Maria Palma Teixeira, Portugal

Maria Palma Teixeira was born and raised in Lisbon. She holds a degree in Communication and Culture from the University of Lisbon and an MA in Marketing Communications from Middlesex University London, concluded with distinction. She first explored dance writing in 2011, when she created the dance section for the Portuguese cultural webzine Arte-Factos, to which she contributed until 2016. In November 2014, she contributed as guest writer to the South East Dance blog, Brighton. In November 2017, launched Les Corps Dansants, a Portuguese platform for critical thinking on dance. Among other experiences, she worked at Red Bull Portugal as Digital Coordinator and Communications Specialist (Culture) and she is currently Marketing and Communications Assistant at the National Ballet of Portugal. She published her first poetry book in 2021 and received an honourable mention by the Lisbon Poetry Festival, in 2022. She is a member of the UNESCO International Dance Council.

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