Marcela Santander Corvalán

Born in Chile, Marcela Santander Corvalán trained at the Milan dance-theatre, then at the contemporary dance centre CNDC, in Angers.  She has also studied history at the University of Trento (Italy) and obtained a dance degree from the University Paris 8. Since 2011 she has  danced for Dominique Brun, Faustin Linyekula or else Volmir Cordeiro, while also assisting Julie Nioche and Mickael Phelippeau with their choreography. She has been developing her own personal projects since 2014, including Époque (with Volmir Cordeiro) and MASH (with Annamaria Ajmone).
She works with archival history and memory as a creative tool. The issue of inclusion in art spaces is at the heart of her concerns.
In 2025, she becomes co-director of Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers, with Patricia Allio and Mara Teboul.