Flavia Pinheiro

Flavia Pinheiro is a choreographer, performer, and Researcher at the Academy of Theatre and Dance (Amsterdam University of the Arts). Her practice is rooted in speculative artistic research, exploring resilience and resistance to oppressive systems of knowledge through interactions with nonhuman entities like bacteria, plants, and animals.

Her work bridges

• science and technology
• decolonial pedagogies
• posthumanist philosophy
• ecological art practices

to challenge hegemonic frameworks. Notably, she co-developed the performance project MIMOSA, which reimagines human relationships with the photosynthetic kingdom, interrogating themes of captivity, freedom, and colonial modernity.

Flavia's research emphasizes

• interspecies embodied learning
• ontological transformations
• the role of microorganisms in evolutionary narratives
• decolonizing nature through artistic practice
• critical engagements with digital technologies
• the politics of grief and displacement

across media like installations, urban interventions, and publications.