Thais Di Marco (they/them), a Queer Roma descendant, performing arts director and multidisciplinary artist originally from São Paulo - Brazil born in the Candomblé community of Redandá in Cipó-Guaçú. Thais has been based in Amsterdam since 2017.
In 2018, graduated from DAS Choreography in Amsterdam, having undertaken a research in Benin - West Africa on post-colonial aesthetics, under the mentorship of artist Romuald Hazoumè. They have studied and collaborated in the intersection of decolonial movements and arts with EZLN guerrilla in Mexico, the independent space Bon Gah in Iran, with Lucha Libre wrestling master El Gladiador and the anarcho-feminist movement Mujeres Creando in Bolivia. In 2024 Thais was a grantee artist of 3 Package Deal by the city of Amsterdam in partnership with Framer Framed.
Thais has worked on international collaborations under the direction of Mia Habib, Norwegian choreographer and activist - promoting community based art practices. Thais was a guest teacher at the Masters in Dance at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp in 2023 and presented at DE SINGEL’s Radiant Nights in the same year.
Thais serves as the director of Stichting The Goldfish Bleeding in a Sea of Sharks, BIXARIA - Queer Brazilian Club Night and CIRCULO - Decolonial resistance, priestessing, chanting and women’s drumming. Their works mixes critical thinking with comedy and popular shows.
Thais is in the house during the month of March 2025 developing their new creations and upcoming group piece The Obsessors.
www.thaisdimarco.com.br