Bio

 Yasmin Mello is a Brazilian Dublin-based choreographer, director, performer, researcher and a dance and pilates teacher. She has a BA in Dance from Angel Vianna Dance College (BR) and an MPhil  in Theatre and Performance from Trinity College Dublin (IE) and her main interest is making interdisciplinary work combining dance, theatre and visual arts through intuitive movement. Yasmin has co-written, directed and choreographed the dance theatre piece “Oi!”, which premiered at the Scene+Heard Festival 2019 and was later adapted to a short film with the DanceIreland’s support . Besides that, together with comedy actor and writer Johny Walsh she has developed and facilitated the project “Mobilise” a socially engaged workshop which was awarded the Trinity Equality Fund 2019. Her most recent work is an occult dance-monologue called “Marbleface'' which she directed, performed and produced. “Marbleface” was commissioned by the Imagine Arts Festival 2021 and awarded the first National Dance Residence Partnership. Yasmin was also awarded an in-kind mentorship with Steve Batts by the Echo Echo Dance Company and is deeply interested in continuing to learn about Poetic Movement. She has also worked with Bernadette Divilly and BeDance company on aspects of Contemplative Dance Practises and the concept of “9 minutes dates”. Currently she is developing ECOS, a multisite digital performance with fellow Brazilian based artist Juliana Tarumoto and expanding her understanding of the creative process within the scope of a digital scene. The findings of ECOS week-long residency in April/2021 in DanceIreland were presented as part of the Digital Performing Arts Conference 2022 hosted by the University of Arts, Belgrade and the work was awarded an Agility Award 2022 from the Arts Council to further develop its investigations. In 2022 Yasmin was awarded a mentorship with Feidlim Cannon from Brokentalkers Theatre Company through the AIC Scheme to upskill and begin working with socially engaged and collaborative practices and is currently working with primary school children on dance and movement based classes with the Catherine Casey School of Dance.