Marília Coelho is a dance artist, choreographer and director based in Brazil. Through dance she seeks to articulate ancestral knowledge with a contemporary approach to life based on decolonisation. She is co-leader of the activist and cultural space "Mirante das Artes" located in Botucatu, São Paulo, a place that welcomes and fosters dance production in the region. She is also a member of the "Maya-Lila" group and has presented her work in various spaces in her country and around the world. She is an inaugural recipient of the Global South Scholarship.
In the first weeks of this course, I have been able to ground my own practice and have concrete references and artistic exchanges about what I've been doing in my group and context.
Marília Coelho