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Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz are a pair of choreographers and dancers who collaborates since 2006 in the research and creation of various performances presented in more than 17 countries. Since the beginning of their collaboration, they have had the support of several Portuguese cultural structures, of which stand out the Bomba Suicida (2006-2009), O Espaço do Tempo (associated artists 2009-2016) and Materiais Diversos (associated artists 2012-2016). They have had the support of some European networks, such as Looping, TRANSFER, Open Latitudes, Modul Dance, ONDA and Départs. His show “Um gesto que não passa de uma ameaça” from 2011 was awarded the European prize for emerging Choreography - Jardin d'Europe and won the first place at Aerowaves Spring Forward, 2013. As a duo they collaborated with several artists such as Catarina Dias, Lara Torres, Marco Martins, Clara Andermatt, Mark Tompkins and since 2014 they present António and Cleópatra by Tiago Rodrigues and Sopro (2017) by the same director. They regularly teach classes and workshops and organize residencies and reflection meetings between artists in different contexts. They were the curators of the second edition of PACAP - Advanced Program of Creation in Performing Arts, Forum Dança (2018/2019).