Calixto Neto in O samba do Crioulo Doido

photo Marc Domage This radical solo, imagined by Luiz de Abreu and transmitted to Calixto Neto as one passes a torch, deals with the decolonial question and the relations of domination inherited from slavery. Deconstructing stereotypes of Brazilian culture, the naked and black body dancing passes from body-object to body-subject, turning in derision with malice the identitarian projections that assign it to an unselected imaginary. And the grace…