Geography of Love

Diego Bragà

 
Diego Bragà is a child of the 90’s and since that time has identified with the non-binary gender, he was born in Belo Horizonte and lives in Lisbon. He started his studies as a teenager. Education: Graduation in “Social Communication” – monograph about the body in Lygia Clark’s work; Dance (ballet/modern/jazz/contemporary) at Primeiro Ato Centro de Dança; Acting at UFMG; “Creating Theatre and Performance” at London International School of Performing Arts; Among the creative grants he has received we can highlight the Sundance Film Festival; Royal Shakespeare Company; British Council/ Creative Scotland; Goethe Institut; Belas Artes ULisboa and Self Mistake Grant. As a creator in the arts he has received the awards CenaMinas, CenaMúsica, CulturaCopa, and Artista Revelação Encontro.  In Brazil and together with the painter Martim Dinis he founded the award winning platform MADAME TEATRO.
The professional shows he created are BATA-ME (2014); Em Louvor à Vergonha (2014); Salomé (2017); Among his co-creations are Cleópatra (2017), Passada – Choque de Monstrxs (2019) and Festa de 15 Anos (2020).
In 2022 he released the EP “Geografia do Amor” produced by the iconic Chico Neves (Chico has produced records by Elis Regina, O Rappa, Milton Nascimento, Los Hermanos and Gilberto Gil).
His creations have been in the: Temps d’Images Festival, National Theatre of Scotland, Almagro Festival, SESC, FUNARTE, CCBB, Queer Film Festival, Edinburgh Festival, Rough Mix and Sundance Film Festival.
He has worked with Albano Jerónimo, Jêróme Bel, Julie Beauvais, Horace Lundd, Susan Worsfold, Tiago Rodrigues, Mickael de Oliveira, Grupo Galpão and Anna Dora Dorno.
He studied with Meg Stuart, Thomas Ostermeier, Amy Russell, and Marina Abramovic.
 
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