Vânia Gala is Angolan-portuguese choreographer. She studied at E.D.D.C. (European Dance Development Center) - Arnhem, Netherlands and at Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Dance and Music (MA choreography).
Her collaboration as a dancer include: Les Ballets C. of La B. Christine De Smedt, Constanza Macras, Nationale Scene - Bergen, Morten Travik, Kompani B.Valiente, among others.
Her choreographical work - Automatic Id (AID) has been performed since its premiére in Angola, Portugal, Norway, Germany, Ireland, Great Britain and Russian Federation.
In 2005 Automatic Id (AID) was awarded with “Best Female Performance” at the Dublin Fringe Festival, was part of Aerowaves Festival at the Place- Robin Howard Theater, London and of the 1st Trienal of Luanda (Angola). In 2007 she performed at the 1st African Pavillion at the Venice Biennale. MiamiLuanda premiéred at Teatro Académico Gil Vicente, Portugal and was presented at the Portuguese Platform for Performative Arts 09' curated by Rui Horta.
Her choreography 8o10'30" was performed at Teatro Académico Gil Vicente and at Centro Cultural de Belém in 2010. Recent collaborations include the project “Coming Ashore” with artist Sonia Boyce, curated by Paul Goodwin (TATE) presented at Centro Cultural de Belém.
She has taught at Tanz Fabrik (Berlin), k77 studios (Berlin), Almada Dance Company, Kampgnagel (Hamburg), Bergen Danse Senter and is the director of teaching programme "Semana[d]ança" and "Corpus lab" at Gil Vicente Theater in Portugal.
