Tânia Carvalho

Tânia Carvalho (b. Viana do Castelo, 1976) is a Portuguese artist with a career spanning over 20 years. Better known as a choreographer, she also works in other artistic fields, such as music, drawing and cinema.
== Biography ==
Tânia Carvalho was born in Viana do Castelo and lives in Lisbon.
As a choreographer, she has had a regular presence in theaters, festivals and artistic residencies, with her creations being frequently produced by Portuguese and foreign cultural entities. She created for other companies, such as the Lyon Opera Ballet (Xylographie) , the Company of Elders in London (I Walk, You Sing), the National Ballet of Portugal (S), the Paulo Ribeiro Company (How will I do this? interpreted by Leonor Keil), and Dançando com a Diferença (Doesdicon).
Programmed by Teatro Maria Matos, Teatro São Luiz and the National Ballet of Portugal, the “Tânia Carvalho Cycle” marked, all through 2018, her twenty years of artistic creation, described as "one of the most remarkable and fascinating bodies of work in Portuguese contemporary dance" .
She has been developing several musical projects, of which stand out, among others, Madmud, Idiolecto and dubloc barulin. She occasionally composes soundtracks for her creations, as well as for other choreographers, such as Luís Guerra.
She directed A Bag and a Stone – dance piece for screen (2018), her first film.
She was part of the international network of programmers and choreographers Modul Dance (2011-2014) and programmed the national section of the Cumplicidades Festival (Portugal, 2018). She participated in the Festival Best Of (Les Subsistances, Lyon, 2018), with The Recoil of Words.
Winner of the Young Creators Award 2000 (Programa Jovens Criadores, with Inicialmente Previsto, she participated, in that capacity, in a festival in Sarajevo. She was also awarded the 2012 Prémio Autores from the Portuguese Society of Authors, for the creation of Icosahedron.
Co-founder of the Bomba Suicida association, in 1997, she remained there until its dissolution, in 2014. In 2015, she created, on an individual basis, her production company.
== Pieces ==
Choreography
* oneironaut (2020)
* muiças (2019)
* S (2018)
* Doesdicon (2017)
* Grasped By Intuition (2017) 
* GLIMPSE – 5 Room Puzzle (2016)
* Xylographie (2016)
* Weaving Chaos (2014)
* Síncopa (2013)
* Coral (2013)
* The Recoil of Words (2013)
* 27 Bones (2012)https://www.azkunazentroa.eus/az/ingl/activities/27-ossos-t%C3%A2nia-carvalho--1/al_evento_fa>
* Icosahedron (2011)
* Der Mann ist verrückt (2009)
* Danza Ricercata (2008)
* But From Me I Can't Escape, Have Patience! (2008)
* Orquestica (2006)
* Exploding In Silence Never Becomes Disturbing (2005)
Music
* duploc barulin (2019)
Drawings
* Exhibition by Tânia Carvalho and Luís Guerra, in partnership with Dançando com a Diferença
From 20 September until 17 October 2019, Galeria Marca d’Água, Funchal 
* Toledo, by Tânia Carvalho (within BoCA - Bienal de Artes Contemporâneas)
From 5 until 28 April 2017, Palacete Viscondes de Balsemão, Porto (Portugal)
From 18 Mars until 1 April 2017, Teatro da Politécnica, Lisbon (Portugal)
* Dessins, by Tânia Carvalho
From 4 April until 30 June 2016, KLAP Maison Pour la Danse, Marseille
Cinema
* A Bag and a Stone - dance piece for screen (2018) 
==Awards==
* 2000 – Young Creators Award from Programa Jovens Criadores, with Inicialmente Previsto 
* 2012 – Best Choreography Award from Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores, with Icosahedron
* 2019 – Citizen of Merit by the [Viana do Castelo City Council 
==In the media==
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==References==
==External links==
* Tânia Carvalho on instagram
* Tânia Carvalho on vimeo
* Tânia Carvalho youtube chennel
* Tânia Carvalho | modul-dance
* Tânia Carvalho | Culturgest
* Tânia Carvalho / Onironauta - Municipal Theater of Porto
Category:Portuguese female dancers
Category:Portuguese choreographers
Category:1976 births
Category:People from Viana do Castelo
Category:Living people