Miguel Pereira studied at Escola de Dança do Conservatório Nacional and at Escola Superior de Dança. He was a fellow in Paris, New York and Amsterdam.

As a performer he worked with Francisco Camacho, Vera Mantero, Jorge Silva Melo, among others. He worked with Jérôme Bel in Shirtologia (Miguel).

He emphasises the works António Miguel - for which he was awarded the Revelation Prize José Ribeiro da Fonte from the Ministry of Culture and was awarded an honourable mention in Acarte/Maria Madalena Azeredo Perdigão (2000) - António e Miguel, a new collaboration with Antonio Tagliarini (2010), Op. 49 (2012), WILDE (2013) a collaboration with mala voadora, Repertório para Cadeiras, Figurinos e Figurantes (2015) for Ballet Contemporâneo do Norte and Peça para Negócio and Peça feliz (2017). He has been performing and teaching in Europe, Brazil, Uruguay and Chile.