Clara Sales – Contemporary dance teacher

Clara is a dancer and a dance movement educator in constant research of the body’s knowledge as a creative and conscious way of existing in the world.

Graduated with a Dance Degree from the Federal Institute of Brasília (2019), she also studied classical dance (1997 – 2015) and the methods of Somatic Education Body-Mind Centering®, Bartenieff Fundamentals and Klauss Vianna Technique (2013 – 2022).

She worked as a performer at Anti Status Quo Dance Company (BR) (2016 – 2018), Cielo rasO (ES), Desaparecer Research Group (BR) (2018 – 2020), Tempos Collective (BR) (2016 – 2020), Prelude (2001 – 2016) and Foco Dance Companies (2014 – 2020) while, since 2014, she carries out independent projects of dance classes for young people and adults in schools, gyms, studios and social projects.

Today, grounded on dance, education and psychology specific contents, she’s interested in exploring strategies of transdisciplinary body experiences in its anatomic, creative,
therapeutic and social layers.