Paulo Henrique (choreographer)

Paulo Henrique (born Paulo Henrique Carreira Jorge; 1968 in Luanda, Angola (Africa)) is a Portuguese choreographer and multimedia performance artist. As a choreographer, he has created a number of performance and installation works, integrating different media such as video, sound, text, voice, and plastic arts.
Since 2009 Paulo Henrique is based in Paris, France.
Biography.
Originally from Luanda, Angola, Henrique's family moved to Leiria, Portugal, in 1975 as a result of the civil war in Angola. He studied at Forum Dança in Lisbon. In addition, he took part in several artistic residencies such as "European Choreographic Forum"/Shinkansen and "Korper-technik|Body-Technology". Paulo Henrique was awarded a grant from Centro Nacional de Cultura, the Gulbenkian Foundation and the Luso-American Foundation to attend the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York, where he also attended Film/Video Arts institute. From 1997 to 1999 he took an internship with the Trisha Brown Dance Company and collaborated with various other artists and disciplines.
He has worked on projects and works with Vera Mantero, Bernardo Montet, Margarida Bettencout,Meg Stuart, Meredith Monk, Robert Flynt, Jack Shamblin, Lance Gries, Olga Mesa, Lidia Martinez, Madalena Vitorino, David Zambrano, Barbara Duchow. He has taught at Forum Dança, C.E.M., and Arte Total, and has been a guest lecturer at Brighton University (postgraduate diploma in digital media arts). Several of his works are now stored as part of the Digital Performance Archive (DPA) in London and his work has been discussed in the book "Digital Performance"[8] by Steve Dixon, MIT press 2007.
His work has been performed throughout Europe, Brazil, Africa, and in the United States at such venues as the Dance Theatre Workshop and La Mama in New York, the Mousonturm in Frankfurt, and the Belém Cultural Center in Lisbon. He has had works commissioned by the Festival Danças Na Cidade and for Lisbon's Expo 98. Paulo Henrique was one of the first Portuguese artists to integrate new technology & video into the performances to create stage multimedia pieces.
Projects.
He has worked on projects and works with Vera Mantero, Bernardo Montet, Margarida Bettencout, Meg Stuart, Meredith Monk, Robert Flynt, Jack Shamblin, Lance Gries, Olga Mesa, Lidia Martinez, Madalena Vitorino, David Zambrano, Barbara Duchow.
He has taught at Forum Dança, C.E.M., and Arte Total, and has been a guest lecturer at Brighton University (postgraduate diploma in digital media arts). Several of his works are now stored as part of the Digital Performance Archive (DPA) in London and his work has been discussed in the book "Digital Performance" by Steve Dixon, MIT press 2007.
Collaborations.
Other collaborations : Bernardo Montet, Margarida Bettencourt & Carlos Zingaro, Cristina Benedita & Carlos Zingaro, Laurent Simões, Manuel Granja, Helder Luis, André Guedes, Luciana Fina, Filipe Lopes/ PlayBleu.
Produceurs : Mark Deputter - Festival Danças na cidade/ Festival Alkantara. Gil Mendo - Forum Dança. Rita Castro Neves. Genoveva Oliveira, Ana David - Musée m|i|mo. Graça Passos - CENTA. Sofia Neuparth - C.E.M.. Ghislaine Boddington - Butterfly Effect Network. Sue Gollifer - Brighton University. Cristina Mendanha - Arte Total/ Salvo Conduto and GUELRA with GNRation.
Photography : Bill Jacbson, Eric Rhein, Christophe Apatie.