M.I.M.O.S.A. is a thought-provoking interdisciplinary performance that uses the unique properties of the Mimosa pudica plant to explore the themes of migration, displacement, colonialism, and the consequences of captivity on all species. A storytelling  from migration of humans and non humans from the global south embracing  the feeling of not belonging into a disenchanted land. As an attempt to tell this story both humans and mimosas are place in glasses, between captivity and freedom. The performative dance conference unveils moving  living plants and still humans in vitro to present colonial histories intertwined with personal traumatic memories within the violences from the South wondering: What are the consequences of captivity to all species? How do we learn ? What can we learn with touch?

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Flavia Pinheiro is a choreographer and performer from Recife, Brazil, now based in Amsterdam. Her work explores resilience and resistance through speculative connections with science and technology, creating vital exchanges with nonhumans like bacteria, plants, and animals. She emphasizes survival and the refusal of captivity while using various media to challenge colonial pedagogies. As a researcher and teacher, Flavia has facilitated body practices and dance classes in public universities and institutions across Brazil.

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