AINHOA VIDAL – Figure, Costume, Costume Designer: an archeology of history based on clothing

Taking the book Atlas of Journeys and Explorers and the book Customs as our starting point, we will travel the world in search of other cultures, other times and other ways of looking at life. Through a game of mixing and matching unlikely items of clothing, we’ll meet characters and stories we’ve never thought of before.

I’ve been working as a costume designer for theater, dance and music for many years, and I find great artistic freedom in creating personas and their universes in this field of theatrical construction. Who could wear this fabric, this color or this pattern? What story do these pants tell us? Do clothes have a gender? Do clothes have a culture? Can I imagine myself drawing beyond preconceptions?

I invite you into the wonderful world of costumes.

Ainhoa Vidal has been working on her body since she was a child, from competitive gymnastics to classical and contemporary dance techniques. With postgraduate degrees in Movement Perception Pedagogy and Art and Movement Therapy, she has travelled Europe, Latin America and Asia in search of other ways of relating to dance, the body and its movement. She explores dance, theatre, clothing and objects to create particular universes that are always linked to the community. Highlights of her work include: A Vós, Alcovas Brancas, Uma Luz na Terra, Rosa Cão, Asas de Papel, A Cidade da Tristeza Profunda, together with Dead Combo, Heróis, Oceano, Lilliput and Aruna e a Arte de Bordar Inícios.

As a performer she has worked for Madalena Vitorino, Aldara Bizarro, Cláudia Nóvoa, Joana Providência, Sofia Neuparth, Pedro Gil, Giacomo Scalisi, Teatro do Vestido, Teatro O Bando, Jean Paul Bucchieri, Bruno Dizien, Ana Borralho e João Galante, Companhia Instável, Comédias do Minho, Hello!Earth, Circolando, Dead Combo. 

As a costume designer she worked for Madalena Vitorino, Giacomo Scalisi, Susana Gaspar, Marina Navais, Filipa Francisco, Teatro do Vestido, Circolando, Madalena Marques, Márcia Lança, Cláudia Gaiolas, Teatro Meia Volta, Sílvia Real and Fernando Mota.