XAVIER DE SANTOS

I am a freelance movement practitioner based in the South West of England, focusing on movement, choreography, and education. Within my interdisciplinary creative practice, I have created for and with dancers, actors, and other creatives, blurring the lines between disciplines while focusing on the theatricalisation of the moving body.

My professional training started at Balleteatro in my hometown, Porto, Portugal, where I studied physical theatre before moving to the UK to complete a BA in Contemporary Dance at Bath Spa University. Most recently, I completed a Master’s in Professional Arts Practice (Performance) at Middlesex University, London, which allowed me to begin my early-career practice-as-research journey.

Over the last decade, alongside facilitating for Bath Spa University as an associate lecturer for the Dance and Acting degree, and dance classes at dance schools in Bath and Bristol and community groups, I have also been creating and performing with Dust Ensemble, as well as for the company I co-founded, AllouAqui Dance Theatre.