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Updated 9/8/2024

PH Dance

  • V

    VT

Institution/Business Type: Individual - Non-Artist

Paula Higa is a Brazilian-born American choreographer who has been dancing, teaching, and performing for over 35 years in both Brazil and the USA. She is currently an Assistant Professor and Resident Choreographer in the School of the Arts - Dance Program at the University of Vermont. She holds an MFA in Dance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Brazil. 

She has produced and directed dance films, created original choreographies, and performed nationally and internationally as a soloist, and with her dance company, PH Dance. 

She has received several grants, including the NEFA - New England Dance Fund Grant, UVM - Coor Collaborative Fellows Award, Vermont Arts Council, and Vermont Community Foundation Grant, to name a few. She has also won awards in Europe, and North and South America. Her recent film "The Migrant Body" won the Best Choreography award at the Canadian Experimental, Dance, & Music Film Festival, the Jury Special Mention at Spain’s Festival Girona en Moviment, and the Audience Award at ARFF Berlin in Germany. 

Paula has collaborated with and performed for renowned artists in the U.S., Europe, and Brazil. Her research project Terra em Transe in collaboration with the soundtrack by @tanz.ist.leben  Susanne Kornhãusl & Fernando Paiva, with live music support from Fernando Paiva @fernandopaivadrums  was presented at Impulstanz Dance Festival in Vienna, Austria with support of the Brazil-Austrian culture chancellor, Tomás Serefin.

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Paula Higa
Job Title: Choreographer/Dance Educator
Address:
Williston, VT 05495

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Individual - Non-Artist

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2016

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Individual - Non-Artist

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2016

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Multi-Disciplinary

Additional Disciplines:

  • Media - Film
  • Dance - Modern / Contemporary

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Residency - In School
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Residency - Community
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 4

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • General Public

Languages Available:

  • English
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish

Geographic Reach:

  • National
  • International

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • New England Dance Fund Network
  • NEFA grant recipient

Awards

Awards:

  • New England Dance Fund Network
  • NEFA grant recipient

Special Designations

Special Designations:

  • NEFA Grant Recipient

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Private Studio
  • School / University
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue

Ages Served:

  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Dance

Certifications and Training:

  • Progressing Ballet Technique, Performing Arts Essential

Fee range:

To be discussed

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Private Studio
  • School / University
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue

Ages Served:

  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Dance

Certifications and Training:

  • Progressing Ballet Technique, Performing Arts Essential

Fee range:

To be discussed

Touring Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • Lightning Designer

Fee Range:

To be discussed

State of Residence:

Vermont

Minimum Number of Performers:

5

Maximum Number of Performers:

8