Rita Xavier is a PhD candidate in Cultural Studies from Universidade do Minho with a FCT fellowship. Her project reflects on the inscription of the body and the recriations of identities in the contemporary cultural context in the light of the ecofeminisms. Graduated in Philosophy (Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, 2008), Rita holds a Master Degree in Artistic Studies Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, 2011). At the same time, she took several training courses in somatic movement, herbalism, mythology and symbolic language and programs circles and activities using reading and creative writing tools, somatic movement and ancestral and ritualistic practices. She currently works as an independent programming and communication consultant for national institutions and writes dance and performance criticism for the Público newspaper. Rita worked in the programming and communication department of Teatro Municipal do Porto and DDD - Days of Dance International Festival (2016-2020), Museu do Porto (2020-22), at the Municipal Direction of Culture and Heritage (Câmara Municipal do Porto). She was the head of communication at different artistic structures and festivals, develops research and criticism in the performing arts field, publishing and collaborating with several artistic and academic institutions and works as a freelance curator. She was lecturer-professor of Aesthetics and Contemporary Culture at Escola Superior de Educação do Politécnico do Porto (2010-2014), where she was a member of the Centre for the Study of Arts and Heritage (InEd). She had a FCT fellowship to work on Contemporary Art Documentation project 2012 and unplace project (2014-2015) at the Instituto de História de Arte (Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa e Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian).