Poliana Lima

Poliana Lima is a Brazilian-born choreographer, dancer, and teacher based in Madrid. At the core of her artistic research lies the exploration of how to create a poetic stage language capable of connecting with audiences in a direct and profound way. Her work often revolves around themes of identity and memory, as well as the interplay between artistic creation and pedagogy, which she sees as a fundamental part of her practice. In 2020, she premiered Las cosas se mueven pero no dicen nada at Teatros del Canal (Madrid), a co-production with Festival Días da Dança/Teatro Rivoli (Porto) and the Centre National de la Danse (Paris). The piece was selected the following year by the prestigious European platform Aerowaves. In 2022, she premiered Oro Negro at the Festival de Otoño and Cruce at Conde Duque, both in Madrid. That same year, she created the site-specific work Cosas en la distancia at the Centro Cultural Conde Duque. In 2024, she presented The Common Ground (Conde Duque, Madrid), the second chapter of her trilogy dedicated to memory and identity, which began with Oro Negro and will conclude with Carnaval in 2027.