Luan de Lima is a professional dancer and movement artist driven by a deep curiosity for how movement functions as a form of communication and a means of relating to the world. His work centers on the exploration and sharing of kinaesthetic experiences and on the capacity of embodied practice to foster connection, presence, and a sense of community.

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Based in Vienna, Austria, Luan works internationally as a freelance dancer. His career has led him to perform at numerous festivals worldwide, including Festival Bangalore Performances (India, 2020), Seoul Street Art Festival (South Korea, 2019), Festival Santiago a Mil (Chile, 2018), Impulstanz Festival (Austria, 2018), Festival Heredia (Costa Rica, 2017), and FIDCDMX – Festival Internacional de Danza (Mexico, 2017), among others.

Since 2025, Luan has been working as an assistant to choreographer Helene Weinzierl, with whom he has collaborated continuously since 2014. He has also performed in productions by Helene Weinzierl/CieLaroque (AT), Willi Dorner (AT), Anton Lachky Dance Company (BE), Mirjam Sögner (AT/DE), Renae Shadler (AU/DE), Anna Swagerman (NL), Inge Gappmayer (AT), and others.

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Alongside his work as a performer, Luan develops his own artistic projects. His collaborations include H.D (2023) with Jolyane Langlois and Azahara Sanz Jara; Blueprint (2022) with Anna Swagerman; Bereavement (2021) with Sarai Vangelli; Room No. 24 (2016) with Mzamo Nondlwana; and Boys Don’t Cry (2015) with Matan Levkowich. His solo work The Egocentric (2018) was co-produced by CieLaroque and TanzHouse Salzburg.

Luan studied contemporary dance and performance at SEAD – Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance in Salzburg -Austria, graduating in 2013, and completed the postgraduate program BODHI PROJECT in 2014. In 2022, he began the master’s program in Movement Research and Analysis at Anton Bruckner University in Linz-Austria.

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