Luiza is a circus artist from Brasília, now based in Oslo. She graduated from the National Circus Institute in Portugal and also studied Tourism and Sports Science at the University of Brasília.

Luiza started dancing at the age of seven, and a few years later, she discovered circus and extreme sports. She took part in various social projects, some autonomously and others in partnership with the University of Brasília.

She is passionate about movement, art, ecology, feminism, and books. And how to make art with philosophy and politics existence.

 

Luiza worked with two circus companies in Brazil, where she traveled and participated in festivals, circus tents, and circus gatherings across South America. She also had the opportunity to collaborate with performers, directors, and contemporary circus projects, as well as with major institutions and collectives such as the National Circus School (Escola Nacional de Circo), Festclown, Proyecto Migra, Violeta Luna, and Madalena's Project.

In Europe, Luiza worked with comedy and aerial performances in a themed restaurant and also collaborated with notable directors such as Roberto Magro, Jorge Lix, Ines Lua, and Jorge Albuerne.

She also participated in the project "The Other," which combined dance, music, and videography in Portugal in 2021. The project was awarded and recognized at various film and video dance festivals in Portugal, Greece, India, Chile, and Uruguay.

 

Currently, Luiza dedicates herself to artistic collaborations with the Bemvindoforening association in Norway, as well as her artistic projects "Bloom" and her solo works "In a Moment" and “Dance where you can”

 

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I come from Brazil and since I was a kid I was engaged with the dance and questioning the world.

I grew up listening to an old man talking about lands and who it belongs to. 

I started with social work since a very young age and creating a democratic world was and has been my goal as an artist.

 

I went to tourism and sport science school while I started to work with kids and as a performer. I wanted to understand the body and the environment. I could see how anatomy was related to communities and ecology.

 

I studied circus and worked with collectives, at circus tents, in the streets, traffic lights, and in theaters across Latin America and Europe and I believe art can reach every corner of the world and we should listen to it. 

 

I like to hang and to be upside down, I also like highs. 

I like to create worlds that subvert reality, I like to open doors and I like to talk to strangers.