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Ana Rocha, choreographer, curator, and performer, works as a mediator in culture and arts, developing a research-based artistic and socio-political language that engages with the potential of process and context. She operates within fields of cultural multiplicity and diversity, drawing connections between points of reflection and transition through mentoring and consultancy in institutions, non-profit organisations, artistic collectives, and with national and international creators. She studied Visual Arts, graduated in Art History, and is currently a PhD student in Human Ecology at Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
With 24 years of freelance experience in the arts and culture sector – spanning artistic collaboration, performance, dramaturgy, and other roles – Ana has worked with numerous artists, including Fabienne Audéoud, Isabelle Schad, Dinis Machado, Rafael Alvarez, Benoît Lachambre, Antonija Livingstone, Gretta Sarfaty, Netos de Bandim, CA Conrad, Renan Martins, Mariana Tengner Barros, Teresa Fabião, Rui Catalão, Bernardo Chatillon, Gio Lourenço, Mark Tompkins, Xavier de Sousa, Meg Stuart, Philippe Quesne, Elpida Orfanidou, Igor Dobrić, Luísa Mota, André Sousa, and Davis Freeman, among others.
As a creator, she has presented her work in both formal and site-specific contexts, including Fraud by Nature (2012), Stabat Mater Furiosa (2017), LAVACURA (2019), Manual da Falla (2019), MudAres (2020), Entretanto(s) (2021), OraculÁreas (2021), OcioSamente (2022), #RebelRebel (2022), Oráculo de Adivinhação para o Gil, Eu&Água, Dei-te o Mundo de Bandeja, Approaches to Tempest Birth (2023), Mukur Mukur, and Toda Gente Vai (2024).
Her work as a teacher has led to collaborations with Oficina Zero, Tanzfabrik, ESAP, FBAUP, and ESNBALyon. Ana has also served as a jury member for the Portuguese Platform for Performing Arts, Fundação La Caixa / Espaço do Tempo, and Bantumen.
She was a co-founder of MEZZANINE, a non-profit structure for performing arts (2008–2018), and has been involved with Ação Cooperativista, the REDE directors’ board, and as an artistic collaborator for the Mystery School of Choreography / PACAP8 (Fórum Dança).
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