I’m queer, trans, non-binary and punk. I’m gender euphoria, chameleon and mutant body. I’m the mermaids who always come to the shore to cry. It’s a bitch to survive as a sexual body in its most pluri-multi-meta trans-dimensions. This book revels in all the traumas and violence of being a dissident body.
A multidisciplinary artist, AURORA is a performer/dancer, musician/producer, actress and model. Throughout her artistic career, she has developed the projects “AL13NS ANTL3RS” (Lisbon), “NYMPHO MANIAC” (Belgium, Norway, Portugal), “AURORA DE AREIA” (Lisbon, Porto, Montemor), “HETEROPTERA” (Lisbon, Porto), “VELVET N’ GOLDMINE” (Lisbon, Porto, Santa Maria da Feira).In the field of music, she has published “UND3RW0RLD” (LP), “X V. AME3” (EP), “FLESH AGAINST FLESH” (LP) and “UTERUS” (EP).In 2018, she premiered the short film “AURORA” in collaboration with Carlota Flor (United States, England, Portugal) and, in 2019, she released the book “APOCALYPSE” by Sapata Press (Portugal, Brazil). In 2022, she starred in the film “Uma Rapariga Imaterial” by André Godinho and, in 2020, in the series “Secreto Lx” by Patrick D’Orlando. Her first film was “Ela É Uma Música” by Francisca Marvão (2019), and she also collaborated on the series “Meu Sangue” by Tota Alves (2019). In 2013, she completed a contemporary dance course at Balleteatro (Porto).
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ed.______, a seal which comprises two collections – “Series” and “Sequence” -, results from the collaboration between the Teatro Praga and the publisher Sistema Solar, with the coordination of André e. Teodósio and José Maria Vieira Mendes
The “Series” collection discloses the intangible heritage of contemporary performing arts. “Sequence” collection is organised in thematic books from different disciplines, which offer a reflection on systems of power and protest in the present time.
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A Teatro Praga / Sistema Solar edition (chancela ed .______), 2022
Title | Blue Kida
Author | Aurora
Coordination | André e. Teodósio & José Maria Vieira Mendes
Design | Horácio Frutuoso
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