Gloria Morel
Cuerpo Surgente
​Practices and guides for exploring different movement possibilities from a contemporary language. Connecting with the floor, space, imagination, and musicality. Through body dynamics that generate different states of body expression, in dialogue with oneself and those around me.
Performing artist, choreographer, and teacher. Superior Professor of Classical and Contemporary Dance (Municipal School of Dance IMA–Asunción, Paraguay). She received a scholarship to attend postgraduate seminars on Contemporary Dance Trends (UNA–Bs. As, Argentina). She has worked independently (since 2008), both in her own productions and in collaborative works under the direction or guidance of recognized professionals in the performing arts. She was a dancer with the National Ballet of Paraguay, where she participated with her own proposals, collective creations, and productions by notable contemporary scene figures from Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Germany, Spain, Israel, and others. She is a co-founder of Tercer Espacio Colectivo, a contemporary artistic platform (since 2011). As a performer, creator, and/or teacher, she has presented works and conducted workshops at festivals and artistic events both locally and in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Spain, and Mexico.
She was selected for an Artistic Residency with the Cía. Proyecto Experimental by Mauro Barahona (Barcelona, Spain 2015-2016) and for the Artistic Residency KAOS (NHIMU Teatro Aéreo, Paraguay 2021). She received a scholarship to attend the 2022 edition of the “b12 festival for contemporary dance and performance art” (Berlin, Germany). She works in choreography direction or assistance and as a guide in movement workshops for companies, groups, and independent dance and theater spaces in Paraguay. She is part of the faculty of the Dance Degree program at FADA-UNA (San Lorenzo, Paraguay).
She completed a Yoga instructor course with the Prema Shakti Yoga Studio, Bs. As – Argentina (2020) and obtained the certification for PCT (Progressing Contemporary Technique) teachers in 2023. In 2024, she completed the 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training of Yoga Alliance (OM Institute Barcelona program) at Ánima Yoga Studio (Asunción, Paraguay). She remains in constant exchange and training through movement experiences with professionals and spaces in Latin America, the USA, and Europe.
