RITA SPIDER
Dance / Movement
Portugal

Rita Spider is a creative director, choreographer, stage director, dancer, performer and teacher, with over 25 years of professional experience in the national and international artistic landscape. Holding a Master's in Choreographic Creation and a postgraduate degree in Management from NOVA Business & Economics School, she develops an authorial body of work marked by the fusion of dance, theatre, technology and contemporary thought, exploring the body as a space for narrative, transformation and visual impact. Throughout her career she has been responsible for the creative direction and choreography of numerous performances, with notable works including SMILE, TIME, VORTEXXX and HOTEL EDADREBIL I and II - establishing herself through intense, immersive and conceptually strong scenic universes. She has choreographed musicals including CHICAGO (Teatro da Trindade) and A FAMÍLIA ADDAMS. She participated in Cirque du Soleil's MICHAEL JACKSON – The Immortal World Tour and more recently in FREE YOUR MIND – The Matrix Now in the United Kingdom. She has worked with companies such as Sonya Tayeh Dance Company (USA) and Boy Blue (UK), and has been a teacher for over 20 years in artistic schools in Portugal and the UK.