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Contemporary Costume Design & Performance Research

Scenic Lab

Scenic Lab is the performance costume design programme of Isabel is my name.

We collaborate with artists, choreographers, theatre companies and cultural institutions to conceive, research and develop costumes for contemporary dance, theatre, music, film and interdisciplinary performance.

Every project integrates artistic research, material experimentation and contemporary craftsmanship to explore the relationship between concept, form, volume, movement and the body in performance.

Stage costumes designed by choreographer Pau Aran for the Pau Arán for the “Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern”, Germany

Body Research

Beyond Costume Design

We understand costume as an active component of performance rather than a decorative element.

Every collaboration begins with dialogue, observation and artistic research, allowing costume to participate in the development of movement, dramaturgy, spatial relationships and visual language.

Fashion in Motion

Scenic Lab contributes to the creative process from its earliest conceptual stages through prototyping, fittings and production, working alongside artistic teams throughout the evolution of each project.

Stage costumes designed by choreographer Pau Aran for the

“Of Curious Nature” company, Bremen Germany

Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern”, Germany, Scenic Lab , Isabel is my name

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Scenic Lab explores the relationship between body, movement and contemporary costume through artistic research, material experimentation and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Every project investigates how garments perform in space, respond to movement and contribute to the narrative of performance.

Performance Design

Scenic Lab approaches costume not as decoration, but as a language of movement — a layer of dramaturgy built alongside the choreography itself.
In our work for the contemporary dance piece FEA, costume became an extension of the dancer's body and narrative arc: shaping silhouette, restriction and release, and giving the performer a visual identity that moves in dialogue with the choreography rather than simply dressing it.
This is the core of Scenic Lab's practice — an interdisciplinary space where fashion meets movement, dramaturgy and stage presence. We don't design garments to be worn on stage; we design wearable narratives that perform alongside the dancer, shaping how a body is seen, read and remembered.

Costume is not conceived as decoration.

It becomes an active element within the choreography, the dramaturgy and the spatial experience.

Every project begins with observation, movement analysis and dialogue with performers.

FESTIVAL 15 M2 BARCELONA

Costume Research

Embodied Design

Movement Research

Performative Garments

The Body as Material

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Let’s Develop Your Project

Do you have a scenic project in mind?

Tell us about it. We work with artists, companies, institutions and creative teams to develop stage costume design for contemporary dance, theatre, music and performance.

From research and concept development to material exploration, form, volume, movement and craftsmanship, we contribute to the creative process to create costumes that become an active part of the work.