Rafa Tremblay-van Zuiden
Chorégraphe, Costumier.ière, Interprète, Scénographe
Rafa is a contemporary dance performer and choreographer, costume designer and musician. After studying biology at UdeM, they reoriented themself towards dance, joining Concordia's contemporary dance program. Currently pursuing a Master's degree in dance at UQAM, Rafa explores the encounter between the body in movement and costume, where clothing becomes an extension, a metamorphosis , and a form of resistance. A vibrantly colorful human, Rafa thinks with and through experimental and conceptual fashion.
In parallel with their research, they are coordinator of student life at Ascendance, the dance master's association at UQAM, and founder of SYMBIOSE!, which combines dance, experimental music and immersive installations. Rafa believes deeply in the radical power of playing together.
Rafa and Christian Brun del Re, form together GLAMOUR MAGIQUE, a post-queer-psychomagic art-performance duo, moving between the ridiculous, the erotic and the sacred.