Davi Pontes & Wallace Ferreira

Davi Pontes & Wallace Ferreira
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Davi Pontes is an artist, choreographer, and researcher with a BA and MA in Arts from Universidade Federal Fluminense and additional studies at ESMAE (Portugal). Since 2016, he has presented work at major institutions and festivals across the U.S., Europe, and Brazil, including the University of Pennsylvania, International DANCE Festival München, MITsp – Festival Internacional de Teatro de São Paulo, and the Biennale de la Danse de Lyon. He has completed residencies at ImPulsTanz [8:tension], La Becque, and MAM Rio, among others. Pontes received the Young Choreographers' Award at ImPulsTanz, the Artlink 100 Award, and a Fundación Ama Amoedo grant (2024–25). He participated in the 35th Bienal de São Paulo and choreographed Variação for Balé da Cidade de São Paulo. His practice engages with research-based performance and has been featured in galleries, theaters, and international festivals.  


Wallace Ferreira is a choreographer, performer, and visual artist. With a degree in dance from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Parque Lage, and a residency at the Inclusartiz Institute, she received the ImPulsTanz Award for Young Choreographers (2022) and the FOCO ARTRIO Award (2024), and was named Artist in Focus at MITbr2025. Her work consists of studies of social codes choreographed by dissident bodies. Since 2018, she has performed at prestigious galleries and festivals in Europe and the Americas, such as the Lyon Dance Biennale, the 35th São Paulo Biennial, and the Panorama Festival, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Serralves Museum, Rumos Itaú Cultural. At Ballroom Legendary Mother at Kiki House of Mamba Negra. Director of Atraque and Vogue Funk. 

Davi Pontes & Wallace Ferreira
Davi Pontes & Wallace Ferreira
Davi Pontes & Wallace Ferreira
Davi Pontes & Wallace Ferreira