Born in 1988, Isaura Tupiniquim is a Brazilian multi-artist. She holds a bachelor's and master's degree in dance from the Federal University of Bahia and is a doctoral student in sociology at the Federal University of Paraíba, where she is conducting research on censorship against artists in Brazil.
Her artistic work focuses on dance, performance and music. It revolves around the relationship between art and politics through the violence exerted on bodies and the possibility of responding to it in an autofictional, feminist, erotic and cyberpunk way.
Her work experiments with sound, voice, body movement and technology. The artist explores instability and constraints as compositional strategies, as well as the cultural and aesthetic contradictions inherent in her name, echoing the multiple tensions present in her country.
Among her main choreographic creations are ISTC - Isaura Suélen Tupiniquim Cruz (2017); Ópera Nuda (2013); Fricção (2011) and Entrada ao Preço da Razão (2007).
In 2020, she made her first audiovisual experiences: Mula [in site-specific] - unique performance (Itaú Cultural Award) and Mula [in site-specific] - second shot. In 2021, she released her first album: Isaura Tupiniquim em Púrpura Ruína. She is currently engaged in the design of a choreographic conference based on her doctoral research.