About

Lui L’Abbate is an artist of light and space that grew up between the invented dryness of Planalto Central of Brasília and the hills of Belo Horizonte. Between travels, imaginaries and landscapes is always curious and atentive wherever they go. Believes in their intuition for creation and transit through spaces as well as encounters, exchanges and shared practice as propelling forces to creativity and intention. The poetry that encounters and affections share and provide manifest in mutual knowledge and learning that go beyond academia and their writings. It's in the experience that the magic happens.

Graduated in Theatre Interpretation by the University of Brasília (2013-18) and also in classical acoustic double bass by the Music School of Brasília (2014-17). It was during their studies in theatre that they discovered interest and passion about light and lighting. Since then has done a Masters in Scenic Arts with specialization in Light by the Superior School of Music and Performative Arts in Porto, Portugal (2019-21) where researched and wrote their dissertation about Guerilla and Gambiarra (quick-fix) as aesthetic metodologies. After, did a professional internship with the technical team of Theater und Orchestra Heidelberg, in Germany. Since then, their research follows their practice and creation, reflecting their thinking and articulation in creative processes in their own creations as well as the project they are a part of.

Since 2015, when they began their relationship active, technical and creatively with light, they have developed their work in lighting design, lighting technician, lighting operation and scenographic lighting installations for spaces and spectacles. Also works as technical team, coordination and direction in many festivals such as Mostra do Obsoleto Teatro (2017), Cena Universitária - CéU (2017), Ocupação NEM - Núcleo Experimental do Movimento (2018), XIV International Festival Cena Contemporânea (2018), ODU - Black Arts Festival (2018 e 2021), JAFEST (2023), Terra Batida (2023) e precárias - performance festival (2021-presente).

Besides working with light, they also act, perform, conduct research, write, take photographs, and work as a DJ—all across various cities, countries, and continents around the world.

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  • Light operation for the performative dance piece Stripteaser Gambiarra. Shereya. Geneva, Switzerland

    Light design and operation for the theatre piece Úlulu. Raquel Lima. Braga and Coimbra, Portugal

    Lighting design and operation for the theatre piece Ês 3 irms. Tita Maravilha. Teatro São Luiz, Lisbon, Portugal

    Light design and operation for the dance piece Okaran. Jorge Ciprianno. Lisbon, Portugal

    Light operation for the dance piece Lounge. Marga Alfeirão. 20th PSP (Platform of Contemporary Dance). Maribor, Slovenia

    Light design and operation for the theatre piece Aqui eu posso sonhar. Jorge Ciprianno. Coimbra, Portugal

    Light design and operation for the musical show Kaya. Isabel Novella. Lisbon, Portugal

    Lighting design and operation for the dance piece BABY TEETH. Creative residencies and premiere with La Comedie Geneve. Catol Teixeira. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Geneve, Switzerland

    Lighting design and operation for the performative piece Bossa Nova. Tita Maravilha. Lisbon, Porto and Viseu, Portugal

    Lighting design and performative operation for the performative piece Bixa Bixo. Creative and technical residencies + premiere at festival DDD. Afrontosas Collective. Lisbon and Porto, Portugal

    Lighting design and performative operation for the dance piece Sobre o fim. Creative and technical residencies + premiere at festival DDD. Gio Lourenço and Sofie Berberan. Lisbon, Lagos and Porto, Portugal

    Lighting design and operation for the piece How to kill...for the sake of dying. Technical residencies and premiere in festival DDD. Xana Novais. Porto and Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal

    Lighting design and operation for the dance piece AGARRA. Bianca Hisse and Laura Cemin. Oslo, Norway

  • Lighting designer and operator for the dance piece Rubble King. Choreography: Duarte Valadares. Gouveia and Marinha Grande, Portugal

    Technical coordinator for precárias – performance festival. Tita Maravilha. Lisbon and Montemor-o-novo, Portugal

    Artistic residency, light design and operation for the piece Symphony of Horror. Sara Manubens. Barcelona, Spain

    Light operation for the dance piece Lounge. Marga Alfeirão. PT25 – Portuguese Platform for Performative Arts. Montemor-o-novo, Portugal

    Light design and performative operation for the piece Electra goes to techno. Xana Novais. PT25 – Portuguese Platform for Performative Arts. Montemor-o-novo, Portugal

    Light technician and operation for the dance- performance piece La peou entre les doigts. Catol Teixeira. Bergen, Norway

    Light design and operation for the party Solte sua fera, in DDD. Afrontosas Collective. Porto, Portugal

