Collaboration is at the heart of everything I do. What I am most grateful for in my dance career is the possibility of encounters — with people, with other art forms, with different worldviews. These meetings have allowed my body to remain porous, open to transformation. Since dance is fundamentally about making space, collaboration becomes not just a method, but the very substance of my work.
I approach all my creations — even those made within pedagogical settings — through the lens of collaboration. Whether with professional dancers, students, dramaturgs, musicians, composers, costume and light designers, stage artists, or directors, the process is always a shared one. And it is not always harmonic. True collaboration invites friction, raises doubts, and requires a dwelling in vulnerable in-between spaces. But it is precisely this vulnerability — the willingness to be affected and to allow others to be affected — that makes these processes unforgettable. These are experiences that stay with me, imprinted in the nervous system.
Even when I am the choreographer or teacher, I never work alone. I am continually shaped by those I work with. In this section, however, I want to highlight collaborations in which I was not in the role of choreographer — such as Lulu, directed by Staša Zurovac — as well as collaborations that took place in contexts beyond dance, including my work with theatre director Sara Ostertag. I also include interdisciplinary partnerships where media and artistic languages meet and transform one another, such as my ongoing collaboration with videographer and visual artist Jonatan Salgado Romero, in which dance and video evolve side by side.
Andressa Miyazato 