Aura Fonseca

Choreographer Visual Artist Performer

AURA (she/her) is a transdisciplinary artist who fuses visual arts, performance, theatre and dance to explore gender and sustainability issues.
Her work has been showcased internationally across Portugal, Poland, France, Italy, Sweden, and the UK, namely “The Transformation of the World” (2022, Municipal Galleries of Lisbon) and “7 ≈ 8” (2021, Maia Contemporary Art Biennial. 2022, The Place, Stockholm Fringe Festival, Quinzena de Dança de Almada, Mala Voadora, CLAY - Center for Live Art Yorkshire).
Holds a master's degree in Performance Making by Goldsmiths. Graduated in Fine Arts and Intermedia by ESAP. Attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk during Erasmus.
Collaborated with Carlota Lagido, Raimund Hoghe, Alessandro Bosetti and Aki Nagasaka. Participated in several workshops and programmes with over 30 international creators, among them are Ron Athey, nora chipaumire, Marta Ziólek, Mårten Spångberg, Adriano Wilfert Jensen.
She has been supported and awarded by Porto City Council, Setúbal City Council, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, GDA Foundation, Portuguese Youth Foundation, ESAP, DGES, and Santander Universities.

Credits

Artist, The Transformation of the World, Municipal Galleries of London, 4 months, 2022-23

Artist, 7 ≈ 8, Maia Contemporary Art Biennial, The Place, Stockholm Fringe Festival, Quinzena de Dança de Almada, Mala Voadora, CLAY - Center for Live Art Yorkshire, Rua das Gaivotas 6, variable, 2021-2023

Performer, Momentos of Young People, Montpellier Danse, TMP Rivoli, 1 month, 2018-2020

Performer, Acqua Sfocata, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, 2 days, 2017

Artist Assistant, Four Elements, Municipal Gallery of Porto, 2 weeks, 2017

Training

MA Performance Making, Goldsmiths UoL, 2018-2021

BA Fine Arts and Intermedia, Escola Superior Artística do Porto, 2015-2017

Queer Unworlding, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, 2022

Pulso: Support and Mentorship to Choreographers, Instável - Centro Coreográfico, 2022

Art, Museums and Digital Culture, maat + Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2021

Future Start-up Now Found, Create Jobs, 2021

Connect: Learning Mobility, 2019

Weekend Lab: Ron Athey, Toynbee Studios, 2019

Summer Camp, Nowy Teatr, 2019

Out There, Mezzanine, 2017

2nd Artistic Practice Symposium, Mezzanine, 2017

Marias, Mezzanine, 2017

1st Artistic Practice Symposium, Mezzanine, 2017

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Dance
  • Graphic / product design
  • Live art
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - drama
  • Visual arts

What I do

  • Choreography
  • Curating
  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Editing
  • Movement Direction
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Producing
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development

Additional Languages

Portuguese

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