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Photo credits (from left to right, top to bottom): Festival Quito Concreto / Jorge Schutze / Elena Vargas / Elena Vargas / Jorge Schutze; Nara Musse / Elena Vargas / Tadeu Amaral / Jorge Schutze / Gato Villegas; Lolo Villacis / Cia Ltda / Eric Silva / Renata Marques / Coco Maldonado

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🌈 Who am I?

I am Coco (Consuelo Maldonado Toral), a movement-based artist, researcher, and educator based in Portugal. I come from the performing arts, with experience as an actress, director, and artistic consultant. I hold a Master’s degree in Performing Arts and have over 15 years of experience teaching creative laboratories in higher education.

👅Languages

Spanish

English

Portuguese

🤹🏽‍♀️Artistic Practice & Research

Artistic mentoring and performance-based research focused on presence, time, and relational ways of being on stage.

Portfolio: SHORT VIDEOS about practice and theory

Research Portfolio

→ Presence as Research / Selected Projects

🎨 Artistic Workshop Development

Workshops & Public Laboratories Movement-based workshops for the general public, drawing from somatic practice and artistic research as tools for embodied learning.

→ Workshops

💼 Organizational and Educational Management