Daniela Cruz completed her vocational course at the dance school Ginasiano. In 2007, she obtained a BA in Dance, specialization in Interpreter, from Codarts, Rotterdam. She was an intern at the Dansgroep Krisztina de Châtel Company in Amsterdam. As a performer, she worked with Marco da Silva Ferreira, Victor Hugo Pontes, Cristina Planas Leitão, André Braga & Cláudia Figueiredo / Circolando, Joana Providência, Nuno M Cardoso, Nuno Preto, Jonathan Saldanha, Catarina Miranda, and Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz. She was assistant of choreography and rehearsal at Companhia Instável. She worked as movement director for Teatro Art’Imagem and Teatro Bolhão and co-created, with Nuno Preto, o meu mundo and montanha pluma negra. She took part of several community projects, such as Aldear and, currently, she is collaborating in the project Planaltos with CRL / Circolando.