Rita Aquino
Rita Aquino is a dance artist and researcher. She is the co-director of the Festival Internacional de Artes Cênicas da Bahia (FIAC Bahia) (Bahia International Performing Arts Festival), where she focuses on curatorship and the festival’s training, mediation, and accessibility activities. A professor at the Escola de Dança da Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA School of Dance) teaching at both undergraduate and graduate levels, she is currently the Arts and Culture Coordinator at the university’s Pró-Reitoria de Extensão, Arte e Cultura (Office of the Pro-Rector for Extension, Arts, and Culture).








