Vânia Doutel Vaz, an Angolan born in Portugal, is a performer and dance creator. Since 2018 she has worked as a performer and rehearsal director with Trajal Harrell. In 2024 she began a collaboration with Legia Lewis, replacing her on the solo “A Plot | The Scandal”. She has studied with the Royal Academy of Dance, EDCN and the Fórum Dança. She was a member of CPBC, Revista à Portuguesa at Parque Mayer, Trumps nightclub, NDT II, ​​Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, PUNCHDRUNK in "Sleep No More". She collaborates or has collaborated with Sónia Batista, Tânia Carvalho, Shannon Gillen, Adam Linder, Uri Aran. She directs the movement for Zia Soares, Teatro Griot, Aurora Negra, Gio Lourenço. She created and performed the solo "O Elefante No Meio Da Sala" (2022, PT/FR), video performance "ad aeternum" (2020, PT), durational pop-up performance Bureauc'Art (2019, BE). In 2023, she is featured in Bantumen's POWERLIST. Since 2021 she has been a member of UNA.