Corpo Comum workshops

She performed in works by Clara Andermatt in the play “Indo eu, indo eu” (2002), by Margarida Silva “Casa da Memória” (Maria Matos Theatre, 1999); “A solo com os Anjos” by Vortice Dance Company, Portugal, Madrid, Casablanca and Rabat (2005/06). “Broken Parts – de cortar à faca” by Vera Alvelos, Virginia Theatre (2016); “Movimentos Diferentes” by Tânia Carvalho (2014). She provided choreographic assistance for Vera Mantero’s “Dance for Musicians”, with António Pedro and the Euterpe Meiaviense Philharmonic Band, Virginia Theatre (2016). As a choreographer, she conceived and produced for the Virginia Theatre’s Labcriativo (2014); “Uma carta sobre a Dança”, a show for children (2015); “O Fio e a Meada” with live music by Vasco Ribeiro Casais, co-production Virginia Theatre (2016); “Shadow”, Entroncamento Cultural Centre (2018). In 2007 she set up the cultural association O Corpo da Dança – Estúdio de Dança in Torres Novas, with a dance training and project creation component. In 2019 she created “BlackBox’19”, a co-production of Teatro Virgínia, a project with consultancy from Eilsabete Paiva, Inês Lampreia and Andreia Carneiro from the association Materiais Diversos (2014-20). Since 2016, she has been collaborating with Materiais Diversos in organising movement workshops for teachers for the Festival. In 2016, she assisted Sílvia Real and Rita Pedro’s Dance and Philosophy workshops in the “E se tudo fosse amarelo” project. In 2019, she collaborated with Margarida Mestre, Marina Palácio and Rita Pedro on the project “The Anthropocene of Creation”.

She has a degree in Dance – Performance from the Escola Superior de Dança (1997), where she worked with choreographers Clara Andermatt, Amélia Bentes, Rui Horta, Paulo Ribeiro, Francisco Pedro, Antonnio Carallo, Martin Vrany, Rui Pinto, among others. She attended open seminars on the Management and Production of the Performing Arts course at Fórum Dança in 2010. Encontros de Movimentos Contemporâneos (1996/97/98).

She has a degree in Dance, Creation and Interpretation from the Escola Superior de Dança in Lisbon and has trained with various teachers and choreographers such as Teresa Ranieri, Madalena Silva, Madalena Victorino, Barbara Griggi, Amélia Bentes, Graça Barroso, Margarida Bettencourt, among others.
She has also attended training courses in the areas of theatre, costume design and show production. In 2009, she took part in a Bolsa Educativa seminar, where she supervised creative dance classes for primary and secondary school classes, with Ana Silva Marques as her pedagogical coordinator.
In 2010 she was a performer in the play “Terra-Chão” by Marta Tomé, in a co-production with Teatro Virgínia. In the same year, she attended an artistic residency at O Espaço do Tempo, in Montomor-o-Novo, under the direction of Rui Horta.
Since 2007, she has been a teaching assistant and dance teacher at the Escola de Dança “O Corpo da Dança” in Torres Novas, and at various schools in the area (Entroncamento, Riachos and Alcanena), in kindergarten, primary and secondary classes. In 2014, she became the artistic and pedagogical director of the Alcanena Dance Studio, where she has worked as a teacher and choreographer. She has collaborated on several choreographic works for the Municipality of Alcanena.