Biography — beatriz valentim

was born in Póvoa de Varzim in 1995; Beatriz is a dancer, choreographer and teacher. She began her dance studies in Póvoa de Varzim, with the Royal Academy of Dance, and completed in 2013, the dance training course at the National Conservatory Dance School. She completed her training with the Budapest Dance Theater Company's Elit Training Program and with the F.O.R Dance Theater of the Olga Roriz Company. She has a degree in sociology from ISCTE-IUL and completed the Postgraduate Course in Contemporary Dance at ESMAE, ending up as a scholarship holder for Camping 2020 at the Center National de la Danse, Paris.
She has been working with artists such as Olga Roriz, Renato Zanella, Jérôme Bel, Raimund Hoghe, Mafalda Deville, Elisabeth Lambeck, Olatz de Andrés, Inês Jacques, São Castro and António Cabrita, Sílvia Real, Francisco Camacho, Né Barros, Jonas & Lander and Joana Magalhães/Comédias do Minho.
Her first creation was “VADO: solo sobre as coisas vazias” (”VADO: solo about the empty things”) (2018), premiered at the 20th Cerveira International Art Biennial; followed by the solo “NINA” presented at Serralves em Festa 2019 and Curtas de Dança 2020. In 2021, she created “Self” for the Interferências Festival, also presented at Corpo + Cidade/DDD Oct 2022.
Develops work related to the community, especially children and young people, frequently holding workshops with schools and associations; she was artistic director for the GruA Project – Autonomy Group, developed by ASAS Solidarity Association of Santo Tirso.
Her performance “O que é um problema?” (“What is a problem?”) (2023) asks younger people about their
problems, in a show that combines dance, live music and visual arts and which has already visited several Portuguese cities such as Porto, Lisbon, Loulé and Guimarães. “Vanishing”, her new creation in collaboration with Bruno Senune, premiered in April 2024.