Thais Di Marco (they/them) is a Queer Roma descendant, performing arts director, and multidisciplinary artist. Originally from São Paulo, Brazil, they were born into the Candomblé community of Redandá in Cipó-Guaçú, where they hold the title of Egbomi and are the Caixeira do Divino Priestess at the House of Nagô in São Luís do Maranhão. Thais has been based in Amsterdam since 2017.

In 2018, they graduated from the DAS Choreography programme in Amsterdam, having conducted research in Benin, West Africa, on post-colonial aesthetics under the mentorship of artist Romuald Hazoumè. They have studied and collaborated at the intersection of decolonial movements and arts with groups such as the EZLN guerrilla in Mexico, the independent space Bon Gah in Iran, with Lucha Libre wrestling master El Gladiador, the anarcho-feminist movement Mujeres Creando in Bolivia, and are currently organizing with the Roma decolonial movement in Europe. In 2024, Thais was a grantee of the 3 Package Deal programme by the city of Amsterdam, in partnership with Framer Framed and the Social Design Coalition.

Thais has worked on international collaborations and under the direction of choreographer and activist Mia Habib, promoting community-based art practices. They were a guest teacher at the Masters in Dance programme at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp in 2023 and presented their work at De Singel’s Radiant Nights the same year.

Thais serves as the director of Stichting The Goldfish Bleeding in a Sea of Sharks, BIXARIA – Queer Brazilian Club Night, and CIRCULO – a space for decolonial resistance, priestessing, chanting, and women’s drumming. Their work mixes critical thinking with comedy and popular entertainment.

Thais is currently working on a new group piece called The Obsessors, which is in co-production with De Singel, ICK Dans Amsterdam, and others.