In 1997 an out-of-control truck crashed into a bus that carried part of the Flamengo’s gymnastics team, the base of the Brazilian’s national team. Beatrice Martins fractured both feet. She can no longer compete. But she turned her recovery into a dance.
Cícero Fraga is a film director and longtime partner of the Instrumento de Ver Collective. Together, they created dance films as O Homem Banco (The Stool Man) and Exufrida, among many others performances videos. Raquel Karro is an actress, director and choreographer, with degree in dance and in circus, she choreographed Exufrida and is also a longtime partner of the Instrumento de Ver Collective. Beatrice has been an acrobat since childhood, was a gymnast for the national team in her teens and rediscovered herself in the circus after a serious bus accident. She is currently an artist for the Instrumento de Ver collective, from Brasília, Brazil.
In 1997 an out-of-control truck crashed into a bus that carried part of the Flamengo’s gymnastics team, the base of the Brazilian’s national team. Beatrice Martins fractured both feet. She can no longer compete. But she turned her recovery into a dance.
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