    Artistic residency, light design and performative operation for the dance piece Se não for tu. Era Jaja Rolim. Montemor-o-Novo, Guimarães, Loulé, Portugal

    Light design, operation and scenography for the dance piece Arrebentação: zona de derrama last chapter. Catol Teixeira. Cergy, France. Impulstanz. Vienna, Austria

    Personal performance and research project. Couraça Liberta or no body is truly safe or the light Every trans body gives. Curated by Rezmorah. Lisbon, Portugal

    Artistic residency and presentation with Jo Castro for the performative piece Lábia. Lisbon, Montemor-o-Novo, Porto, Braga and Almancil, Portugal

    Artistic residency, light design and operation for the theatre piece Úlulu. Raquel Lima. Montemor-o- Novo, Lisbon, Porto, Portugal

    Light operation for the dance piece Clashes Licking. Catol Teixeira. Festival Trajectoires, Nantes, France

  • Technical residency, lighting design, operation and scenography for the dance piece Arrebentação: zona de derrama last chapter. Catol Teixeira. Genève and Lausanne, Switzerland

    Lighting design for the circus piece Riacho Vertical. CAOS Circus Arts. Portugal

    Lighting design and operation for the dance APOCALYPSO. Luara Raio and Acauã El Bandide Shereya. Festival Transform Marseille, France and Festival EMERGENTIA Genève, Switzerland

    Lighting design, technician and operator for the dance piece Aeromancia. Alina Folini. La Caldera. Barcelona, Spain

    Artistic residency in pedreira. Personal Project. Couraça Liberta or no body is truly safe or the light Every trans body gives. Porto, Portugal

    Light operation for the dance piece Lounge. Marga Alfeirão. My Wild Flag program, Moderna Dansteatern. Stocholm, Sweden | Light operation for the concert Luiza Lian. MEO Kalorama. Lisbon, Portugal

    Light technician and operator for the dance piece The elephant in the room. Vânia Doutel Vaz. Tantzmesse. Düsseldorf, Germany

    Light design for the theatre piece Madrinhas de Guerra (Godmothers of war). Keli Freitas. Natural history and Science Museum. Lisbon, Portugal

    Light design and set up for the exhibition Por quanto tempo mais terei de nadar? (For how much longer will I have to swim?). Petra Preta. Boavista Gallery. Lisbon, Portugal

    Light design and operation for the performance piece Landmarks. Bianca Hisse. Festspillene i Nord-Norge. Harstad, Norway

    Light design and set up for the exhibition Praia: práticas para ficções (Beach: fictional practices). Duda Affonso. Casa do Comum. Lisbon, Portugal

    Light design and performative operation for the concert TRINÁRIA. Rezgate. Damas. Lisbon, Portugal

    Light design and operation for the videclip Meteoros. Gadutra. Lisbon, Portugal

    Performative light operation for the concert EDITS. Sandar Tuntun. Oscillation Festival. Brussels, Belgium

    Light operation for the dance piece Lounge. Marga Alfeirão. DDD Festival. Porto, Portugal

    Light collaboration and operation for the performative piece URRO. Andrei Bessa. Lisbon, Portugal

    Lighting design and operation for the dance piece Hélio. Renan Martins. Vier Tage Tanz, Bremen, Germany

    Artistic residency and presentation with Jo Castro for the performative piece Lábia. Porto, Arganil, Faro, Setúbal, Caldas da Rainha e Alfafar, Portugal

    Technical coordinator, lighting design and operation for the Precárias: 2nd Performance Festival. Tita Maravilha. Lisbon, Porto, Viseu and Montemor, Portugal + Paris, France

    Light operation for the dance piece Clashes Licking. Catol Teixeira. Pavillon, Theatre Vidy, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Light operation for the dance piece Lounge. Marga Alfeirão. Tantzplattform, Freiburg, Germany

    Lighting design and operation for the theatre piece Missão da Missão. Auroras Negras. Coimbra and Porto, Portugal

  • Lighting design and operation for the theatre piece Missão da Missão. Auroras Negras. Lisbon, Portugal

    Light technician and operation for the dance piece Clashes Licking. Catol Teixeira. Kinani Festival, Maputo, Mozambique and Infecting the City Festival, Cape Town, South Africa

    Performatic light operation for the dance piece Haze Gaze. Silvana Ivaldi. Pedra Dura Festival. Lagos, Portugal

    Technical director and lighting designer for the festival Terra Batida. Lisbon, Portugal

    Artistic residency and presentation with Jo Castro for the performative piece Lábia. Coimbra, Portugal

    Technical director and lighting designer for the festival Terra Batida. Fundão, Portugal

