BIOGRAPHY
Clown, Comic Actress
and Pedagogue
Hand in hand with art and activism, Eva Ribeiro has been a researcher for over tewnty years in the field of performing arts.
She started her journey young, discovering street arts and clowning in the year 2003. In 2004 she started to work in the area of street theatre with the company Teatro Anónimo in Coimbra. Between 2002 and 2004 he did training in the street theatre with companies like Generik Vapeur, Les Plasticiens Vollants, Sarruga and Xarxa theatre. These trainings opened his appetite to deepen his studies in the performing arts. He then did several workshops of Clown, New Circus, Contemporary Dance and Puppet Theatre and Animated Forms in Porto where he lived between 2005 and 2007. He studied Theatre and Education with Hugo Cruz at the Universidade de Psicologia do Porto in 2006.
During this period she develops several artivism projects where she merges the language of theatre with political and communitarian intervention, starting her journey as a trainer and pedagogue.
In 2009 she completed her studies at the Jacques Lecoq School of Physical Theatre in Paris, France. She lived in several cities in Europe and continued her studies, focusing from 2010 on the art of clowning and comicality. He studied the art of clowning in several countries and had the privilege of working with Pedro Correia, Jorge Paxeco, Anabela Mira, Pedro Fabião, Adelvane Néia, Silvia Leblon, Tomato Clown, Jesus-Jara, Virginia Imaz, Matteo Cifariello, Maria Colomer, Alex Navarro and Carolina Dream, Jeff Johson, Johny Melville, Celia Ruiz, Elise Ouvrier De-Buffett, Hilary Chaplain, Olivier Terrault, Fanny Giraud and Tom Roos.
Clown, Comic Actress
and Pedagogue
Hand in hand with art and activism, Eva Ribeiro has been a researcher for over twenty years in the field of performing arts.
She started her journey young, discovering street arts and clowning in the year 2003. In 2004 she started to work in the area of street theatre with the company Teatro Anónimo in Coimbra. Between 2002 and 2004 she did training in street theatre with companies like Generik Vapeur, Les Plasticiens Vollants, Sarruga and Xarxa theatre. These trainings opened her appetite to deepen her studies in the performing arts. She then did several workshops of Clown, New Circus, Contemporary Dance and Puppet Theatre and Animated Forms in Porto where she lived between 2005 and 2007. She studied Theatre and Education with Hugo Cruz at the Universidade de Psicologia do Porto in 2006.
During this period she develops several artivism projects where she merges the language of theatre with political and communitarian intervention, starting her journey as a trainer and pedagogue.
In 2009 she completed her studies at the Jacques Lecoq School of Physical Theatre in Paris, France. She lived in several cities in Europe and continued her studies, focusing from 2010 on the art of clowning and comicality. She studied the art of clowning in several countries and had the privilege of working with Pedro Correia, Jorge Paxeco, Anabela Mira, Pedro Fabião, Adelvane Néia, Silvia Leblon, Tomato Clown, Jesus-Jara, Virginia Imaz, Matteo Cifariello, Maria Colomer, Alex Navarro and Carolina Dream, Jeff Johson, Johny Melville, Celia Ruiz, Elise Ouvrier De-Buffett, Hilary Chaplain, Olivier Terrault, Fanny Giraud and Tom Roos.
Clown, Comic Actress and Pedagogue
Hand in hand with art and activism, Eva Ribeiro has been a researcher for over fifteen years in the field of performing arts.
She started her journey young, discovering street arts and clowning in the year 2003. In 2004 she started to work in the area of street theatre with the company Teatro Anónimo in Coimbra. Between 2002 and 2004 he did training in the street theatre with companies like Generik Vapeur, Les Plasticiens Vollants, Sarruga and Xarxa theatre. These trainings opened his appetite to deepen his studies in the performing arts. He then did several workshops of Clown, New Circus, Contemporary Dance and Puppet Theatre and Animated Forms in Porto where he lived between 2005 and 2007. He studied Theatre and Education with Hugo Cruz at the Universidade de Psicologia do Porto in 2006.
During this period she develops several artivism projects where she merges the language of theatre with political and communitarian intervention, starting her journey as a trainer and pedagogue.
In 2009 she completed her studies at the Jacques Lecoq School of Physical Theatre in Paris, France. She lived in several cities in Europe and continued her studies, focusing from 2010 on the art of clowning and comicality. He studied the art of clowning in several countries and had the privilege of working with Pedro Correia, Jorge Paxeco, Anabela Mira, Pedro Fabião, Adelvane Néia, Silvia Leblon, Tomato Clown, Jesus-Jara, Virginia Imaz, Matteo Cifariello, Maria Colomer, Alex Navarro and Carolina Dream, Jeff Johson, Johny Melville, Celia Ruiz, Elise Ouvrier De-Buffett, Hilary Chaplain, Olivier Terrault, Fanny Giraud and Tom Roos.
Creator of her own shows, solo or in duo, she has toured theaters, streets, national festivals and international stages showing her original creations whose chosen languages range from buffoonery to physical comedy and absurd humour.
She has also worked in the area of cultural production, organising events and artistic activities. She has actively participated in the organization of events and actions related to the promotion of the clown art in Portugal such as festivals, exhibitions and courses. Passionate about clowning pedagogy, she has already produced over two dozen clown trainings in Portugal with national and international masters, in partnership with associations, groups and companies in the national territory.
She was mentor of the Clown Nights, in Chapitô, in Lisbon and of the Clown Women Festival in Malaposta, in 2015. She is artistic director of the show Gargalhadas na Lua, in Carnide , Lisbon, organized in partnership with Lua Cheia teatro para todos and Casa do Coreto, since 2016. She also organized together with the Descalças cultural cooperative, the Bolina – international clown festival, since 2016.
She is one of the founders and administrator of the project International Clown Laboratory, unique project in Portugal in the field of continued training in the clown art, in partnership with Nuvem Voadora – cultural association and Tom Roos, international pedagogue.
She is the mentor of the artistic project of social intervention, Palhaços Visitadores (Visiting Clowns). She is also dynamizer of clown art initiation and deepening workshops, having contributed in the last years to the formation of several people and groups in the national territory, Azores, Brazil, Argentina and Spain. Currently she lives in Torres Vedras, Portugal where she works with A Nariguda – clown and street arts association.