Creations
and improv
I believe in art as a way of transformation, sensing the world in changing light. Dance is a form of listening — where movement speaks, and the body remembers. Technique serves expression, emotion unites us all.
I am guided by sensibility, and integrity is the ground I stand on — as a person, performer and creator. To love is to share, to create is to respond. Through art, we move in freedom.
©Lucas Sadalla
Creations
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LIBERTAÇÃO – LIBERATION
Solo creation
A piece about purpose, rebirth, and redemption. Premiered at the Young Choreographers Showcase 2025. -

Wonderlust
Duet/co-creation
Collaborative work engaging with film projections from Tetro in a site-specific dialogue of movement and cinematic imagery. -

(sinestesia)
Choreography for a group of 7
A group piece fusing poetry, scenographic elements, and multi-sensory research. -

Uma
beginning of the creation process
3 women meet in 1, a performance of invocation.
Improv
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IMPRO I
soundscape
'Still I Rise' poem ending
Dropped Soul (Murcof)
Dear, Dolores (Dominique Charpentier) beginning
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UMA
impro study for a solo
soundscapeHorse (Keeley Forsyth)
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IMPRO III
soundscape
Quatre petites prières de saint François d'Assise, FP 142: n.4 (Poulenc) ending
2.3 Courante (Peter Gregson)
maria ana diogo
Teaching
Creation
Contact
maria.a.diogo@gmail.com
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