Sílvia Pinto Coelho (PT, 1975) ICNOVA-FCSH researcher, choreographer, dancer/performer, teacher. Holds a PhD in Communication Science with the thesis "Corpo, Imagem e Pensamento Coreográfico" (2016) (Body, Image and Choreographic Thinking): on Contemporary Choreographic Research as Discourse: the examples of Lisa Nelson, Mark Tompkins, Olga Mesa and João Fiadeiro; did the Communication and Arts PhD Program at F.C.S.H, at Nova University in Lisbon, with a grant from FCT, and the supervision of Prof. José Bragança de Miranda. She did a master degree in Contemporary Culture and New Technologies (2010), a licence degree in Anthropology also at FCSH (2005); and she has completed a bachelor degree in Dance Performance at ESD - IPL (1996). She did the Forum Dança intensive course for contemporary dancers (1997/1999). Sílvia has also presented her choreographic work across Portugal, in Berlin, where she lived for three years, and in Madrid. Sílvia has been collaborating with various artists in choreographic research projects, pedagogy and films. Current Academic Position: Individual Junior Researcher CEEC, ICNOVA (Communication Institute of Nova) - Nova University of Lisbon. Degrees -Ph.D. (Communication Sciences | Communication and Arts). Nova University of Lisbon. 2010-10-01 to 2016-06-21. -Master degree (Communication Sciences, Contemporary Culture and New Technologies). Nova University of Lisbon. 2011. -Licentiate degree (4 years degree), Anthropology. Nova University of Lisbon. 1998 – 2005. -Forum Dança, Profissional Course for Contemporary Dancers, Contemporary Dance. 1997 – 1999. -Bachelor of Arts (3 years degree B.A.) in Dance Performance. Polytechnical Institute of Lisbon, Superior School of Dance,1996. Academic Professional Experience (2019-2025) Contracted Researcher in ICNOVA, Communication Institute of Nova, Performance and Cognition Group. FCSH-UNL (Nova University of Lisbon). (2016-20120) Invited Associate Professor (MA Communication, Performing Arts). Nova University of Lisbon, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Lisbon, Portugal. 2015-02 to 2020. (2014-2016) Invited Assistant Professor (MA Communication, Performing Arts). Nova University of Lisbon FCSH, UNL, teaching the seminar, “Dance in Context” in the master degrees: Performing Arts and Communication and Arts. “Dance in Context” Publications 2022 Coelho, S. P. (in process of writing). Procrastination School, ebook, Lisbon, ICNOVA. 2022 Coelho, Sílvia P. "Do Encontro, duas conversas" interviews with Fernanda Eugénio and Leonor Barata, included in the book by Mickäel de Oliveira Encontro de Novas Dramaturgias - festival-book 2021-2022, Lisbon, colectivo 84. (in press 2022). 2022 Coelho, Sílvia P. "Collaborative Art Practices – confrontation games or meeting games?". Art History Journal - SW dedicated to the conference Fields of Collaboration. (in press 2022). 2022 Coelho, S. P. "Dançar-Pensar, para um pensamento incorporado, ou sobre a marioneta". O Corpo Por Vir, org. Joana Braga and Andreia Páscoa. Lisbon, Culturgest 2021 (in press 2022). 2021 Coelho, S. P. “Escola de Procrastinação, um estudo”, Arte Capital, artecapital.net. 2021 Antunes, R. F., & Coelho, S. P. On Walking While Confined. Lusophone Journal of Cultural Studies, 8(1), 155-173. https://doi.org/10.21814/rlec.3216. 2020 Coelho, Sílvia P., Fernandes, Carla, and Vieira, Ana B. “Dance and the (Digital) Archive: survey on the field”, Dance Research peer review magazine index scopus. 2020 Coelho, Sílvia P. “Antídoto e Método: Práticas de Investigação Artística em Contexto Coreográfico”. Sinais de Cena, o n.º 4. Orfeu Negro, Lisbon. 2020 Coelho, S.P. “Coelho, S.P. Procrastination Marathon (in other terms)”, Lisbon, TBA-Bairro Alto Theatre. 2018 Coelho, Sílvia P. “Exile - Deterritorialization in Contemporary Dance/Performance: Two Recent Episodes from the Portuguese Context” in Performance in the Public Sphere (Pais, A. 2018), ebook-chapter, Lisbon, CET / FLUL.