Dancer with a plant

Cécile Da Costa is a singer, dancer, performer, and most recently a choreographer, with both French and Portuguese roots. She created the ‘Roselyne’ project in cooperation with Dominika Špalková and with the support of the City of Prague.

Who is Roselyne?

‘Roselyne’ is a solo performance, with da Costa dancing with her flower and giving monologues in English (Czech translation is provided in the programme brochure). Roselyne reflects our own doubts and indecisiveness, and the choices we don’t make. It is imperfect, just like we are.

The dancer was inspired to create the character by a woman she once knew, and whose death she witnessed.

About Cécile da Costa

Cécile DaCosta was awarded Dancer of the Year 2018 by the Czech Dance Platform, and was nominated for the Total Physical Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017 for her part in the production ‘The Narrator’ by Spitfire Company. Cécile Da Costa has co-operated with Spitfire as a creator and performer since 2011. She was a member of the international theatre body Farma v jeskyni up until then. She gives physical theatre workshops all over Europe, where she works on finding a voice to move the body and finding a body that vibrates the voice.

For further information, please visit: https://www.altart.cz/?lang=en.