Neto Machado is a Brazilian artist, researcher and psychoanalyst based in Salvador, Brazil. His artistic practice brings together memory, archives, choreography, theatre and performance through collaborative processes of creation. He holds an M.A. in Performing Arts from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). Born in Curitiba, Brazil, he has also lived in France, Germany and the United States.
His work approaches choreography and performance as practices of listening capable of creating situations of encounter, shared experience and collective knowledge.
Since 2017, together with choreographer Jorge Alencar, he has developed Dance Library, an ongoing artistic research project conceived for libraries and spaces of conviviality. Developed through collaborations with artists and local communities in different cities and countries, the project proposes a living archive that remains in continuous transformation through each new edition.
Neto is a member of Dimenti, one of Brazil's longest-running independent performing arts collectives, with nearly three decades of continuous activity. Together with the collective, he co-curates IC – International Meeting of Arts, an independent festival dedicated to contemporary artistic practices and international exchange.
He has performed in more than fifty Brazilian cities and ten countries at institutions and events including Tate Modern in London, MIT in Boston and the Festival d'Avignon in France. His artistic trajectory includes the ex.e.r.ce programme at the Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier (France), residencies at Akademie Schloss Solitude (Germany), Graner – Centre de Creació de Dansa i Arts Vives (Barcelona, Spain), Station Service for Contemporary Dance (Belgrade, Serbia), and collaborative projects developed with the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA).
Across his artistic practice, Neto Machado investigates how encounters create living archives and how dance continues to resonate through memory, relationships and collective experience.
More infos: www.dimenti.com.br and www.icencontrodeartes.com.br
