Tânia Carvalho was born in Viana do Castelo, in 1976, and lives in Lisbon. As a choreographer, she has a career of more than twenty years. Tânia has had a regular presence in theatres, festivals and artistic residencies, both in the national and international contexts. Among her musical projects stand out Madmud, Idiolecto and dubloc barulin. In 2021, she started the Papillons d'éternité project with Matthieu Erhlacher. She received the Programa Jovens Criadores [Young Creators Program] 2000 award, with Inicialmente Previsto, and was also awarded the Best Choreography Award from the Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores  [Portuguese Society of Authors] with Icosahedron (2012) and onironauta (2021).