Plataforma de investigación, reflexión, intercambio, producción de conocimiento y acción, centrada en el vínculo entre territorio, comunidad y artes escénicas. Escenas En Contextos nace en 2019 en Chile, con el objetivo de generar acciones que contribuyan a la transformación social a través de las Artes Escénicas en contextos específicos. A platform for research, reflection, exchange, knowledge production and action, focused on the link between territory, community and performing arts. Escenas En Contextos was born in 2019 in Chile, with the aim of generating actions which would contribute to social transformation through the Performing Arts in specific contexts.

Escena Portátil invita a artistas de todo el mundo a llevar a cabo un proyecto de investigación escénica que vincule los temas de su obra con los problemas del territorio y la comunidad que lo habita. Idea creada por la artista chilena Alejandra Sáez Araya en el marco de Escenas en Contextos, el proyecto se desarrolla por todo Chile, implicando a agentes territoriales, artistas y ciudadanos en el trabajo. El objetivo es encontrar conexiones a través de encuentros, talleres, conversaciones y exposiciones que promuevan el diálogo, el intercambio y el desarrollo cultural. Escena Portátil, meaning Moving Scenes, invites artists internationally to conduct a scenic research project, linking the themes of their work, to the issues of the territory and the community that inhabits it.  An idea created by Chilean artist Alejandra Sáez Araya as part of Escenas en Contextos, the project develops throughout Chile, involving territorial agents, artists and citizens at work. The aim is to find connections through encounters, workshops, conversations and exhibitions that promote dialogue, exchange and cultural development.

Actriz de la Universidad ARCIS (2012), Magíster en Estudios Literarios y Culturales Latinoamericanos de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso(2020) y Doctorando en Literatura de la misma casa de estudios, becaria ANID. Investiga sobre artes escénicas, teatro y derecho, performatividad, Territorio y Justicia Climática. Cuenta con diferentes publicaciones académicas en las áreas mencionadas. Ha desarrollado estudios complementarios en el diplomado en Teatro sensorial y poética del Juego con el Teatro de los Sentidos en España (2016- 2017), entrenamiento corporal de Grotowski con el Labperm en Torino (2015 -2018), Italia; y la beca de formación Chile Crea con el Workcenter de Thomas Richards y Grotowski (2021). En el ámbito artístico es fundadora de la Compañía Escena Portátil. Es fundadora de la Plataforma de vinculación entre Artes escénicas y Territorios, Escenas en Contextos, en Chile. Encabeza proyectos de investigación, formación y creación escénica que tienen como objetivo la vinculación con el territorio relevando las problemáticas del mismo a través de prácticas escénicas contextualizadas, participando de proyectos en Colombia, Francia, India, Palestina, Italia y España. Alejandra is an actor, director and academic from Chile. Her practice and research centre on performing arts, theatre, and law, and the intersection this plays with territory, and climate justice. Alejandra is the founder of Escena Portátil, Plataforma de vinculación entre Artes escénicas y Territorios, and Escenas en Contextos. Leading research, training, and scenic creation projects, the aim is to link with the territory, highlighting its problems through contextualised scenic practices, taking place in Colombia, France, India, Palestine, Italy, and Spain. An actress from ARCIS University (2012), Alejandra has a MA in Latin American Literary and Cultural Studies from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2020) and PhD candidate in Literature from the same university, ANID scholarship holder. She has several academic publications in the aforementioned areas. She has developed complementary studies in the Diploma in Sensory Theatre and Poetics of Play with Teatro de los Sentidos in Spain (2016- 2017), Grotowski's body training with Labperm in Torino (2015 -2018), Italy; and the training grant Chile Crea with Thomas Richards and Grotowski's Workcenter (2021).

Born and raised in the South of France, “Coco” is currently based in Santiago de Chile. As an artist (theatre performer, playwright, Dramaturg) and a researcher (B.A., M.A. and PhD(c) in Theatre Studies, Theory and Aesthetics), their work centers around theatre as a resistance and liberation practice in the context of political and State violence. As a former student of the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, and an international PhD candidate at the Université Lumière Lyon 2 and the Universidad de Chile, they’ve been in charge of an extensive research (2015-2025) on theatre practices inside Chilean concentration camps during the military and civilian dictatorship (1973-1976). Some of their most recent academic works have been the publishing of papers such as Teatro concentracionario en Chile: hacia una estética política (Revista Apuntes de Teatro #148, PUC, 2023) and Teatro chileno del 70: la continuidad utópica (Revista Teatro #9, U. de Chile, 2023); the co-edition and publishing of the book Le théâtre face aux dictatures. Luttes, traces, mémoires (Les Solitaires Intempestifs, 2022); and numerous lectures in universities and Human Rights organizations in Chile, Argentina, Spain, France, Belgium and the U.S. They’re currently leading the ANTECO – Archivo Nacional del Teatro Concentracionario project (2025) in collaboration with the Chilean Ministry of Culture and the Arts and the Museum of Memory and Human Rights. As a producer and artistic collaborator, they’ve worked with indigenous theatre companies in Chile (Paula González Seguel and KIMVN Teatro); Palestinian companies on artistic tours and workshops (Ahmed Tobasi and Zoe Lafferty with the Freedom Theatre and Artists on the Frontline); French and Japanese artists on the Fukushima nuclear accident and its consequences (Bruno Meyssat, Toshiki Okada and Tōdai University); and have toured throughout France, Belgium and Switzerland with Karim Bel Kacem and the ThinkTankTheatre (Geneva). They also work in close collaboration with various international performing arts festivals like Teatro A Mil (Chile) and Sens Interdits (France), where they assist in the touring of international companies, production meetings, translation and workshops. As an artist, writer and performer, they’ve been a part of various theatre and performing arts companies such as In Carne (Paris), Fléau Social (Saint-Étienne) and the ThinkTankTheatre (Geneva).