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Wura Moraes

Oirana Moraes dos Santos (Wura Moraes) is a Portuguese-Brazilian dancer, originally from Amarante. She holds a degree in dance from Faculdade Angel Vianna in Rio de Janeiro and has trained at École des Sables in Senegal and École de Danse Irène Tassembédo in Burkina Faso. Her research focuses on the intersection of contemporary, urban, and Afro-Brazilian dance forms. Currently, she lives and develops her choreographic work in the triangulation between Africa, Latin America, and Europe.

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Residency project

In the creation of Henda and Xala, dance is presented as a primordial platform of expression, a common ground in the connection between Wura Moraes and her father, Mário Calixto (1960-1996), dancer and choreographer. It is a research that deepens the access created by the body and movement, fueled by the materials provided by the video dimension, where the past, present, and future possibilities overlap.

Residency archive Graner

International Cross-Residency Program in Co-organization with the Ramon Llull Institute.

Graner contexts

Open Studio by Wura Moraes