BRAINSTORM
DANCE COMPANY
About
Created in Brazil, Brainstorm Dance Company has been established in France since 2022. The company aims to create spaces for dialogue, questioning, and exchange, directly engaging with the complexity of our human relationships. For Juliana Kis, founder of Brainstorm Dance Company, dance is a celebration of life and a claim for freedom. From this commitment, Juliana, with her company, creates a multidisciplinary and multicultural artistic identity that integrates contemporary and hip-hop dance, music, the combination of different cultures, singing, and poetry.
The company's mission highlights issues of gender inequality, the hope for equity, and the desire to build a society together. Each of these struggles is accompanied by a democratization of dance itself, particularly in places with limited access to culture. The aim is to bring the company's creations into public and private, cultural and non-cultural establishments.
CREATIONS
The company's artistic commitment found its first resonance in Brazil with the piece "Físico, Verbal e Emocional". This first creation addresses violence against women and highlights the importance of their unity to help those in vulnerable situations.
The second creation of Brainstorm Dance Company, "Entrelacées" emerged as a continuation of the first, further developing a multidisciplinary and multicultural artistic identity in support of sisterhood and women's resilience. "Entrelacées" again emphasizes the importance of unity and offers an initiatory journey filled with twists and joy.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR - JULIANA KIS
Juliana Kis is a Greek-Brazilian dancer since the age of 9 and a teacher and choreographer for over 15 years. She has a background in hip hop, contemporary dance and theater. She is regularly invited as a teacher and jury in festivals and events inside and outside the country. She has worked as a dancer in Asia and has given workshops in the United States, France, Germany, Portugal, Luxembourg and Spain. Dancer in 'Les Indes Galantes', the first opera in history to feature hip-hop dancers, presented at the Opéra National de Paris.
AWARDS & PARTNERSHIPS
ENTRELACÉES
- Winner in the Dance category of the Urban Shakers urban arts competition on the theme of sexism and sexual violence, sponsored by the L'Oréal Women’s Fund. Selected among 500 applications in 4 categories (voice, dance, digital storytelling, street arts) | France
- Public Award - "Prix Visages du Monde" Competition - Rencontres chorégraphiques du CFD (Dance Training Center) | France
FÍSICO, VERBAL E EMOCIONAL
- Beneficiary of funds from the Governmental Program for the Promotion and Incentive of Culture of the State of Paraná. Sponsored by "Copel Distribuição S/A" | Brazil. Presented in seven different cities across three states (Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, and Goiás)
- 'Cultura nas Redes' Award - State Cultural Fund (FEC). National competition | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 'QUALICULT' Award. Selected among 10,000 national applications | Brazil
CO-PRODUCTIONS
PARTNERS
MEDIA / PRESS
CONTACT
LA COMPAGNIE
Brainstorm dance company
Représentée par l’association AscEnDanse Hip-Hop
Association Loi 1901
SIRET: 445 079 973 00027 Licence n°2: 2021-010103
Adresse: 5 rue Rubens 75013 Paris
brainstormdancecompany@gmail.com
PRODUCTION & DIFFUSION
Marion Duhirel
+33667360983
mduhirel@gmail.com
ADMINISTRATION
Caroline Landreau
+33612260004
ascendansehiphop@gmail.com