Pedro Fidalgo Marques is the founder and director of the Oeiras Dance Academy, where he performs executive and pedagogical management roles and teaches Ballroom Dancing, including Standard and Latin-American Dances, in a social dance context, through group classes, private lessons and wedding dance preparation.<\/p>\n
With a degree in Dance, he is currently studying for a PhD in Human Kinetics, specialising in Dance, at the Faculty of Human Kinetics of the University of Lisbon, developing his academic career in the areas of dance education, pedagogical practices and dance policies.<\/p>\n
He began his training in Ballroom Dancing at Alunos de Apolo, where he also had contact with dancesport as a competitor. Afterwards, he completed specific training for Ballroom Dancing teachers through the Portuguese Dancesport Federation and the United Kingdom Alliance (UKA).<\/p>\n
She has been teaching since 2006, having worked in various schools, clubs and academies through group and individual classes, workshops, intensive courses and special projects. Throughout her career, she has also worked on choreographic creation for shows, musicals and other performance projects.<\/p>\n
As a teacher, he seeks to balance the technical rigor of Ballroom Dancing with a warm, pedagogical approach tailored to each student, valuing musicality, body awareness, partner connection, autonomy and, above all, the joy of dancing. He believes in a demanding yet accessible learning experience capable of respecting different goals, paces and backgrounds.<\/p>\n
In September 2014 she founded the Oeiras Dance Academy, a project she has directed ever since, taking on the pedagogical coordination and artistic development of the school. She maintains a permanent connection to the classroom and to student mentoring, considering teaching practice an essential dimension of her work as director.<\/p>\n
At the same time, he is the national director of All Dance Portugal, responsible for organising the national championships that are part of the international All Dance circuit, and president of PlataformaDan\u00e7a \u2013 Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Nacional de Dan\u00e7a, through which he carries out work representing, promoting and valuing the dance sector in Portugal.<\/p>\n
He is also regularly invited as an international jury member, lecturer, speaker and consultant, collaborating with organisations and events in various countries in the fields of dance, community associations and cultural entrepreneurship.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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