Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz
October 1, 2026, at 6:30 p.m.
Forum Dança • Espaço da Penha • Lisbon
Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz
Duo of independent dancers and choreographers. They began collaborating in 2006 on the research and creation of performances that have since been presented in over 17 countries. In their works words, voice, sound and objects become the focus of their research: thus throwing another light on the connection between movement and gesture. In 2011 they ha’ve been awarded the Prix Jardin d’Europe and given the first place of Aerowaves Spring Forward 13 for their performance “A gesture that is nothing but a threat” that questions the hierarchy between words and movement.
Since the beginning of their collaboration they had the support of different structures such as Bomba Suicida 2009-2016, they’ve been Associated Artists from O Espaço do Tempo 2009-2016 and from Materiais Diversos 2012-2016. They have been supported by various European Networks such as Looping, TRANSFER, Open Latitudes, Modul Dance, ONDA and Départs.
They have been invited to collaborate with different artists such as Catarina Dias, visual artist and long time collaborator, Lara Torres, Marco Martins, Clara Andermatt, Mark Tompkins and since 2014 they’ve been performing “Antony and Cleopatra” by Tiago Rodrigues and “Sopro” (2017) by the same director. They regularly teach workshops and classes and have been organising residencies and reflection groups for artists in different contexts. They made the curatorship for the second edition of PACAP – Advanced Program of Creation in Performing Arts, Forum Dança (2018/2019).
Photography: ©Joana Linda