Marlene Monteiro Freitas

Marlene Monteiro Freitas is a dancer and choreographer from Cape Verde. Her work revolves around themes of openness, heterogeneity, hybridity, and intensity. She has been internationally recognized for her cultural work, most recently with an honorary distinction from the Government of Cape Verde (2017), the SPA prize in Portugal for her piece “Jaguar”, the Silver Lion for Dance at the Venice Biennale (2018), the Best International Performance Award at the Critica d'Arts Escéniques in Barcelona (2020), the Evens Arts Prize (2021), and the Chanel Next Prize (2021).

Marlene Monteiro Freitas is an Onassis AiR Fellow for 2024/25 through the Dramaturgy Fellowship.