Calixto Neto

Originally from Recife in Brazil and living in France since 2013, Calixto Neto trained in theater at the Federal University of Pernambuco, then in dance within the Experimental Dance Group before following the master’s degree in choreography ex.erce, at the CCN of Montpellier. During his studies, he created the solo petites explosions as well as the duo Pipoca, with Bruno Freire. In 2018, he was a resident of the Cité Internationale des Arts to create his second solo, oh!rage, born from his interest in “peripheral” dances, on the fringes of institutional circuits. A member of Lia Rodrigues’ company from 2007 to 2013, Calixto Neto is also a performer in the creations of Anne Collod, Mette Ingvartsen, Ève Magot and Luiz de Abreu, whose famous piece O Samba do Crioulo Doido he reprised in 2020, as part of the Panorama festival at the CN D in Pantin. Also in 2020, he directed the films O Samba do Crioulo Doido: rule and compass and Pro Futuro Quilombo. In 2021 he created Outrar in collaboration with Lia Rodrigues and Feijoada, his first group piece. In 2023, he created the solo IL FAUX as part of the Kunstenfestivaldesarts. He is in 2024 preparing his new group creation, Bruits Marrons.
Calixto’s works have as a common denominator the desire to include other bodies and colors in the contemporary scene and landscape. His practice, eminently collective, carries a desire to value marginalized groups and to inscribe their presence in historical discourses.
Calixto Neto is an artist in residence at the Scène Nationale de Cergy-Pontoise / Val d’Oise 2024-2026.