Career

Jorge Levi (Porto, 1955) is a dancer, choreographer and filmmaker, with a Master of Fine Arts in Dance from Smith College, in the United States. In 1980 he founded Balleteatro in Porto with Isabel Barros and Né Barros. Between 1982 and 2005 he created more than thirty choreographies and, with Balleteatro, performed in Portugal, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, Brazil and the United States, while also working for television. Later, in Spain, he turned to film and art video. He writes, paints and composes music.

Highlights

• 1955Born in Porto.
• 1979B.A. in Physical Education, ISEF, Technical University of Lisbon.
• 1980Founds Balleteatro Contemporâneo do Porto.
• 1983Balleteatro presented to the press, with «Máquinas» and «Sailing».
• 1986Master of Fine Arts in Dance, Smith College, USA.
• 1987«O Acto dos Três Loucos», with music by António Pinho Vargas.
• 1994Choreographer of the ceremonies of the European Handball Championship, in Porto.
• 2003Attaché at the Embassy of Portugal in Paris.
• 2007Begins weekly chronicles in the newspaper «O Povo de Fafe».