TAANTEATRO ECOPERFORMANCE RESIDENCY 2027

ECOPOET[H]IC IN-DEPTH EXPERIENCE
January 23 to February 7, 2027
São Lourenço da Serra, SP, Brazil

Dive into the Choreographic Theater of Tensions in the Brazilian Rainforest
Are you ready to transform your artistic practice at the intersection of body, environment, ancestry, and memory?

Taanteatro Companhia invites international performing artists, audiovisual creators, advanced students, and professionals to an intensive, rigorous, and immersive training and creation program in Brazil. From January 23 to February 7, 2027, the Taanteatro Ecoperformance Residency 2027 offers a deep dive into the groundbreaking methods—theory, training, and composition—of Choreographic Theater of Tensions and Ecoperformance. Immersed in nature, you will shed conventional forms of performance and explore the primal tensions connecting body and Earth. The program culminates in the development and presentation of your own ten-minute solo performance, accompanied by rigorous coaching from the artistic directors.

For contemporary performing and audiovisual artists—dancers, actors, performance artists, and directors—the Taanteatro Ecoperformance Residency is more than a conventional workshop: it is an aesthetic paradigm shift. Stepping out of traditional studio spaces to meet, study, and create with other artists amidst the rich biodiversity of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest provides an unparalleled energetic catalyst.

You will return home with a rigorous, radicalized performance vocabulary, a short solo piece, and a new perspective on how you position your body in relation to our transforming planet.

KEY INFORMATION

  • Location: Taanteatro Territory, São Lourenço da Serra, SP, Brazil
  • Arrival Date: January 23, 2027
  • Daily Immersion: January 24 – February 6, 2027 (8 hours per day)
  • Departure Date: February 6, 2027
  • Languages:  Coordinators are fluent in English, French, German, Portuguese, Shangaan, and Spanish. 

ORGANIZATION

ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP
By the creators of the Ecoperformance movement.

    • Maura Baiocchi:  Brazilian founding director of Taanteatro Companhia and the International Ecoperformance Film Festival.
    • Wolfgang Pannek: German co-director of Taanteatro Companhia and the IEFF.
    • Mônica Bernardes:  Brazilian Taanteatro member and IEFF producer.
    • Mabalane Jorge Ndlozy: Mozambican Taanteatro and IEFF team member.

For details, click on the names or scroll to the end of the page.

CORE PROGRAM
The residency demands a rigorous, full-time commitment with a daily workload of 8 hours

Taanteatro Theory & Practice: Master the “Choreographic Theater of Tensions,” a rigorous training and creation methodology that investigates the body as a crossroads of environmental, energetic, and historical forces. Learn how to explore, map, and choreograph internal and external tensions.

      • The Ecoperformance Framework:  Explore the conceptual and practical frameworks of ecoperformance, examining how to practice performing the environment rather than simply in it, expanding your eco-political and aesthetic awareness.
      • Philosophical and poetic concepts: Understand key concepts that engage with Taanteatro and Ecoperformance, formulated by philosophers, theater theorists, and anthropologists such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Antonin Artaud, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, and Eduardo Viveiros de Castro.
      • Solo Performance Creation & Personalized Coaching:  Apply training and studies directly to your artistic desire and develop an original, 10-minute short solo performance during the residency include one-on-one mentorship from the directors to refine your creative process and performance technique.

 

CONCEPTS, TRAININGS & CREATION

Core Concepts

      • The Tensional Universe:  Tension Principle, Tension Typology, Will to Tension, Tension Flow, and Tension Atmosphere.
      • The Extended Body:  Copresence and Schizopresence, Ecorporeality and Ecoperformance (Body, Environment, Ancestry, Memory).
      • The Paradigm Shift:  From the AnthropoScene toward the SymbioScene.

Training Methods

      • Energy Activation: Effort, Waalking, Traaject, Taquara Dance.
      • Expressive Alphabets: Sonorous Alphabet, Body Calligraphy.
      • Rooted Movement: Traditional Mozambican Dance.

Investigation, Experience & Creation Modules

      • Body Energy Mandala (MAE)
      • Transpersonal Mythology & Pictoric Mandala
      • Rite of the Shaman
      • [De]construction of Performance

Bibliography

 

LOCATION, SPACES & HOSPITALITY
The residency takes place in São Lourenço da Serra, São Paulo, Brazil, a tranquil natural setting ideal for deep artistic focus and ecological immersion. Training and creation sessions take place indoors and outdoors, in 2 studios with 120 m² each, and a tropical garden (9000 m²) with a creek and a beautiful cascade.

Your residency fee is fully inclusive of:

      • Training: Full access to all workshops, lectures, and creative laboratories.
      • Mentorship: Personalized coaching sessions for your solo work.
      • Accommodations: Shared housing in double or triple rooms, lounge, swimming pool, tropical garden.
      • Nourishment: Three freshly prepared meals daily (breakfast, lunch, dinner).
      • Credentials: An official digital certificate of completion detailing the intensive curriculum.

 

APPLICATIONS
Spaces (10 to 12) are strictly limited to ensure high-quality personalized coaching for each participant. To apply, please fill in our Google Form and submit the following documents:

      • Curriculum Vitae (CV) / Artistic Resume
      • Letter of intent detailing your interest in the residency

 

PRICING & PAYMENT – GLOBAL NORTH ( via IBAN or BIC / SWIFT)
Secure your placement early to take advantage of specialized offers:

      1. Early Bird – Paid before Oct 1, 2026: $1,100 USD / €1,000 EUR
      2. Standard Registration – Paid before Nov 1, 2026: $1,300 USD / €1,200 EUR
      3. Late Registration – Paid after Nov 1, 2026: $1,450 USD / €1,350 EUR.

