Post-show talks

Based in Marseille, Dorothée Munyaneza is a multi-disciplinary artist using music, song, text and movement to deal with rupture as a dynamic force. Munyaneza draws from real stories seizing body, memory and our times to create a space of resonance. Her style of creating and performing on stage is directly inspired by what life has so intensely given her. Her artistic research draws from the diversity of her cultural heritage – her extended family in Rwanda, the experience of the 14 years spent in London, her move to Paris followed by her settling in Marseille -, but...

Mario Barrantes Espinoza is a Costa Rican-Nicaraguan artist based in Brussels. They studied theatre and dance at the National University of Costa Rica before moving to Belgium, where they graduated from the Training Cycle (2016) and the Research Studios (2018) at P.A.R.T.S. He has collaborated in works by François Chaignaud, Théo Mercier, Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe, Michiel Vandevelde and Eszter Salamon, and performed as guest artist for the bands Peaches and The Subs. Mario currently develops projects as an independent artist. His work articulates performance, the...

Chiara Bersani is an Italian performer and author active in the field of performing arts, research theater and contemporary dance. As an interpreter and as a director / choreographer moves through different languages and visions. Her works, presented in international circuits, are born as creations in dialogue with spaces of different nature and are mainly aimed at a “neighbor” to the scene. Her research as an interpreter and author is based on the concept of the “Political Body” and the creation of practices aimed at training its presence and action. The...

María del Mar Suárez, La Chachi, is an actress and dancer from Málaga who combines flamenco, physical theatre and contemporary dance in a hybrid and original language. After training with La Lupi and collaborating with artists such as Alberto Cortés, Belén Maya and Fernando López, she debuted with La Gramática de los Mamíferos, with which she won three PAD Awards and the Lorca Award for best female performer. In 2019, she presented La Espera, which was included in the season of the Teatro Central in Seville. In 2021, she presented Merdellona with Alberto Cortés...

Luísa Saraiva is a choreographer and performer born in Porto, Portugal and living between Porto and Berlin. She studied psychology at the University of Porto and dance at the Folkwang Arts University in Essen. Her choreographic work explores the language of the body and voice and lies at the intersection of movement and musical composition. She was selected for the danceWeb scholarship in 2019 and in the season of 2019/2020 she was one of the choreographers-in-residence at the K3 | Tanzplan Hamburg. In 2022/2023 she was a recipient of the Tanzpraxis Scholarship from...

Based in Lisbon, Bruno Brandonilo graduated in acting at the Escuela Multidisciplinaria de Arte Dramático (EMAD) and trained in dance at inDANS | Escuela de Artes del Movimiento, in Uruguay. In Portugal, he attended Forum Dança's PACAP II in 2018 curated by Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz. Most recently, he was a resident artist at K3 - Zentrum Für Choreographie (Hamburg, Germany) for the season 2023-2024.The performative language he has been developing the past years brings together formats and expressions that hybridize theatricality, choreography and music. His...

Joana Reais is a multifaceted Portuguese artist whose work weaves together music, research, and activism. With a distinctive musical style that intertwines Lusophone, tropicalist, and African influences, Joana’s compositions reflect the richness of her cultural heritage — shaped in particular by her Mozambican grandmother, who encouraged her to sing from an early age. She is recognised not only for her voice and artistic sensitivity but also for her commitment to inclusion through art. With experience in performance, creation, curation, and education, Joana also...