Angela Alves is a choreographer and performer whose artistic practice is profoundly informed by the nature of her life as a chronically ill woman. Since 2023 she has been an artistic collaborator in the frame of the professorship “Choreography, Dance and Disability Arts” at HZT Berlin.
Based on her interest in the emotional and neurobiological body in relation to its environment and biography, she develops performances and installations that question the societal perception of “healthy” and “sick” and attempt to redefine the notions of norm by empowering perspectives and expressions that emerge from the disability experience.
Angela Alves studied dance at ArtEZ (NL) and dance studies at the Freie Universität Berlin.