Creations
and improv

I believe in art as a space of transformation — where movement speaks, and the body remembers. Dance is a form of listening, not showing. Technique serves expression, and integrity is the ground I stand on — as a performer, teacher, and creator.

I am guided by sensibility and curiosity, unveiling spaces where every body can belong. To teach is to share, to create is to respond — with presence, care, and imagination. Through art, we move in freedom.

©Lucas Sadalla

Creations

  • A woman in a white shirt performing a dance pose against a black background, with one leg extended sideways and her arm reaching upward.

    LIBERTAÇÃO - LIBERATION

    Solo creation
    A piece about rebirth and redemption.

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  • A graduate in cap and gown taking a selfie on stage while another graduate stands behind, smiling.

    Wonderlust

    Duet/co-creation
    Collaborative work commissioned for the screening of TETRO.

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  • sinestesia

    (sinestesia)

    Choreography for a group of 7
    A group piece that explores the sensation as empire and temple.

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  • Uma - cover colage

    Uma

    starting of the creation process
    3 women meet in 1, a performance of invocation.

    IN PROGRESS

Improv

  • A woman in a black dance leotard standing alone in a dance studio with a reflective black floor and ballet barres on the wall behind her.

    IMPRO I

    soundscape

    'Still I Rise' poem ending

    Dropped Soul (Murcof)

    Dear, Dolores (Dominique Charpentier) beginning

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  • Two women practicing acro yoga in a gymnasium with wooden paneled walls, a step ladder, and gym equipment in the background. One woman is standing and supporting the other woman who is upside down with her legs over her partner's shoulders.

    UMA

    impro study for a solo


    soundscape

    Horse (Keeley Forsyth)

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  • A woman practicing ballet in a dance studio with angled skylights, wooden floors, and a large mirror reflecting her movement.

    IMPRO III

    soundscape

    Quatre petites prières de saint François d'Assise, FP 142: n.4 (Poulenc) ending

    2.3 Courante (Peter Gregson)

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maria ana diogo

Contact

maria.a.diogo@gmail.com