January 28—February 7, 2026
Dance, performance, visual arts
Festival of international emerging artistic practices
Marseille and Aix-en-Provence
Marseille and Aix-en-Provence
Luara Raio
Manguba is the name of the haunting that appeared to my grandmother in her childhood
2026
February 7 at 17:30
Friche la Belle de Mai, Petit Plateau
Danse
Duration: 40 min
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In partnership with Friche la Belle de Mai
As part of the Professionalization Cycle for Sustainability in the Cultural Sector — Southern Young Choreographers component, supported by the Fondation de France and the Caisse des Dépôts.
In the solo Manguba is the Name of the Haunting That Appeared to My Grandmother in Her Childhood, Luara Raio activates tactics of enchantment and incorporation, using the figure of the assombração—“soul from the other world, apparition, haunting, fright” in Brazilian Portuguese—as a technology of transmutation and spellcraft, traversing the realms of dreams and the collective unconscious.
The physical research at the heart of the piece experiments with how the body can enchant space while simultaneously, with subtlety and irony, evading normative and colonial gazes. This subversion creates a gap for other bodies and symbols to take place within the body and the space.
Between intimate and collective history, the performance reflects on the voids and traces left by our ancestors, even when they have been erased—or resist the systematic erasure imposed by the colonial system.
Biographies
Luara Raio is a performer, choreographer, and former singer of queer baile funk. She trained in theatre at the University of Brasília, at PEPCC/Fórum Dança (Lisbon), and in the EXERCE Master’s program at ICI-CCN Montpellier. The body is the central materiality of her artistic research, focused on the Afro-Brazilian cosmo-perception of the encruzilhada. Her performative research constitutes a radical affirmation of world-making, activating the imagination as both a political weapon and an escape route from the colonial world. Incorporation, trance, and eroticism form the foundation of her vibrating body. In addition to performance, her work also engages with pedagogy, writing, and drawing.
Odete (born in Porto, 1995) is a multidisciplinary artist whose body of work spans music, visual arts, performance, and theatre. Their practice is explicitly autobiographical, establishing clear connections between the personal and the political. In 2013, they completed the performing arts course, focusing on performance, at the Contemporary Academy of Performing Arts in Porto. Since then, they have developed their own creations, presenting them across Europe as performances, exhibitions, or concerts. This year, they composed music for several films and theatre pieces, including Artist Collection by Raquel André and Yellow Puzzle Horse by Dinis Machado for their debut. They are currently exploring secret societies, new ways of thinking about archaeology, and science fiction.
Anat Bosak is a multidisciplinary artist, graduate of the Jerusalem School of Visual Theatre and the Choreography Research program at CCN Montpellier. She creates performances that explore areas of emotional and political “tension.” Through performance and visual representation, she interprets these various forms of conflict—subjects for which words often fall short, constrained by certain determinisms.
Crédits
Distribution
Concept and Performance: Luara Raio
Sound creation: Odete/Levi (first layer) – Chaos Clay (second layer and régie)
Lighting and Scenography: Anat Bosak
Costumes: Anat Bosak and Luara Raio
Dramaturgy: Shereya
External Perspectives: Leonardo Mouramatheus, Catol Teixeira, Calixto Neto
Production and Touring: Assia Ugobor – Oya Production
Residencies ans co-production (in progress)
CCN de Grenoble as a part of the studio residency program 2026 ; La Briqueterie (2024) ; Les Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers (2025) ; Parallèle, pratiques artistiques émergentes internationales
Photo
© Thais Mallon
