Elisabete Magalhães

Elisabete Magalhães was born in Vila Nova de Gaia in 1975. She is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, video artist and researcher. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in contemporary art at the College of Arts of the University of Coimbra with a scholarship from the FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology, her research focus being the autobiographical body. She is a collaborating researcher at CEIS20 University of Coimbra in artistic practices: imagination, materialities, transitions. She holds a master’s degree in performing arts – acting and artistic direction, and a degree in cinema and audiovisual from ESAP – Porto Higher School of Arts. She attended the Lisbon School of Dance and completed the dance course at balleteatro. She was a scholarship student at the Paris Goubé Dance Centre and La Ménagerie de Verre in Paris. She did an internship in the Performing Arts Department of the Serralves Foundation in the area of film and video. She works regularly with other artists and institutions. She teaches at various arts education institutions. Trained in audio description for dance – Ver Com Palavras (Brazil). She did audio description for the show Ôss, by Marlene Freitas Monteiro and produced by the company Dançando com a Diferença.