Body Percussion Musical.
Beyond Workshop Series – R.Evolución Latina
Learning body percussion and songs from BARBA: Brazilian Body Percussion Musical at the National Dance Institute of Harlem under the direction of body percussionist and BARBA creator Carlos Bauzys and choreographer/director Luis Salgado.
Hoy Dia on BARBA: Brazilian Body Percussion Musical
Interviews with cast members of BARBA: Brazilian Body Percussion Musical.
Acceso Total, Telemundo interviews Barba
Acceso Total, Telemundo interviews BARBA: Brazilian Body Percussion Musical director Luis Salgado at Pregones Theater in NYC.
Opening number. Latiné Musical Theatre Lab Benefit Concert. October 2023
OPENING NUMBER from Barba: A Brazilian Body Percussion Musical
Music and arrangement by Carlos Bauzys Lyrics by Kim Bixler and Carlos Bauzys
Performed by Carlos Bauzys, Gabriella Saramago, Miranda Holliday, Jordi Viscarri, Alecia Baxter, Vaheed Talebian, Amanda Freedman, Sara Ornelas and the LMTL Barbatuques Ensemble.
Univision 24/7 talks to Luis Salgado about BARBA
Interview with director/choreographer Luis Salgado about BARBA: Brazilian Body Percussion Musical. Book & Lyrics: Kim Bixler Book & Music: Carlos Bauzys.
Latiné Musical Theatre Lab Benefit Concert. October 2023
Creator, musical director and body musician Carlos Bauzys doing freestyle body percussion alongside Robin de Jesús at the Latiné Musical Theatre Lab Benefit Concert, October 2023.
Latiné Musical Theatre Lab Reading Series. October 2023
Latiné Musical Theatre Lab Reading of BARBA: Brazilian Body Percussion Musical at Amas Musical Theatre offices in NYC.
Lawrence High School students learning BARBA from Luis Salgado
Director, choreographer Luis Salgado shares his talents with Lawrence, Massachusetts High School students who work on original material from BARBA: Brazilian Body Percussion Musical.
Book: Kim Bixler & Carlos Bauzys
Lyrics: Kim Bixler
Music: Carlos Bauzys
BARBA: BRAZILIAN BODY PERCUSSION MUSICAL. BOOK BY KIM BIXLER & CARLOS BAUZYS. MUSIC BY CARLOS BAUZYS. LYRICS BY KIM BIXLER. ADDITIONAL MUSIC BY FERNANDO BARBA. BARBATUQUES. BASED ON BARBA’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY: SOUND FROM THE START: A BODY PERCUSSION STOR BY FERNANDO BARBA AND RENATA FERRAZ TORRES. BODY MUSIC