Dance and Choreography

Marcela’s dance work started at an early age and she moved to conclude her bachelor in choreography in her later teens. She worked as a professional dancer for many years, then started developing her own choreographic and video-dance works. During her career as a dancer, she has performed for and collaborated with several choreographers in Brazil and Europe, such as Deborah Hay, Lia Rodrigues, Colette Sadler, Ehud Darash, Clebio de Oliveira and the duo Ana Borralho and Joao Galante. 

Currently, Marcela applies her choreographic background in her dining experiences, as well as collaborations with different artists and directors such as Pepe Dayaw and Danilo Timm.

DONA JOSÉ _ choreographed by Clébio de Oliveira _ Sesc Rio de Janeiro 2009
Dona José, choreographed by Clébio de Oliveira showed in Cologne, Berlin and Rio de Janeiro
DONA JOSÉ _ choreographed by Clébio de Oliveira _ Sesc Rio de Janeiro 2009(2)
DONA JOSÉ _ choreographed by Clébio de Oliveira _ Sesc Rio de Janeiro 2009(1)
1.DONA JOSÉ _ choreographed by Clébio de Oliveira _ Sesc Rio de Janeiro 2009
AT ONCE _ choreographed by Deborah Hay _ Tanztage Festival 2011 _ Sophiensaele, Berlin(1)
At Once, choreographed by Deborah Hay, Tanztage Festival 2011, Sophiensäle, Berlin
AT ONCE _ choreographed by Deborah Hay _ Tanztage Festival 2011 _ Sophiensaele, Berlin
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Tudo que se espera by Clébio de Oliveira _ Cacilda Becker _ Rio de Janeiro 2006(1)
Tudo que se Espera, by Clébio de Oliveira 2006
Tudo que se espera by Clébio de Oliveira _ Cacilda Becker _ Rio de Janeiro 2006
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Springdance, Colette Sadler, Making of doubt
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Springdance, Colette Sadler, Making of doubt
Sexy Mf choreography by Ana Borralho and Joao Galante HAU theater
Sexy MF by Ana Borralho and Joao Galante, Hebbel am Ufer Theater Berlin, 2015
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'Going up' directed and choreographed by Marcela Donato, winner of the Pool TanzFilmFestival Berlin 2010, with Carolina Campos, Fernando Nicolini, Fernando Flipel, Jamil Cardoso, Marcela Donato, Calixto Neto e Amanda Lima.
'Echo' directed and choreographed by Marcela Donato, performed by Sandra Lolax, filmed by Jonas Römmig, edited by Helena Chaves, music by Rabotnik, Berlin 2011