Sónia Baptista

Sónia Baptista completed the Contemporary Dance Performer Course at Fórum Dança and earned a Master Researcher in Choreography and Performance degree with distinction from the University of Roehampton in London, UK. Her training was further enriched by various workshops in dance, music, theater, and video. As a performer and co-creator, she has collaborated with several artists and companies, including Laurent Goldring, Patrícia Portela, Aldara Bizarro, Vera Mantero, Thomas Lehmann, Arco Renz, Teatro Cão Solteiro, AADK, Lígia Soares, Silvia Real, and Clara Amaral.

In her work, she explores and experiments with the languages of dance, music, literature, theater, and video. Among her notable creations are Icebox Fly. Winter Kick (2003), Subwoofer (2006), Vice-Royale.Vain-Royale.Vile-Royale (2009), Peaufine (2011), Tempus Fugit (2012), Today Is It a Squirrel? (2013), In the Fall the Fox, e na queda raposar (2014), Assentar sobre a Subida das Águas (2016), Querer do Corpo, Peso (2017), Triste In English From Spanish (2017), I Call Her Will (2019), and Sozinhar (2019). In 2023, she premiered SWEAT SWEAT SWEAT and in 2024, DYKE ON ICE.

She writes dramaturgical texts for other creators and choreographs for cinema, video, and theater, collaborating with Miguel Clara Vasconcelos, André Godinho, Teatro Praga, Ricardo Neves-Neves, and Cão Solteiro. She has published eight books and works with Fórum Dança, PED e FOR, ESD, ESTC, and the Universities of Minho and Évora. She is an Associate Artist of AADK Portugal.