EMILY DA SILVA, ISABELA ROSSI AND MARÍA IBARRETXE
COWBOYS CORNER
Forum Dança | May 8, 2026 | 6.30 pm
‘ Amid encounters with the invisible—as if we were herding a herd of oxen that only our eyes can see – COWBOYS CORNER summons ghosts, haunts itself, and plays with the audience, as if we were all being herded toward a land about to be invaded by those who seek a sense of belonging in society, in life, in the world. We gather in a suspended space-time, where word, body, and symbol begin to weave a shared tapestry. ‘
Concept, direction and performance Emily da Silva, Isabela Rossi, María Ibarretxe
Dramaturgy Ana Rocha
Photo © Vitorino Coragem
Biographies
Emily da Silva
Emily da Silva is a Brazilian dancer, performer, and choreographer based in Lisbon. In her work, she explores the body’s use of circularity, spirals, swaying, and swaying as tools for vibrating and transforming space-time. She is interested in black holes, tornadoes, and giant waves.
Isabela Rossi
Isabela Rossi moves between dance, performance, and creation. Driven by the curiosity of a wandering body, it is through this physical experience that she explores how the body reconfigures itself in relation to space, revealing tensions and deviations while opening pathways to new imaginaries, encounters, and perspectives.
María Ibarretxe del Val
María Ibarretxe del Val is a visual and performing artist. She combines film, audiovisual creation, sound installations, and choreography, in which the body, the voice, and the participation of others take center stage. She explores cycles of life and death and the colors of the rainbow through site-specific experiences and research in diverse cultural contexts.