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						MARIA ALCINA BIO BY ALISSON GOTHZ
			As far as I can remember, she was the first freak diva I ever saw in my life. I was about 7 or 8 years old, and she was performing live in a popular TV show, dressed head-to-toe with an outfit made entirely of old newspapers. Her voice was strong, powerful, sometimes a little  masculine, but very charming. She was dancing like mad, making funny faces, telling jokes and being fiercely fabulous. I though to myself, ‘hey, I wanna be like that’. And so I did. She became known in 1971, singing a mix of MPB, samba, bossa-nova and a lot of different Brazilian rhythms. Her colourful persona, with awesome outfits and great make-up, became her trademark. Her performance on stage was nothing like anything anyone has ever saw in this country. Once she even ate a rose that someone threw on the stage for her, in front of the cameras. She dared to be different, and people loved that. In early 70’s, Brazil was still living under a repressive dictatorial government, and Alcina was often a victim of censorship, and she even had to go to court once:  “I was an alien in the female realms, and everything that was different was dangerous. I was breaking down a series of stereotyped feminine myths. I came up in a time of dictatorship and my unconventional behavior was anti-everything. I ended up being censored and forbidden to perform anywhere. I was taken off the air, off of radio waves, TV shows and concerts. It was a time when behavior was a reason for penalty, and artists ran from the police”, she recalls. In the 80s, she became a popular singer with several hits and was always appearing in popular TV shows. Nowadays Alcina is involved with several projects, including some adventures with electronic music, and still performing. Although her fame isn’t nearly as big as 15 years ago, she’s still a highly recognizable artist anywhere she goes. Carmen Miranda was the Brazilian Bombshell. But Maria Alcina was (and still is) the Brazilian Hurricane.
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