Poliana Lima

My name is Poliana Lima. I am a dance creator and educator. I was born in Brazil and migrated 14 years ago. I understand dance as a way of being in the world, a form of embodied thought. As a creator, the themes of identity and memory have always been very present, as both a necessity and a driving force. I feel that creation and pedagogy go hand in hand in my artistic practice; both are ways of continuing to learn and share in action. Putting the body into it. This is what I love most about dedicating myself to dance: the awareness that, whether we want to or not, we always put our bodies into it.