Marcelo Evelin

Born in Teresina, Brazil, Marcelo Evelin is a choreographer, performer and researcher. He lives and works between Amsterdam and his home town. He trained in Paris, then studied at the School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam. In 1988, he joined the Tanz Theater Wuppertal, directed by Pina Bausch, as an apprentice. His work combines dance, physical theatre, performance, music, video, installation and site-specific creation. He has created over forty pieces with his company, Platform Demolition Incorporada, founded in 1995. That same year, while living in New York, he created and performed AI, AI, AI, a critically acclaimed show for which he went on to perform over a hundred times. In 2006, he returned to Brazil and began curating exhibitions. His performances Matadouro (2010) and Dança Doente (2017) were presented at the Festival d'Automne in Paris. Marcelo Evelin has performed throughout the world, including at the Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Panorama Festival in Rio de Jarneiro, Kyoto Experiment, Festival TransAmériques (Canada), Tanz im August (Germany), Malta Festival (Poland), Spring Festival (Netherlands), Bo:m Festival (South Korea), and Dance Umbrella in London.