Daniel Tércio holds a BA in Philosophy and another in Fine Arts, a MA in Art History and a PhD in Dance. He is currently a Professor at TU Lisbon, teaching the courses of Dance History, Aesthetics, Movement and Visual Arts, and New Technologies applied to the stage, within graduate and postgraduate programmes. He is a member of the Board of Directors at INET-MD Instituto de Etnomusicologia – Centro de Estudos de Música e Dança where he coordinates the research group Ethnocoreology and Cultural Studies on Dance. As main researcher, he took responsibility for delivery of the Technologically Expanded Dance, a project supported by the Portuguese Ministry of Science. His interests are wide, ranging from aesthetics, through dance history, cultural studies, and iconography, to digital technologies, and experimental video. Daniel Tércio has authored several studies on dance and art. He has also written two science fiction novels and short stories issued by Portuguese and Brazilians publishers. His dance reviews appear regularly in the Portuguese press since 2004.
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Daniel Tércio estudou Filosofia (UL), Artes Plásticas (ESBAL) e História da Arte (UNL). Foi bolseiro do serviço de Belas Artes da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian durante o biénio 1994/95. Em 1997, concluiu o Doutoramento em Motricidade Humana-Dança na FMH. Na sequência da pesquisa então realizada, publicou a obra “Dança e Azulejaria no Teatro do Mundo”. Para além de numerosos artigos publicados em Portugal e no estrangeiro, é autor de obras de ficção e tem participado em projectos performativos e de formação artística, numa perspectiva transdisciplinar. Actualmente, é Professor Associado na Faculdade de Motricidade Humana da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. Enquanto crítico, tem colaborado regularmente com a imprensa desde 2004.