Research Catalogue

Dr. João da Silva is a queer movement artist and educator with a background in Experimental Dance, Choreography, Neuro Linguistic Programming and Theatre Studies. Currently he is senior lecturer and research fellow at ArtEZ University of the Arts, working with the Bachelor Dance, the International Master Artist Educator and the Master of Theatre Practices Programs as well as the Professorship Theory in the Arts. He is also regularly invited as external advisor and assessor elsewhere. His writings have been published in Kinesis (University of Arts Helsinki), ArtEZ Press, Dutch Society for Dance Research, Routledge, Transcript and Inflexions. At the moment he is not engaged in making art. He rather probes the artistic dimension of everything he does, professionally and personally.  He conceived and was the head of the Master of Choreography Program at ArtEZ (2002-2014) and has danced, among others, with Quilombo (Brazil) and Dance Alliance (directed by Mary O’Donnell Fulkerson). He has choreographed a number of small scale works, also for theatre.