    Lighting technician for the photoshoot with Rafael Johnson, aka Ibu Selva. Photographer: Gadutra. Oeiras, Portugal

    Lighting technician for the photoshoot with Kupalua. Photographer: Gadutra. Berlim, Germany

    Lighting design, technician and performative operator for FEMMETastic party. Hamburg, Germany

    Lighting design and operation for the dance piece APOCALYPSO. Luara Raio and Acauã El Bandide Shereya. Paris, France

    Talk about Maniva process for the writing of the book about the theatre piece. Brasília, Brazil

    Artistic residency with Jo Castro and Kali Kali for the creation of the performative piece Lábia. CAMPUS Paulo Cunha e Silva. Porto, Portugal

    Lighting design and operation for the performative piece Trypas Corassão – a ópera. Portuguese Plataform for the Performative Arts 2023. Montemor-o-novo, Portugal

    Lighting operation for the piece How to kill naked women. Direction: Xana Novais. Portuguese Plataform for the Performative Arts 2023. Montemor-o-novo, Portugal

    Artistic residency, lighting design and operation for the theatre piece Es 3 Irms. Direction: Tita Maravilha. Montemor-o-Novo, Santarém, Viseu and Guimarães. Portugal

    Lighting design and performative operation for the performative piece GIGANTESCA. Izabel Nejur. Lisbon, Portugal

    Technical direction, lighting designer and operation for the theatre festival JAFEST. Lisbon, Portugal

    Lighting design, technician and operation for the dance piece Blast. Vendanza Company. Ecole des Sables. Toubab Dialaw, Senegal

    Lighting design, technician and operation for the theatre piece Devaneio. Direction: Sofia Pádua. Lisbon, Portugal

    Artistic residency, creation and collective exhibition Fictional Futures. ੯∙̀͡ᐡ\, by Lui L’Abbate (lights), Nina Botkay (performance) and Maria Ventura (vídeo). Lisbon, Portugal

    Lighting design and operation for the dance piece Hélio. Choreography and dance: Renan Martins de Oliveira. Bonn, Germany

    Lighting design and operation for the theatre piece Camaleoa. Direction and acting: Rita Pinheiro. Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Lighting design and performatic operation for the dance piece VIADUTO. Renan Martins. Tanzbiennale Heidelberg, Germany

    Lighting design and operation for the dance piece Golden Numbers. Thamiris Carvalho. Porto, Portugal

  • Lighting operation for the dance piece Simulacro. Das Marias Festival. Portugal

    Technical residency with Gaya de Medeiros. Espaço do Tempo. Montemor-o-Novo. Portugal

    Lighting design and technician for the exposition Who is Ivvi?. Espaço Santa Catarina. Lisbon. Portugal

    Lighting design and operation for the dance piece Rubble King. National tour. Portugal

    Lighting designer and operator for the dance piece APOCALYPSO. Luara Raio and Acauã El Bandide Shereya. Nantes. France

    Artistic residency with Dally Schwarz. Lisbon. Portugal

    Lighting design and performatic operation for the dance piece VIADUTO. Renan Martins. Ravnedans. Kristiansand. Norway

    Light design for the performance piece KEBRA3000. Era Jaja Rolim. Lisbon, Portugal

    Lighting design and operation for the concert of Puta da Silva. Impulso Festival, Caldas da Rainha and Arraial Pride Lisbon. Portugal | Lighting operation for the concert Arranca a cabeça do rei. Francisco el Hombre. Laheto Circus and Criolina Festival. Goiânia and Brasília. Brazil

    Lighting designer and operator for the dance piece Rubble King. Choreography: Duarte Valadares. Cultural Center of Belém. Portugal

    Lighting design and artistic-quick- fixer operator for the theatre piece Devaneio. Sofi Pádua, Aoaní Salvaterra d’Alva e Sara Marita. Com Calma. Lisbon. Portugal

    Professional internship with the technical team from Theater und Orchestra Heidelberg. Germany

    Lighting designer and operator for the dance piece APOCALYPSO. Luara Raio and Acauã El_Bandide Shereya. Cultural Center of Belém. Portugal

    Performative lighting for the party Viemos do Egyto. Shows from Lua Felina, Sound Preta, Romina and Feiticu. Performances by Luan Okun, Luiza Cascon + MC Líppizi and Lui L’Abbate. Arroz Estudios, Lisbon, Portugal

    Lighting installation for the party CARNAVRRRAU. Shows from Blied, Cigarra, Gadutra, Phoebe, Rezgate and Trypas Corassão. Village Underground, Lisbon, Portugal

