A Passo di Mulo
21st - 23rd February 2020
Open Spaces - Tanzfabrik
Berlin - Germany
Lina Gómez's work brings to life the transformative forces that surround us, pass through us, and emanate from within us. With a focus on persistence and repetition, Gómez challenges our perception of time, opening up new possibilities for imagination.
Her choreographic approach interweaves diverse movement traditions from various cultural contexts with an exploration of the energy that flows between music and body.
The Colombian-born, Brazilian-raised choreographer, dancer, and teacher studied Dance and Theater in São Paulo, where in 2008 she co-founded Cia. Aberta de Dança, working as a choreographer and performer. She completed a Master's in Choreography in Berlin, where she currently lives and works.
Her artistic focus lies mainly on ensemble creations. Among her early works, "Sapatos Cegos", created collectively with Cia. Aberta de Dança, was shown internationally as early as 2009, including at the LAND(SCHAFFT)KUNST exhibition in Germany; she revisited it in 2024 as "WIRRUNGEN-Sapatos Cegos", a performance for public spaces presented as part of MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN TANZT AN. In Berlin, "A Passo di Mulo" premiered at Tanzfabrik Berlin in 2018 and was restaged the following year. "Träumerei des Verschwindens"(2022) and the highly acclaimed premiere of "Vagarosas" (2023) were performed for a large audience at Radialsystem Berlin. Her duet "Restraint" was selected for the European dance platform Aerowaves Twenty19 and presented across Europe. Recently, she premiered "Antigone" (2025) in collaboration with Jörg Wesemüller for the Staatstheater Braunschweig, and "Aurora" in co-creation with Alejandra Cárdenas - Ale Hop and Bruno Pocheron in the frame of the Soundance Berlin Festival. In July 2026 she returned to the stage as a performer in her own work and collaborated with Ana Lessing Menjibar with the premiere of "V A S T A" , at Radialsystem Berlin.
Gómez has shared her dance practice at various international institutions and has mentored dance students, artists and interdisciplinary projects in Germany and Brazil. As a dancer and performer, she has collaborated with artists such as Tino Sehgal, Yoshiko Chuma, Edson Fernandes, and Jorge Garcia, among others.
Since 2015, she has been selected for international research and artistic residencies in Uruguay, India, Chile, Italy, Turkey, and Japan, including Goethe-Institut programs such as bangaloREsidency (India) and the prestigious Villa Kamogawa Residency (Kyoto, Japan).
