Sabina ALDANA
Sabina Aldana (Bogotá, Colombia, 1987) is a stage designer, interdisciplinary artist, and creator based in Mexico City. Her work explores the possibilities of costume design as a narrative axis within theatrical discourse, addressing contemporary social and political issues through an experimental and transdisciplinary approach.
She holds a degree in Visual Design from LaSalle College Bogotá and studied Visual Arts at the Instituto Universitario Nacional de Artes (IUNA) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was a grantee of the Young Creators program from FONCA (2019–2020) and the Cultural Projects and Co-investment Program (2021–2022) from the Mexican System of Support for Creation and Cultural Projects (SACPC), in the Interdisciplinary category.
In 2022, she premiered her first interdisciplinary work as author and director: Costumes to Avoid Disappearance, a stage installation using costume prototypes as a form of resistance against forced disappearances in Mexico, presented at the Museo Universitario del Chopo. This project marked the beginning of her current research line, where costume design becomes the conceptual core of scenic creation.
Throughout her career, she has designed costumes for more than twenty theatrical productions and coordinated costume design in over forty projects across theater, film, and television. Her work spans a wide range of scenic languages, including classical adaptations, children’s theater, comedy, contemporary dance, and live arts.
She served as Head of Costume, Makeup, and Hair at the National Theater Company of Mexico (2016–2018) and was costume designer for the Resident Dance Company at Teatro Jorge Eliécer Gaitán in Bogotá, Colombia (2014–2016). She has collaborated with renowned figures in contemporary theater, including Pedro Salazar, Fabiana Medina, Fernando Montes, Santiago Merchant, Carlos Sepúlveda, and Carmen Gil Vrolijk in Colombia; and in Mexico with Martha Verduzco, Octavio de Michel Grau, Edén Coronado, Zuadd Atala, and Laura Uribe.
Together with Laura Uribe, she co-founded the artistic duo L.A.S. [Laboratory of Sustainable Artists], focused on creating projects that integrate sustainability and social responsibility into the arts. Her work has been showcased on national and international stages, establishing her as a significant voice in the contemporary scene.