Cia Delá Praká

The company was born in 2007 in Rio de Janeiro from the meeting of three artists (Marina Collares, Ronan Lima and Julia Franca) who studied at Escola Nacional de Circo – RJ, interested in deconstructing the traditional circus aesthetics through contemporary dance. They created some numbers such as “Claveando”, “Jango”, “Junto” and “Sen-tido” using mainly juggling and dance as a language.

In 2009 Ronan Lima and Marina Collares travel to Europe and create the show “Entreambicos” presenting in festivals in France and Spain and organize their first independent tour of social circus in Africa (Mali and Guinea Conakry).

In 2011 they settle in Barcelona and make a new creation “Nois um”, a Dance and Circus show with live music, that uses hand to hand Acro-Dance and juggling (contact ball) techniques for the plot of the work. With this work, the company has traveled around the world, performing in more than 14 countries, and has performed around 400 times in Street Art, Circus and Dance Festivals in Europe and Latin America.

In 2012 Marina and Ronan start their training at Le Lido – école des Arts du Cirque de Toulouse – France. In 2015 they develop with Cláudio Martinez the project “UEIA” by the program of Professional Insertion of the school.

In 2017 they invite Edgar Ramos and Diana Bloch for the creation of their current show “Maiador” (Circus, Dance and Popular Culture), premiering in 2019 performing in Europe (Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, Austria, Luxembourg, Spain, Switzerland) and in Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia and São Paulo).

Cia Delá Praká develops its own language from dance, acrobatics, acrobatic duo having also a strong influence from Capoeira Angola.

They are currently on tour and are developing a new show called “Balaio”, scheduled to premiere in October 2024.

DIANA BLOCH

She entered the circus in 2004 in Brasilia. Joined the cast of Cia Intrépida Trupe from 2012 to 2014 and Cia Sarabanda (Italy) in 2014 and 2015. Graduated from the technical course Dancer Contemporary at the Angel Vianna School in 2014. In this course she met Edgar Ramos, with whom She created the Circus group « Nó de Gravata.» She attended the Professional Training in Theater “Vers an acteur pluriel» in “Le Ring » in Toulouse-FR in 2016. Today She is part of the cast of” Maiador “by Cia Delá Praká (BRA-FR).

RONAN LIMA

He began capoeira, acrobatics and contemporary dance as a child. In 2006 he graduated in Physical Education. During attending the National School of Circus (Rio de Janeiro – Brazil) he met Marina Collares, with whom creates the Cia Delá Praká and the show “Nois Um”. He studied at AREA Spai in Dansa i Creció (Barcelona – Spain) and then at the Le Lido school, Center des Arts du Cirque Toulouse – FR, where he specialized with Marina in acrobatic duo. With Cia Delá Praká, they conquered the world by giving presentations and workshops, performing in more than 14 countries.

MARINA COLLARES

She has been a dancer since childhood. She started with classical ballet and graduated in contemporary dance at Angel Vianna College. She got enchanted by the circus and joined the National School of Circus (Rio de Janeiro – BRA). In partnership with Ronan Lima, she developed her research on acro-dance and acrobatic duo. She attended AREA Spai of Dansa i Creació and MOVEO International School of Dramatic Body Mime (Barcelona- Spain) and graduated Le Lido, Center des Arts du Cirque Toulouse-FR.

With Cia Delá Praká, she continued to tour international festivals.

EDGAR RAMOS

In 2007 he started taking circus classes. He joined the cast of Cia Intrépida Trupe from 2012 to 2014. During this same period, he studied the technical course Contemporary Dancer by the Angel Vianna School. Graduated the Le Lido, circus school – Toulouse/France, and in 2016 he got specialized in the Chinese pole. Today he is part of the cast of “Maiador” by Cia Delá Praká (BRA-FR).