Luís Guerra

October 23 2025, at 18h30
Biblioteca Camões • Lisboa

Free entry, subject to capacity.

Luís Guerra [Lisbon, 1985] studied dance, choreography, relaxation massage, reiki, and visual arts, completing the advanced course at ArCo, where he received the Vera Futscher scholarship. A dancer, performer, teacher, thinker, and choreographer, he has been part of several pieces by Tânia Carvalho and has collaborated with various artists, including Vera Mantero, Sofia Dias & Vitor Roriz, Simon Vincenzi, Emio Greco|PC, Claudia Castellucci, Elisabete Francisca, Mariana Tengner Barros, David Marques, Meg Stuart, among others. He was a DanceWeb program scholarship recipient and, as a choreographer and improviser, has presented works in conventional theaters. In recent years, he has devoted himself mainly to works based on improvisation and the invocation of trance states, usually presented in less conventional spaces, such as art galleries, outdoor spaces, gardens, etc. His most recent works include an improvisation based on the life of Almada Negreiros, presented on the steps of the Gulbenkian Foundation; a dance and narrated text solo in the garden of Casa da Cerca; improvisations at the Silvestre Festival; and a durational performance with audience participation at MAAT. He teaches movement at the Cascais Professional Theater School and facilitates various workshops. She currently resides in Brussels, where she conducts various training courses, mainly in the area of improvisation in the context of performing arts.