Adriana Drix

Dance Artist

Adriana Drix

Brazilian born, dancer, actor, writer, choreographer, producer. Director of Mundaka Arte & Cultura Org. Member of the International Dance Counsel CID, at UNESCO in Paris. Started her dance education at the age of 4 with classical ballet, and has devoted a lifetime travelling and studying dances of the world.

Extensive training includes: acting, flamenco, samba and afro-brazilian dances, bellydance, Argentinean tango, Indian classical dances, yoga and kung fu styles.

Has performed in 4 of the 5 continents collaborating with artists, companies and music ensembles from all over the world. Adriana has been teaching dance since 1990, having had hundreds of students in her classes.

Her multi-scope international profile encompasses a range of skills beyond the performing arts production. Adriana has a career in communication and corporate training and works as a L&D consultant.

Artistic Foundation

Studies

Communication

  • Universitat Oberta de Catalunya – Barcelona, Spain (2018)

Film Direction

  • Escuela de Artes Audiovisuales Solocortos – Buenos Aires, Argentina (2008 – 2010)

Professionalisation Flamenco Dance

  • Fundación Christina Hereen – Sevilla, Spain (2000 – 2002)

Classical Ballet & Modern Dance

  • Escola de Bailados Prof Sylvia M Koesling – Sao Paulo, Brasil (1980 – 1991)

Theater / Acting

Jubilee The Musical – City Moves Org

  • Dramaturgy & Direction: William Conrow. Lyceum Theater, San Diego, USA, 1996

Zapato Vino y Flamenco

  • Dramaturgy, Choreography & Direction: Adriana Di Cillo. Sushi Performing Arts Center, San Diego, 1997

De Todos Nós

  • Dramaturgy, Choreography & Direction: Adriana Di Cillo. Casa da Aids, Sao Paulo, Brasil, 2004

Um Chao Feito de Mar

  • Dramaturgy: Patricia Maes. Direction: Ruy Filho. Teatro do Centro da Terra, Sao Paulo, Brasil, 2005

Awards & Nominations

Best Ensemble Physical Preparation (1994)

  • Festival Interclubes de Sao Paulo: “A dama das Camelias”. Direction: Walter Portela

Best Solo Female Performer of the Year (2000)

  • San Diego Area Dance Alliance

New York Trust Foundation Arts Grant (2000)

  • Spanish Flamenco studies

Dance Training

Flamenco

  • La Popi
  • Belen Maya
  • Rafaela Carrasco
  • Antonio El Pipa
  • Israel Galván
  • Milagros Menjibar
  • Antonio Canales
  • Eva Yerbabuena, among others

Argentinean Tango

  • Aurora Lubiz
  • Damian Garcia
  • Jorge Firpo
  • Angel Coria, among others

Indian Classical Dances

Bharatanatyam

  • Smt Meenakshi Chitharanjan (Bharatanatyam)

Kathak

  • Pandit Girdhari Maharaj
  • Smt Malabika Mitra
  • Vishal Krishna
  • Smt Jigyasa Giri (Kathak)

Kung Fu

  • Sifu Thomas Lo (Wing Chun Kuen)
  • Sifu Abbas (Tae Bo)
  • Sifu Janio Lira (Northern Shaolin)

Brazilian Samba

  • Mayara Lima
  • Bellinha Delfim
  • Pablo Guerreiro
  • Victor & Marco Prado
  • Sarah Pallares
  • Tania Mara Cardoso
  • Maria Lane, among others

” We bow to Lord Shiva,
whose body is the whole Universe,
whose speech is the entire world’s languages
and whose ornaments are the moon and the stars. “

I dance to pacify the rage of the elements, both outside and within my self. I dance in offering to the mystery of all things, to unknownness.

When I dance I stop living in the now and enter the timeless. My body becomes an empty space for the sacred geometry of dance to play.

Let us craft our bodies moving and changing in time, and let us be adamant to treasure our every day practices, as counting beads, breathing in and out, as we merge in the ocean of dance.

My feet land on the ground and touch the earth as the lover who discovers the beloved´s face

And in every step, every silence, every whisper or shout, dance leads me the way to Love