    Lighting designer, technician and operator for the dance piece Hélio. Renan Martins. Flux Festival, short extract/try out, Zwinger, Heidelberg, Germany. End of residency from/at Choreographic Center Heidelberg, Germany. Premiere, Armazém 22, Vila Nova de Gaia. Portugal

  • Lighting designer and performative operation for the dance piece UNA, by Teresa Fabião. Premiere in Mindelact Festival. ALAIM, Mindelo and Portuguese Cultural Centre, Praia. Cabo Verde

    Lighting designer and performative operator for the work in progress Tita in Wonderland, in the Eufêmias Festival. Tita Maravilha, Agatha Cigarra, Gadutra, Jaja Rolim and Lui L’Abbate. Marvila Library. Lisbon, Portugal

    Lighting designer and operator for the show In Ritual. Yuko Kominami and Joana von Mayer Trindade. Teatro das Figuras de Faro. Portugal

    Lighting operation for the dance piece Blast. Vendanza Company. Luxemburg. Great Auditorium of San Francisco Convent. Coimbra, Portugal

    Technical coordinator of the second edition of ODU – Black Arts Festival. Online edition

    Light design and live operation for the DJset SOUNDPRETA. Porto Municipal Gallery Yearbook. Porto, Portugal

    Lighting designer and operator for the dance piece BETON. Thamiris Carvalho, Sara Silva and Vinicius Ferreira. Municipal Theatre Campo Alegre. Porto, Portugal

    Lighting designer and performative operator for the dance piece VIADUTO. Renan Martins and Frankão, o Gringo Sou Eu. Premiere in Festival DDD. Municipal Auditorium of Vila Nova de Gaia. Portugal

    Lighting designer for the dance piece Rubble King. Duarte Valadares. Municipal Theatre Campo Alegre, Porto Coliseum

  • Lighting technician and operator for the play Enluarada. Director: Denis Camargo. Animateatro, Municipal Cine Theatre of Elvas, Casa do Coreto, Lisbon. Portugal

    Lighting designer and photography assistant for the videoclip Viver é o antídoto do seu próprio veneno, from Revolutionaif. Director: Duda Affonso

  • Lighting designer for the dance piece Rubble King. Choreography: Duarte Valadares. Ponta Delgada and Santa Maria da Feira. Portugal

    Lighting designer, technician and operator for the performance mar aberto-espaço breve, with Era Jaja Rolim, part of the performances of the opening of the XX ATENEU XXI – opening of the artistic program. Diretora: Duda Affonso. Ateneu Comercial do Porto. Portugal

    Lighting technician and operator for the lucid-sci-fe-durational-opera ALIVE :: a durational lucid opera. Choreography: Emma Waltraud Howes and Justin F. Kennedy. Ateneu Comercial do Porto. Portugal

    Lighting designer, technician and operator for the play-performance-concert Trypas Coração. Tita Maravilha and Agatha Cigarra. Alkântara Space, Latoaria and Rosa Imunda. Lisbon and Porto, Portugal

    Lighting designer and improvisator for the play Aleatório (Random). Director: Luana Proença. Recreios de Amadora. Lisbon, Portugal

    Light improvisator for the play Room 3. Amy Larimer, Jamie Graham and Luana Proença. Theatre AnexXo. Sintra, Portugal

    Stage manager for the plays A Farsa de Inês Pereira, O Auto da Barca do Inferno, Leandro, O Rei da Helíria and Aquilo que os Olhos Veem ou o Adamastor. Director: Rui Pessoa. Theatre Company O Sonho. Lisbon and Porto, Portugal

    Lighting designer and photography assistant for the videoclip Leaves, from Keely Denham. Director: Duda Affonso. Porto, Portugal

  • Tour around Brazil by Festival Palco Giratório – SESC as lighting technician of the play Entrepartidas from Teatro do Concreto. Director: Francis Wilker. Many cities around Brazil

    Nomination for best lighting design in Prêmio SESC do Teatro Candango for the theatre piece Stanisloves-me, alongside Larissa Souza

    Lighting designer and technician of the play Bistrô. Directors: Marina Olivier and Marcelo Nenevê. Funarte Brasília. Brazil

    Lighting technician team of the XIX International Theatre Festival Cena Contemporânea. Coordination: Marcelo Augusto. Brasília, Brazil

    Lighting designer, technician and operator for the play Patético. Director: Clara Rabello. Performing Arts Department of the University of Brasília and Casa dos Quatro – 708 sul. Brasília, Brazil

    Lighting designer for the play Maniva. Directors: Rafael Toscano and Yuri Fidelis. SESC Garagem. Brasília, Brazil

