Silvia Zayas (León, Spain, 1978) is an artist who works within the boundaries of video, the scenic and expanded choreography. Her most recent practice is developed around possible ways to translate the filmic language of a documentary to different performative displays. Some of her most remarkable productions are: Tríptico O, International Simposium Pushing the Medium. Nodar, Portugal. ART/HURT: heridas en venta (peep show for a single viewer) in the line of work of the artistic identity in with she was immersed next to N.A., granted with the KREA Expresión Contemporánea grant of Vitoria-Gasteiz (2008) and premiered in OffLimits, Madrid (2009). Devenir, devenir produced by the Program of Artists in Residence of the Aula de Danza de Estrella Casero (University of Alcalá de Henares), premiered in the Festival En Tránsito, La Casa Encendida, Madrid (2009).
More recently, she has been working in a series of pieces about portuguese colonialism, as No se habla de política en la mesa, premiered in the Teatro Albéitar of León (2011); Sao Tomé Revisitado produced with MUSAC’s Artistic Creation grant (2011) and premiered in Escena Contemporánea, Madrid (2012) / Picnic Sessions (CA2M), both in collaboration with her mother Isabel Serra; the live film/performance Ballets Roses in Teatro Pradillo and Festival In-presentable in La Casa Encendida (2012).