Davi Pontes is an artist, choreographer, and researcher. He graduated in arts from the Universidade Federal Fluminense and holds a Master’s degree in arts from the same institution. He studied at the Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espectáculo ESMAE (Porto, Portugal). Since 2016, he has presented his work in art galleries and national and international festivals, mainly at the University of Pennsylvania (USA), My Wild Flag (Stockholm), Pivô (São Paulo), Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon), Rua das Gaivotas 6 (Porto), Bienal Sesc de Dança, MITsp – Mostra Internacional de Teatro de São Paulo, Les Urbaines festival (Switzerland), Galeria Vermelho (São Paulo), Valongo International Image Festival (São Paulo), Itaú Cultural Rumos Program 2021, Panorama Festival (Rio de Janeiro), 5th Itaú Cultural Dance Exhibition (São Paulo), Artfizz – HOA Gallery (USA), and residencies at ImPulsTanz 2022 [8:tension] Young Choreographers’ Series (Austria), La Becque (Switzerland), Pivô Art Research Program, MAM Rio Arts Research Residency Program, and Escola Livre de Artes – ELÃ among others. He was awarded with the Young Choreographers’ Award at ImPulsTanz 2022 (Austria).