Biographie
Isabela Fernandes SantanaFSR — Isabela Fernandes Santana
Isabela Fernandes Santana (Paris/São Paulo)
For Isabela Fernandes Santana, the act of performance is a force field, a generator of fictions written via the body. While training at the Catholic University of São Paulo, she met choreographer Jorge Garcia and became his dancer. On the strength of this initial experience, she developed her own choreographic style, first in Brazil, then at the Centro em Movimento in Lisbon and finally thanks to the Exerce Master at ICI-CCN. Today she dances for Volmir Cordeiro and Meg Stuart. His pieces are all places where otherness is exercised, a collection of gestures designed to rethink the world.
In residence at the studio from 31 March to 11 April 2025 as part of the Life Long Burning project, funded by the European Union.
La couleur perdue — creation 2025/26
Studio Yano, ICI—CCN
— Meeting with Isabela Fernandes Santana and her team about the creative process
What remains after a disappearance? Drawing on the metaphor of black holes, Isabela Fernandes Santana combines the intimate experience of loss with Brazil's colonial history. How many black women have disappeared, their bodies swallowed up or made invisible? In search of spaces, the vibrant edges where movement, emotion and memory coexist, La Couleur Perdue makes its way beyond the "point of no return".
Entrée libre sur réservation
Distribution et mentions
Conception, recherche chorégraphique et interprétation : Isabela Fernandes Santana | Collaboration artistique (regard extérieur) : Marcela Santander Corvalán | Création son : Marina Sarno | Collaboration artistique texte et voix : Rodrigo Batista | Lumière : Abigail Fowler
Coproduction : ICI—CCN Montpellier Occitanie / direction Christian Rizzo dans le cadre du dispositif de l’accueil-studio et du projet Life Long Burning, financé par l’Union Européenne
Photographie : ©Julia Maretto
Texte : ©Noëmie Charrié
Dance club with Isabela Fernandes Santana
ICI—CCN
Open to all, with no pre-requisites, this monthly workshop for adult amateurs is an opportunity to meet, through their work, the artists who are involved with ICI this season. The dance club invites you to experiment with a wide range of practices, creative processes and warm-up rituals, with a focus on the precision of choreographic writing.
7€ l’atelier / 5€ tarif super réduit / 3€ yoot
Morning practice / Exerce - Isabela Fernandes Santana
ICI—CCN
"During the workshop, we will study movement patterns, temporal, rhythmic and spatial choices, asking ourselves what motivates us on a physical and energetic level. Why do we dance? What changes does my body undergo when I move? Through these questions, we explore changes in the structure and shape of the body as we dance.
The focus is on the body, contemporary forms of movement and other popular Brazilian manifestations. We will also pay particular attention to individual and collective interaction.
The idea is to interact through games, carnival steps and energy exchanges, with the aim of embracing risk, discovering the joy of vulnerability and following new and unexpected paths."
30€ la session de 5 cours
ou 6€ la session individuelle
→ Inscriptions et réservations : 04 67 60 06 76 – n.berger-amari@ici-ccn.com