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THURSDAY JUNE 11, 9:30 PM
AFRO SALOYÁ
A ritualistic pop concert-performance by an Afro*saloia* artist who grew up in a rural African suburb on the outskirts of Lisbon.
She is in the process of recording an album, but struggles to choose—
the songs, the styles, the aesthetic.
Before the word, there is SOUND, MATTER—what reverberates in the HEART.
To inhabit what has been forgotten, and what is unimaginable.
Isabél Zuaa is a multidisciplinary artist, born in Lisbon, with origins in Angola and Guinea-Bissau, and experiences in Brazil.
Zuaa creates dramaturgies in which bodies like her own occupy centrality and protagonism, proposing narratives where presence, identity, and memory intertwine. Through the artistic object as a living archive, she summons biographies and references to generate expansive questions.
In 2019, she founded the AURORA NEGRA collective with Cleo Diára and Nádia Yracema.
Isabél was highlighted in BANTUMEN's POWERLIST 2021, 2022, and 2025 as one of the 100 most influential personalities in the Lusophone world.
Ages 12 and up
Direction and performance Isabél Zuaa
Dramaturgy Support Melissa Rodrigues, Mauro Hermínio
Musical Creation and Sound Design Carolina Varela
Movement Support Piny, Vânia Dutel Vaz
Vocal support Joana Campelo
Costume design and space Eloísa d'Ascensão
Video Heverton Harieno
Light design Bee Barros
Sound and video operation Isaac Veloso
Outside eye Bruno Huca
Production Joana Costa Santos
Administration Agência 25
Co-production Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Teatro Municipal do Porto, Teatro Municipal São Luiz, Festival Singular
Co-production Residency O Espaço do Tempo, Centro de Criação de Candoso
Support República Portuguesa Cultura, Juventude e Desporto I DGARTES – Direção-Geral das Artes, Casa da Dança