Based on their artistic research, in this meeting the creators discuss strategies such as Corporeality and Performativity for the reorganisation of unofficial stories, prospection for memories, and to ponder over states of exclusion and deletion. They think about the invisibilisation and silencing of bodies that rise, get updated and sometimes go through a process of hybridation to let off the expressive and vindictive nature of the political being, as shown by their presentiality on the screen, on the stages, or on the streets.

 The performances Preludio, Ficciones del Silencio (Prelude, Fictions of Silence) by Diana Daf Collazos, and Aurora Negra (Black Dawn) by Cleo Tavares, Isabél Zuaa and Nádia Yracema, are part of the programme of the Mirada (Glance) Occupation of 2021.

Cleo Diára
Born in Cape Verde, this actress obtained her qualifications in Lisbon, to where she moved as a young girl. She took part in plays by Rogério de Carvalho and Mónica Calle, among other producers, and productions by film directors such as Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt and Pedro Cabeleira.

Diana Daf Collazos
Diana is an audio-visual director, performer and cultural manager from Peru who works based on the body as a creator of memories and carries out actions that problematise

Isabél Zuaa
Isabél is an actress and performer, born in Portugal and with origins in Guinea-Bissau and in Angola. She alternates between dance projects, films and theatrical productions, in Portugal and Brazil, and has collaborated with artists such as Marcelo Gomes, Juliana Rojas e Jeferson De, among many others.

Nádia Yracema
Born in Angola, raised and qualified in Portugal, this actress, a Law graduate, was directed by Moroccan choreographer Bouchra Ouizguen, by French choreographer Emmanuelle Huynh and the Franco-German theatrical producer, Matthias Langhoff, among other prominent directors.

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