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I develop my work from a constant relationship with the body as space for scenic creation, focusing on performativity and theatre literacy in both stage and audiovisual media. I enjoy exploring the multilingual potential of artistic languages and how they can interact and integrate within a single work. I value challenging projects that push the boundaries of presence and creation, and I am eager to collaborate with others on innovative forms of performance. I’ve grown up with Spanish and Portuguese cultures and am fluent in Spanish, with strong English skills. I am passionate about collaborative processes and experimental theatre that invites new forms of presence and meaning.…I develop my work from a constant relationship with the body as space for scenic creation, focusing on performativity and theatre literacy in both stage and audiovisual media. I enjoy exploring the multilingual potential of artistic languages and how they can interact and integrate within a single work. I value challenging projects that push the boundaries of presence and creation, and I am eager to collaborate with others on innovative forms of performance. I’ve grown up with Spanish and Portuguese cultures and am fluent in Spanish, with strong English skills. I am passionate about collaborative processes and experimental theatre that invites new forms of presence and meaning.

Daniela Filipa Madeira Mendonça

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I develop my work from a constant relationship with the body as space for scenic creation, focusing on performativity and theatre literacy in both stage and audiovisual media. I enjoy exploring the multilingual potential of artistic languages and how they can interact and integrate within a single work. I value challenging projects that push the boundaries of presence and creation, and I am eager to collaborate with others on innovative forms of performance. I’ve grown up with Spanish and Portuguese cultures and am fluent in Spanish, with strong English skills. I am passionate about collaborative processes and experimental theatre that invites new forms of presence and meaning.…I develop my work from a constant relationship with the body as space for scenic creation, focusing on performativity and theatre literacy in both stage and audiovisual media. I enjoy exploring the multilingual potential of artistic languages and how they can interact and integrate within a single work. I value challenging projects that push the boundaries of presence and creation, and I am eager to collaborate with others on innovative forms of performance. I’ve grown up with Spanish and Portuguese cultures and am fluent in Spanish, with strong English skills. I am passionate about collaborative processes and experimental theatre that invites new forms of presence and meaning.

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I develop my work from a constant relationship with the body as space for scenic creation, focusing on performativity and theatre literacy in both stage and audiovisual media. I enjoy exploring the multilingual potential of artistic languages and how they can interact and integrate within a single work. I value challenging projects that push the boundaries of presence and creation, and I am eager to collaborate with others on innovative forms of performance.

I’ve grown up with Spanish and Portuguese cultures and am fluent in Spanish, with strong English skills. I am passionate about collaborative processes and experimental theatre that invites new forms of presence and meaning.

Skills

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Premiere Pro

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Autodesk Maya

Set Design

Experience Level

Adobe After Effects

Expert

Adobe Premiere Pro

Expert

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

Portuguese

Fluent

Spanish; Castilian

Advanced

English

Advanced

Work Experience

Actress/Researcher (Artistic Residency) at Um Colectivo

January 1, 2025 - November 8, 2025

Residency focused on collaborative methodologies and performance research within the production of Mariana Pineda, by Federico García Lorca, directed by Fiamma Hasse Pais Brandão. Participation as actress and researcher in the creative process and in the performances of the show.

Actress/Stage Director at Teatro Garcia de Resende

June 28, 2025 - June 28, 2025

Performance, production, and stage direction in the final year show Ophelia machine, based on the play Ophelia machine by Magda Romanska.

Performer/Guest Group at FATAL Festival

May 25, 2025 - May 25, 2025

Performance as part of the show Anatomy of Violence at the Lisbon Academic Theater Festival.

Performer (Spoken-word) at Sociedade Harmonia Ebore nse

May 7, 2025 - May 7, 2025

Participation in a spoken-word performance based on the text by Angélica Lidell in Injuries Incompatible with Life.

Performer (Spoken-word) at Sociedade Harmonia Ebore nse

March 14, 2025 - March 14, 2025

Performance of Tampões em banho-maria in a spoken-word piece with Tampons in a Bath tub collective.

Performer at University of Évora

September 27, 2024 - September 27, 2024

Fifty Years, Five Centuries: An Evocation of the University of Évora, a video mapping performance

Interpreter/Characterization Participant at University of Évora

January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2024

Doña Rosaita la soltera o el lenguaje de las flores — interpretation and participation in characterization as part of an academic project based on Federico García Lorca's work.

Performer at e.VORAZ Festival

May 18, 2024 - May 18, 2024

Kill Me/Kill You — individually created performance presented at the e.VORAZ student festival.

Practical Work (Acting on Camera) at University of Évora

December 31, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Practical work developed as part of the Acting on Camera course, focusing on acting in front of the camera, adaptation to audiovisual language, and studio-recorded exercises.

Technical Internship at PT.23 (Portuguese Platform for Performing Arts)

June 11, 2023 - June 11, 2023

Complementary training under the guidance of O Espaco do Tempo (Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal).

Workshop: Materials in the Actor-Performer Work at Various (Intensive Training)

April 15, 2023 - April 15, 2023

Intensive training focusing on the relationships between body, object, and performative presence, taught by Matteo Bonfitto.

Workshop: Puppetry and Animated Forms at Various (Theatre Practice)

March 27, 2023 - March 27, 2023

Practical training led by Amândio Anástácio, focusing on manipulation and expressive techniques for animated objects and figures.

Lectures and Workshop at Frans Van Lent

May 7, 2025 - May 7, 2025

Participation in a theoretical and practice session focusing on the Unnoticed Art project and invisible performance art.