IBAN: DE 901007 7777 0461 5977 00
SWIFT/BIC: NORSDE51XXX

PRICING & PAYMENT – GLOBAL SOUTH ( via PIX, IBAN, or WESTERN UNION)
Secure your placement early to take advantage of specialized offers:

      1. Early Bird - Paid before Oct 1, 2026: R$ 4.000,00
      2. Standard Registration - Paid before Nov 1, 2026: R$ 4.500,00
      3. Late Registration - Paid after Nov 1, 2026: R$ 4.500,00

Accessibility Policies:

  • 10% discount for artists from South America (except Brazil).
  • 15% discount for Black, Indigenous, and trans artists. 

LOCAL TRAVEL OPTIONS
From Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) to São Lourenço da Serra (+/- 80 km).

      1. Taxi/ Uber: +/- 2 hours – +/- US$ 70 to 80
      2. Public Transport: Multiple transfers (bus, metro, bus) – +/- 4 hours – +/- US$ 8,00
      3. TTER 2027 transport: +/- 2 hours – US$ 70. Collective car travel option, subject to waiting periods for colleagues.

The TTER 2027 Team

MAURA BAIOCCHI
Maura Baiocchi is a premier Brazilian dancer, choreographer, director, researcher, and eco-Artistic Visionary. She is renowned as the pioneer of Butoh dance in Brazil, the creator of the globally recognized Taanteatro (Choreographic Theater of Tensions) methodology, and the creator of the concept of Ecoperformance. Spanning over five decades, her decorated and international career bridges Eastern avant-garde performance art with Western philosophy, eco-poetics, and choreographic theater. The founder of Taanteatro Company (*1991) and International Ecoperformance Film Festival (*2021) directed and choreographed over 80 original plays and performances, notably adapting deep philosophical and literary works based on figures like Antonin Artaud, Friedrich Nietzsche, Frida Kahlo, and Florbela Espanca. Baiocchi taught at the University of Brasília (UnB) and ministered extensive courses, specialized workshops, and masterclasses at cultural institutions in South and North America as well as in Europe. Among her numerous academic and literary contributions are Choreographic Theater of Tensions (2020) and the first specialized book on Butoh dance written in the Portuguese language, titled Butoh Dança Veredas D’Alma (Butoh Dance Path of the Soul (1995). Baiocchi has a master’s degree in Communication and Semiotics from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC). with the dissertation “Body and communication in process: the tension principle in the Taanteatro experience”.

WOLFGANG PANNEK
Wolfgang Pannek is a German author, actor, director, and producer based in Brazil since 1992. Together with Maura Baiocchi, he directs Taanteatro Companhia and the International Ecoperformance Film Festival. Pannek has created and directed critically acclaimed dance-theater productions—including cARTAUDgraphy (2015), 1001 Plateaus (2017), and On Violence: Fanon (2025). He created and organized international projects in Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Japan, Romania, and the US, spanning the performing arts, literature, visual arts, philosophy, and cinema. He has directed audiovisual projects—such as Antonin Artaud’s The Theater and the Plague (2020), Apokalypsis (2021), and Ecoperformance Expedition (2022)—and acted in feature films and streaming series (HBO Brazil, TV Globo, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Disney+). In partnership with Baiocchi, he has co-authored publications on taanteatro and ecoperformance. Pannek wrote the book Images of Power: The Iconoclastic Thinking of Gilles Deleuze (2021) and has published articles in international academic journals. He holds a master’s degree (in Philosophy, Literature, and Psychology) from FernUniversität Hagen in Germany.

MÔNICA BERNARDES
Mônica Bernardes is a Brazilian dancer, actress, and producer known for her extensive work in contemporary performance art and ecoperformance. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Performing Arts from the State University of Londrina (2009) and Dance Licensure from  the Federal Institute of Brasília (2013). She is an active member of Taanteatro Companhia since 2014 and executive director for the International Ecoperformance Film Festival, managing global eco-centric performance art and digital cinema. Bernardes worked as a performer in Taanteatro dance-theater productions directed and choreographed by Maura Baiocchi and Wolfgang Pannek such as 50 Drawings to Murder Magic (2014), cARTAUDgraphy (2015, 1001 Plateaus (2017), Idea (2019), Apokálypsis (2021), [Te]Ctonic Ophelia (2023), On Violence: Fanon (2025), among others. She completed notable residencies at the Reference Center of Dance São Paulo (CRDSP), showcasing works like 7directions, Marble, and Schizopresences.

MABALANE JORGE NDLOZY
Mabalane Jorge Ndlozy is an acclaimed Mozambican dancer, choreographer, and musician, celebrated for bridging ancestral African performance art with modern global stages. Ndlozy received extensive training in folk traditions and honed his contemporary technique through international programs at Culturarte Mozambique, the Mark Theatre (South Africa), and the prestigious P.A.R.T.S. school (Belgium). He has performed with prominent Mozambican groups, including a 14-year tenure with the Matola Municipal Song and Dance Company. His international career spans countries such as South Africa, Germany, Belgium, France, Libya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Portugal, Swaziland, and Tunisia.
Since 2017, Ndlozy has resided in Brazil and been a member of Taanteatro Companhia. Under the direction of Wolfgang Pannek and Maura Baiocchi, he has participated in major company productions, such as 1001 Plateaus (2017), Messages from Mozambique (2018), Antonin Artaud’s The Theatre and the Plague (2020), Apokálypsis (2021), Chissano – Rite for Mabungulane (2021), Ecoperformance Expedition (2022), and On Violence: Fanon (2025). In 2026, Ndlozy won the 13th Denilto Gomes Award, presented by the São Paulo Dance Cooperative, in the Dance Artist and Performer category.