PAULA SOUSA is a Brazilian movement artist based in Chicago. With a foundation in contemporary, improvisational techniques and ballet, her work explores movement as a vehicle for connection—blending physicality, emotion, and visual storytelling to expand how audiences and performers engage with dance. 

She holds degrees from the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD) in Austria, the Bolshoi School in Brazil, and a degree in Public Policy from UNESA. Paula has performed and created work across Europe, South America, and the USA with companies including Balé do Teatro Guaíra, Arsenale della Danza at La Biennale di Venezia, Projeto Mov_oLA, and Hedwig Dances. 

Her choreography spans stage and film. Recent works include Under My Thumbs (Hedwig Dances), Nós (Dance in the Parks), ANA (Ruth Page Civic Ballet Training Company), Push (Noumenon Dance Ensemble), and The Truth Within (Illinois State University). More at paulasousa.art