Davi Pontes is an artist, choreographer, and researcher, whose practice faces the constant challenge of positioning choreography and raciality to respond to the onto-epistemological conditions of modern thought. Based on body research, his principle project consists of analyzing the conjunctures in which violence is practiced in the global present.

Pontes holds a Master’s degree in Contemporary Arts Studies from Universidade Federal Fluminense in Brazil, and was granted the ImPulsTanz – Young Choreographers’ Award and Artlink Award – 100 Artists from around the World in 2022. He participated in the 35th São Paulo Biennial in 2023, and has presented his work in national and international art galleries and festivals, including the University of Pennsylvania, My Wild Flag in Stockholm, Centro Cultural de Belém in Lisbon, São Paulo International Theatre Festival, Les Urbaines Festival and Arsenic-Centre d’art scénique contemporain in Switzerland, Rio de Janeiro’s Panorama Festival, Buddies In Bad Times Theatre in Toronto, Tanzhaus NRW Düsseldorf, and  Escola Livre de Artes – ELÃ, among others. In 2021, Pontes directed Pivô Satélite Program film commission, Delirar o racial, in partnership with artist Wallace Ferreira. 

As of May 2024