He was born in Volta Redonda, in the state of Rio de Janeiro.[1] He began his studies of popular music and drama in the public schools of Volta Redonda. Later, at the Federal University of Uberlândia,[2] Wagner studied modernist literature and art, which influences his approach to choreography, receiving the award of the Art Foundation Itau Cultural in 2000–2001, 2003–2004, 2009–2010, 2014.[3] In 2005 and 2009 he collaborated with the choreographer Rachid Ouramdane in Cover,[4]Des témoins ordinaires,[5] working, during those years, in Paris, São Paulo and Berlin.[6] In 2017, his performance La Bête sparked controversy in Brazil and abroad, when naked, Wagner was touched on the foot by a child of approximately four years of age in the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art.[7] Currently, he resides in São Paulo and Paris.[8]
2005 Mein Raum?, with Natali Fari and Ricardo de Paula (Berlin)[28]
2003 What you wish, what you want, here I am ready to serve you, by Cláudia Müller (Torres Vedras)[29]
Books
2023 A nudez da cópia imperfeita (Editora Nós)[30]
2018 Nunca juntos mas ao mesmo tempo / Jamais ensemble mais en même temps (Editora Nós)[31]
Films
2018 Le genre international,[32] directed by Judith Cahen and Masayasu Eguchi[33] with Maria de Medeiros
2009 I Needed to get some time,[34] with Rachid Ouramdane[35]
1996 The Poet, Filminute: The International One-Minute Film Festival, directed by Waltuir Alves[36]
Prizes
2024 Finalist for the São Paulo Prize for Literature (Category: "Best Novel of 2023," with the book "A nudez da cópia imperfeita" ["The Nudity of the Imperfect Copy"])[37]
2021 Fundação Daniel and Nina Carasso / Cité des Arts, Paris[38]
2005 Território Minas, FID (Dance International Forum)
2003 Rumos Itaú Cultural Dance
2003 XVI Festival de Dança do Triangulo
2000 Rumos Itaú Cultural Dance
1996 The International One-Minute Film Festival
Olhares sobre o Corpo [OsC] Festival
In 2004, he creates, together with Fernanda Bevilaqua, the festival Olhares sobre o Corpo [OsC] ("Perspectives on the Body").[42] A meeting between artists, students and the people interested on the contemporary relationship in dance, visual arts and performance.
References
^"Jornal Correio". correiodeuberlandia.com.br. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
^"Concectedance". conectedance.com.br. Retrieved 3 December 2010.