Biography

I am a polymorphous performer and creator, passionate about amateur empowerment and bringing awareness in public spaces. I met my first artistic mentors in Brazil: Angel Vianna, Paula Nestorov and Lia Rodrigues (contemporary dance), Marcus Faustini (theater and community art) and Elena Zanotti (lyrical singing). Back in Europe in 2007, I joined Mathilde Monnier's choreographic master Exerce alongside Nadia Beugré (Montpellier, France). I became her dramaturgical right arm for the creation of Quartiers Libres, Tapis rouge and Legacy, for which I directed the amateur casts. In 2013, I took part in the last tour of Mauvais Genre by Alain Buffard.
Meanwhile, I started to develop transmission tools for non-professionals, experimenting through creative workshops in secondary schools, prisons and social organizations. Arnaud Pirault (Groupenfonction) invited me to coach and perform in his participative & in situ works We Can Be Heroes and Pride, as well as in The Playground. I was immediately hooked on the unique relationship with an improvised audience only public spaces welcome.
Settling in Brussels in 2020, I worked as an actor under the direction of Jessica Gazon and discovered live-action role-playing games. They offer a new dimension to my work, catalysing its transformative power.

Artistic project

As a queer person who thrives on the possibilities of multiple appearances, I often ask myself this question before going out: am I confident enough today to assume an appearance that would betray certain aspects of my non-conforming identities? I weigh up the risks and benefits, then adapt. This privilege is not something that many women, persons of color or visibly queer, among many others, can afford. Systemic discrimination strikes mercilessly on the streets: depending on how they look, some of us have no choice but to brave taunts, insults or even violence.
By restoring space, dignity and a voice back to victims of public harassment in the very place where they are deprived of them, Parades is a spectacular and immersive invitation to awareness. The soundtrack is either epic, documentary or festive, punctuating challenging individual and collective performances. They run, exhaust and reveal themselves, build, sublimate, work together and with the audience in a public space claimed as a place to share. At some point, a monumental art installation rises above the crowd, under which intimate tales are told, before a circular dance engages the willing audience in a joyous rite of passage.

Format: collective performance

Size of audience: no limit

Specific location: place of passage

Timing / duration:50min