Professional info
since 1992
Founded the Arte Total, which holds the position of Art Director, Dancer and Teacher.
2000
Tutor in Dance and Theatre, Culture Programme / Institute of Employment and Vocational Training - Ministry of Culture / Portuguese Institute of Performing Arts (DGartes).
2009-2012
Assistant at Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo-ESE (IPVC).
2006-2014
Advisory Board Member of Theatro Circo de Braga.
2010-2012
Team Member of the Artistic Capital of Culture Guimarães - Community Area.
since 2015
Advisory Board Member of Creative Cities Network | Braga media art city- Unesco
since 2016
Artistic Director of Braga International Video Dance Festival
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Work experience
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Since 1999
Produces the program Salvo Conduto and Guelra with choreographers Romulus Neagu, Maria Inês Villasmil, Vicente Trinidade, Paulo Henrique, Joana Providência, Aldara Bizarro, Gabriela Barros, Peter Michael Dietz, Paula Castro, Cristina Graça, Margarida Serrão, Paola Moreno, Maria Reis Lima, Lídia Martinez, Susana Cerqueira, Teresa Fabião, Madalena Victorino,Valentina Parravicini, Jody Oberfelder, Armando Pinho and Carlota Lagido.
Choreographed and danced pieces
Tiques (1997)|choreography
Em Casa (1997)|choreography
Atrás da Cortina ( 1998)|choreography
Diágrafo (1999)|choreography
Brinquinharia (2000)|choreography and dancer
O PRAZER DA BELEZA de Alessandro Libertini (2002) | dancer
O Retrato ( 2002)|choreography
e Porquê um cisne? (2003)|choreography
DiZei Beckett in the House (2004) | choreography and dancer
Corpo Kodak (2005)|choreography
Diário de n (2007)|choreography
A Cozinha (2009) |choreography and dancer
Passagem (2010)|choreography
Onde Só A Asa Pode Chegar (2010)|choreography
Kaus (2010) |choreography and dancer
Um Lugar onde Amanheça (2011)|choreography
Nadir (2011) |choreography and dancer
Guelra -Canis Majoris (2012) | choreography and dancer
Escadas Zero (2013)|choreography
There is a bit of white between my heart and my stomach - the space issue (2014) | choreography and dancer
The Souls Of My Shoes (2015) | choreography and dancer
This Became my Text (2016) | choreography and dancer
The Box (2017)|choreography
This Became my Text - Emergence of New Modes ofArtistic Creation and Writing Techniques for Postdigital Performances through Practiceas- research ( 2017) | choreography and dancer
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Education
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From 1981 to 1983
Professional Training School of Companhia Nacional de Bailado
1989
Degree in Fine Arts-Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of OPorto.
1995
Teaching Certificate - Royal Academy of Dance, London.
2001
Master in Art, Craft and Design Education, University of Surrey Roehampton, with the title of the thesis 'Fine arts as art education'
2017
PhD in Arts Education - Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto.
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