Gabriela Guerra woo
Chorégraphe, Travailleur.se culturel.le, Concepteur.rice, Interprète
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Contemporary Dance from the Escuela Superior de Música y Danza de Monterrey, and a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from the Universidad de Monterrey.
In her early years as a performer, she was part of the cast of several Mexican dance companies, including Realizando Ideas, Producción UNAM, UX Ono Danza, Danza Bizarra, Utopía Danza Teatro, Barro Rojo, Pálido Teatro, Ballet Independiente, Ocho Segundos, and Danza Visual, participating with them in national and international tours and festivals.
She conceives the body as a space of dissent—a place to reveal what traverses it: the personal, the political, and the poetic—using improvisation and sound exploration as means to evoke emotional states.
Since 2018, she has alternated her residence between the cities of Montreal, Mexico City, and Torreón. This mobility has allowed her to engage as both creator and cultural producer across different contexts, shaping her own scenic and visual discourse, often autobiographical.
She is a member of the Red de Investigadores de Danza (Mexico) and is currently developing the project “From the Desired Body to the Lived Body”, a research-creation on the hegemonic discourse of beauty, in pursuit of a Master’s degree in Promotion and Development of Cultural Projects from the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila.
At present, she works as an independent performing artist in Montreal, creating personal projects and collaborating with other local artists.
Awards, Grants & Residencies
2025 – Winner, Creation Residency at Théâtre BIC (Rimouski, Québec) with the work Beluga Not Found
2024 – Artist-in-residence at MAI (Montréal Arts Interculturels) with the project Terregal
2024 – Recipient, Enartes Program, FONCA (National Fund for Culture and the Arts, Mexico)
2023 – Selected artist, Encuentro de las Artes Escénicas, FONCA, with Terregal
2022 – Grant recipient, PECDA (Program for the Encouragement of Artistic Creation and Development), State of Coahuila
2021 – Recipient, Encuentro de las Artes Escénicas, FONCA
2021 – Artist-in-residence, ELO Artistic Residencies, Iberescena Fund, Porto, Portugal
2020 – First Prize, Homoescénico Competition, with the piece Terregal
2020 – Grant recipient, Contigo a la Distancia Program, with the piece Palíndrome
2017 – Honorable Mention, Homoescénico Competition, with the piece La Tensa Calma
2014 – Second Place, Lila López International Soloist Competition
2013 – Grant recipient, PECDA Coahuila, Individual Artistic Development category
2012 – Grant recipient, FONCA, Performing Arts Creators program
2008 – Grant recipient, PECDA Coahuila, Individual Artistic Development category