TransversArte is very proud to introduce O PASSO ("THE STEP" in Portuguese), for the first time in UK!

In this 100% active/participative class, we'll discover the basics moves and exercises of O PASSO, linking them to the everyday practice of the musician or dancer. We'll focus on the rhythmical aspects of O PASSO.
No musical/instrumental experience required, however you must be able to stand and walk. Children over 10yo welcome - our teacher is DBS checked.

No door tickets.

For all questions please email contact@transversarte.com.

THE METHOD

"My life has two sides: before and after O Passo. Before, I had the practice, but now I also have theory. Theory is now taking me places. My mind is more open because of O Passo.”
Mestre Odilon Costa, former diretor de bateria of União da Ilha, Beija-Flor and Grande Rio samba schools

"O Passo integrates the body in the experience of systematization and construction of musical knowledge, free from reductive dualities such as feeling x thinking, rational x intuitive, imitating x reading and writing, pleasure x hard work.”
Regina Marcia Simão Santos, graduate Music Professor at UniRio

Created by Lucas Ciavatta in 1996, guided by principles of inclusion and autonomy, O Passo understands making music as inseparable from the body, the imagination, the group and the culture. O Passo emerges in response to highly selective models for accessing musical practice, with the richness of Brazilian popular music as its main influence.

Since its creation, O Passo was experimented and adopted in schools, universities and projects throughout Brazil and the world, making music accessible to thousands of people of all ages through classes, workshops, seminars and other activities. The method's approach values each musician's, professor's, school's and group's musical project, contributing with its effectiveness and even facilitating the use of other methods.

https://www.institutodopasso-en.org

THE TEACHER

Cléa Thomasset is a flute player, vocalist and composer-songwriter from West of France (Brittany-Pays de Loire), established in London.
Equally academically trained and self-taught, she studied classical and jazz flute, and then started to perform as a singer too: French music, Jazz and of course Brazilian music, her very long lasting love affair. After having been taught several years in France by the Brazilian master Eduardo Lopes, she went to Rio de Janeiro, to study choro at Escola Portátil, Brazilian popular singing with Felipe Abreu and rhythm with Lucas Ciavatta.
Very active in the Choro network in Europe, she works with the finest chorões of the Old Continent, and also produces/performs with some touring musicians from Brazil ; she moved to London in 2015, and became the project manager at Club de Choro UK (founded by Gaio de Lima).
She can be seeing performing on European stages with her quartet Travessias (poetic Brazilian songs) and with the Brazilian 7-string guitar player Vitor Celestino (Choro & Brazilian jazz) ; she also works with many other musicians from various backgrounds (samba, contemporary and classical music, French songs, modern jazz, electroacoustic), on stage or as a session musician.
Teaching music to all (from babies to seniors) since 15 years in France and UK, she developped a participative and inclusive pedagogy; she also translated into French the amazing Brazilian musical method O Passo by Lucas Ciavatta - a strong reference in her own practice and teaching - and the very interesting A estrutura do Choro by Carlos Almada (The structure of Choro).