About Me.

Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Alex Soares has had a career as a dancer with a range of contemporary dance companies, including São Paulo City Ballet (BCSP) and Balé Teatro Guaíra.

He performed works by renowned choreographers Ohad Naharin, Mauro Bigonzetti, Rami Levi, Gagik Ismailian, Itzik Galili, Angelin Preljocaj, Cayetano Soto, Oscar Araiz,Luis Arrieta,Henrique Rodovalho, among others.

As a choreographer and videomaker, Alex began creating in workshop settings for new choreographers at the São Paulo City Ballet, whilst still dancing. Always very interested in video and its many aspects, Alex also studied film-making, with the purpose of using this knowledge in his scenic productions and also in the creation of video dance.

His videodance For a lost moment (2009) received the best video award at the 2010 Minute Festival and the following year he was invited by Noord Nederlandse Dans, a company based in Groningen, Netherlands, to create the video dance Perishable.

In 2012, Alex was one of 16 finalists of the 26th Hannover International Choreography Competition, an event that annually brings together promising choreographers in Hannover, Germany. That same year he won the 4th Pretty Creatives International Choreography Competition, which made it possible to create Trace in Loss for the Northwest Dance Project, a company based in Portland, USA. In 2013 he created Link for Ribeirão Preto Cia de Dança, which won the Choreographic Creation Award of the Year for the Paulista Dance Cooperative.

Since 2010, Alex has directed his own artistic troupe, the Mov_oLA Project and in 2018 he was appointed Artistic Director of Cia Jovem de Dança de Jundiaí (Jundiaí Youth Dance Company), focusing to develop new generation of dancers.

As a guest choreographer, Alex has created works in Brazil for Balé Teatro Guaíra, Niterói City Ballet, Balé Teatro Castro Alves, Sesc Dance Company, Ribeirão Preto Dance Company, Cia de Dança do Palácio das Artes, Amazonas Dance Company, São Paulo City Ballet and São Paulo Dance Company.

Internationally, Alex has created for Noord Nederländse Dans (Holland), Northwest Dance Project (USA), National Ballet of Chile, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (USA) and KOMA Ballet Denmark.

Awards and nominations

2025

Premio APCA

2024

Premio APCA

2021

Premio APCA

2018

Premio APCA

2016

Premio Governador do Estado
Premio APCA

FInalist Bravo! Prize

Jury Folha de SP Prize

Nominee Best Choreography of the year ( dos SANTOS)

Nominee Best Dance Production of the year ( Young Woman with her eyes closed, c.1890)

Award Best Dance Production of the year ( OROBORO)

Nominee Best Dance Film of the year ( P.A.Q.U.I.T.A.)

Achievement on Dance - Devolve 2h and The Nuts Talent Show

Award - Best Dance Production of the year ( Devolve 2h)

Best Dance Production of the year ( Devolve 2h)

Award - Best Dance Production of the year ( Devolve 2h)

2013

Denilto Gomes Award

HSDC2 National Choreographic Award

Best Dance Production of the year ( LINK)

New creation for Hubbard Street Dance 2

2012

Pretty Creatives International Competition

Finalist - 26th Hannover Choreograph Competition

New creation for Northwest Dance Project - Portland USA

Duet Coup de grace

Press

'This piece was awesome,dynamic, industrial, technical, and had a very digital feeling to it.

The work done by the dancers on this piece really did knock my socks off.' -

Sabrina Miller, Portland Stange Reviews

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Projects

Films. Opera. Kids. Out of the box.

Here you can find some works created for different formats and venues, from videomaker to choreographer, pieces for children and all families, films to site specific creations and Opera to Interactive projects.

Film

INSTAGRIMM - Grimm's Fairy Tales in Stories