Ezequiel Santos

Ezequiel Santos (Coimbra, 1967) is a licensed Psychologist/Psychotherapist with a  Ph.D. in Contemporary Art (CAUC). Invited Adjunct Professor at ESHTE in the area of social sciences. He was a Visiting Professor at the ESD School of Dance/IPL in 2005/2006 and at the Faculty of Human Kinetics/UL in 2023/2024. He is currently a researcher in the European project Premiere – Performing arts in a new era: AI and XR tools for better understanding, preservation, enjoyment and accessibility (HORIZON-CL2-2021-HERITAGE-01).

He is director and curator at Forum Dança, a cultural association of which he has been a member since 1996, having participated in international events and exchanges with more than a hundred partners. He regularly teaches seminars in Dance History and Theory and was a programmer invited by EIRA for Cumplicidades – Lisbon International Dance Festival (2015 and 2016). Ezequiel Santos studied photography, theatre, and dance in Lisbon and New York and completed the II Course of Dance Monitors at Forum Dança in 1993. He attended the V European Choreographic Forum in Dartington (1995) and worked as dancer with Madalena Victorino, Rui Nunes and Francisco Camacho between 1990-1996 performing within European territory. He collaborated in the making of the following books, among others: Movimentos Presentes (M. J. Fazenda, Ed., Cotovia & Danças na Cidade, 1997); Corpo Fast Forward (Porto 2001 & Número, Ed.); Documento Dez Mais Dez (Re.Al/João Fiadeiro & Forum Dança, Ed., 2001); Tourfly – Inovação e Futuro: contributos para o desenho da oferta turística na Área Metropolitana de Lisboa (Lisboa-01-0145-Feder-023368, 2019); Caderno do Rivoli # 9, 2023.