    Technical coordination of ODU – Black Arts Festival. Jovem de Expressão – CEI and Casa da Árvore – 613 sul. Ceilância and Brasília, Brazil

    Lighting designer, operator and technician for the play Se Deus é por nós quem será contra nós? Director: Lucas Nahari. Amphitheatre 9 of the University of Brasília. Brazil

    Lighting designer and technician for the play Alomorfia. Director: Ava Scherdien. Theatre Mapati. Brasília, Brazil

    Assistant lighting designer and technician of Ana Luisa Quintas for the play Jardim das Delícias. Directors: Fernanda Alpino and Fernando Carvalho (Grupo Liquidificador). SESC Garagem. Brasília, Brazil

    Lighting designer, technician and operator (alongside Larissa Souza) for the show Confluências of the band Duo Alvenaria. SESC Garagem. Brasília, Brazil

    Lighting designer, technician and operator for the NEM Ocupation (Núcleo Experimental do Movimento – Experimental Core of the Movement) for the plays and shot- plays: O Lá – sobre viver em quadrados, Movimentos de um ovo, AmA, Entre esquivas and ab-reação. SESC Garagem. Brasília, Brazil

    Lighting operator for the awarded play in the 6th FESTU (Festival de Teatro Universitário – University Theatre Festival – Rio de Janeiro) Stanisloves-me for the Festival CENA1 in honour of women actresses. Director: Simone Reis. SESC 504 sul. Brasília, Brazil

    Lighting operator and technician for the play Janta 2. Director: Fernanda Alpino (Grupo Liquidificador). Espaço Imaginário Cultural. Samambaia, Brazil

  • Lighting technician team of the Festival Céu (Cena Universitária – University Scene). Coordination: Higor Filipe. Funarte Brasília. Brazil

    Lighting designer, technician and operator (alongside Zizi Antunes) for the cd release show Assentando o Reboco of the band Duo Alvenaria. Clube do Choro de Brasília. Brazil

    Lighting designer and operator for the awarded play in the 7th FESTU (Festival de Teatro Universitário – University Theatre Festival) ab-reação. Ultra Martini. SESI Centro. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Lighting designer and technician for the play O mito das mulheres que viraram borboletas. Director: Jemima Bracho. Dulcina de Moraes Theatre. Brasília, Brazil

    Lighting operator for the awarded play in the 6th FESTU (Festival de Teatro Universitário – University Theatre Festival) Stanisloves-me. Director: Simone Reis. Cesgranrio Theatre. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Lighting designer for the play Inominável. Director: Silimião Aurélio. XVIII International Theatre Festival Cena Contemporânea. Park Olhos D’Água. Brasília, Brazil

    Lighting designer and operator for the awarded play in the 1⁄4th Scene Festival O Pequeno Chupa-Dedo. Director: Emanuel Lavor. SESC Garagem. Brasília, Brazil

    Technical coordination for the Obsolete Theatre Show (Mostra do Obsoleto Teatro). Brasília, Brazil

    Lighting designer, technician and operator for the play O Lá – sobre viver em quadrados, during the Obsolete Theatre Show (Mostra do Obsoleto Teatro). Directors: Marcelo Nenevê and Francisco Leal. Pé Direito Space. Brasília, Brazil

    Lighting designer, technician and operator for the play Maniva, during the Obsolete Theatre Show (Mostra do Obsoleto Teatro). Directors: Rafael Toscano and Yuri Fidelis. Pé Direito Space. Brasília, Brazil

    Lighting designer, technician and performatic operation (alongside Dinho Lacerda) for the play Central Zona, from Cantigas Boleráveis. Directors: Nine Ribeiro and Victoria Carballar. Teatro Bar. Canteiro Central. Brasília, Brazil

    Lighting designer, technician and operator (alongside Iury Persan) for the play Os Mamutes. Director: Rita de Almeida Castro. Museu Vivo da Memória Candanga (Living Museum of the Candanga Memory). Brasília, Brazil

  • Lighting operator for the awarded play by Prêmio SESC de Teatro Candango, children’s theatre category, TOCO. Directors: Kaise Helena Ribeiro and Guilherme Carvalho. SESC Gama. Brazil

  • Light operator for the play Macbê – Sangue chama Sangue (Blood calls for Blood). Director: Rita de Almeida Castro. Funarte Brasília and CCB (Cultural Centre of Brasília) – 602 norte. Brasília, Brazil

    Light operator for the play Sete Crianças Judias (Seven Jewish Children). Director: Fernando Villar. Funarte Brasília. Brazil