Marina Nabais was born in Luanda and lived in Rio de Janeiro and Amsterdam. She currently lives in Lisbon where she develops her artistic and pedagogic work.
Master in Performing Arts – Movement Theatre, from Lisbon Theatre and Film School (2011/2013). Bachelor in Choreography from Higher School of Dance of Lisbon (1992/1995), and Postgraduate from School For New Dance Development in Amsterdam (1995/1997). Dance Course for Communities from Forum Dança, Lisbon (2006).
In 2003, she founded a menina dos meus olhos cultural association, and developed several projects of dance/theatre at this association in collaboration with other artists until 2013.
In 2013, Marina Nabais Dança cultural association was born, in which Marina Nabais develops her artistic work in her own name alongside several collaborators from other artistic areas and partnerships with various institutions. As a choreographer she points out the following plays: AVESSO (2008), POR UM RIO (2011), NOTOCORDA (2012), O PESO DE UMA SEMENTE (2013), SEDIELA, DANÇÁRIO, MIOCÁRDIO (2014), De Seda (2015), CORPO-MAPA-LIVRO (2016), NA AUSÊNCIA DO MEU CORPO (2017), NO, VAGAR (2018), EM BRANCO E SUSPENSO (2019),Pequenos Poemas (2020/2021), Projeto Silêncio (2020/2021).
As a perfomer, she has been worked with various institutions and artists, like Companhia de Dança Almada, António Tavares, Nigel Charnock, Peter Michael-Dietz, Teatro “O Bando”, Luís Castro, Lúcia Sigalho, Aldara Bizarro, and others.
She also develops a pedagogical work of dance training for professionals and non-professionals covering different age groups and diverse audiences, with institutions like Companhia de Dança de Almada, Culturgest, AMDA, Lugar Presente, Teatro Universitário do Minho, Fórum Dança, O Teatrão, Teatro Maria Matos, Museu do Douro, Teatro Viriato, ArtemRede and Conservatório Nacional de Lisboa.
