Chimène Costa
Artistic director, Dancer, Actress, Cultural manager
Chimène Costa (Buenos Aires, 1978) studied theater and dance and developed her professional career in several countries of Latin America as well as in France and Mozambique, where she was based at the time. In parallel to her artistic work, Chimene was always involved in cultural management for most of the companies she worked with: she was permanent actress but also head of production of Teatro Experimental de Cali (Colombia); performer and assistant director for the multidisciplinary Mediterranean project Odyssée 2001- 2003 -2007 (project involving all mediterranean countries and artistic disciplines as well as interdisciplinaries projects) and director of international relationships at Companhia Nacional de Canto e Dança (Mozambique), among others. During 2017-2020 she was Pro Helvetia‘s production coordinator for the Latin America Programme Coincidencia. She was the artistic director of Centro Cultural Scala in Maputo and Centro Tofo in Inhambane, Mozambique. Currently, Chimène is general director of CC Artistic Consultancy and Services.