Amalia Herrera
danser, docent, choreograaf en onderzoeker in theater, onder
Maastricht / NL
over mij
Ik ben een kunstenaar op het gebied van podiumkunsten, in het bijzonder dans en theater. Mijn interesses zijn altijd geweest om manieren te onderzoeken, ontdekken en creëren om onszelf uit te drukken in beweging, zowel op het podium, in het leven en in de relaties die ons vormen en bouwen, zowel als mens en als sociale kunstenaars.
Ik ben geïnteresseerd in het uitwisselen van ervaringen en manieren van denken over beweging in artistieke a

trackrecord
Recently (2022) she participated in the concept, choreography and creation of the videodance “Soy Semilla”, directed by Lila Penagos. This work was selected to participate in the 2nd International Ecoperformance Festival held in Brazil, by the FRICC (Festivalito Rodante Internacional de CoreoCinema Uruguay) and also Dança em Foco Festival Internacional vídeo & dança, Brazil.
She also shared with prominent international artists the HET LAB – Artistic Exchange Laboratory with Akram Khan Company, run by rehearsal director Nico Ricchini in the city of Hasselt, Belgium.
She is currently a teacher of the dance and theater courses for Alles is Drama, Student Association of the University of Maastricht, the Netherlands.
She was selected as a live arts teacher within the Circulation of Teachers project of the National Institute of Performing Arts of Uruguay. As a conclusion to this project, she directed the Exhibitions open to the public at the Florencio Sánchez Theater and La Casa de la Pólvora, Cerro, Montevideo, Uruguay (2021,2022).
Amalia participated in the PUSH creation project for young audiences, together with 14 artists from Belgium, Scotland, Ireland, Denmark and Norway, in an artistic creation and reflection laboratory in Dublin on the idea of ​​migration for children and adolescents.
She worked in Uruguay not only as a dancer and choreographer, but in areas of artistic education in schools and public educational institutions and also in the development of art projects in the interior of the country.
Furthermore, she has participated in the virtual InterNos Festival organized by Juan C. Tajes’ Microteatro Studio in the city of Amsterdam with the solo “Bach in the garden” (2020).
Also, she leads workshops, facilitates collaborative research and physical theater. Amalia recently participated in HET LAB Hasselt, Belgium working on the performance “Azul” for Krokusfestival (2019).
She directed and created “What comes from the river” with the Uruguayan dancer Mariana Torres, a performance presented at the aan Het Vrijth of AINSI Theater in the city of Maastricht, the Netherlands where she currently resides (2018).

talen
Spanish • Portuguese • English

vakgebied
Commercial, Drama, Televisie drama / Dramaserie, Theater / Stage

Amalia Herrera
Maastricht / NL
danser, docent, choreograaf en onderzoeker in theater, onder