One Step at a Time

“An artist on the road to recovery,” is how Brazilian dancer, educator, and cultural mediator Marina Abib describes herself. For three decades, she toured the stages of Europe and Brazil, then her body could no longer keep up with the rhythm. She became seriously ill, was in a coma for a time, and to this day has limited mobility from the pelvis down. Nevertheless, dancing remains her “life force”. On her Instagram account, she documents her well-being and the steps toward recovery.

What a Wonderful World
“O que te transforma?” (Portuguese for “What changes you?”), this question was posed by Marina Abib when she was artistic director and curator of the late-summer festival C.O.R.P.O. which brought dancers together for discussion, creation, and performance for the seventh time in Bragança ...