Carolina Fernandes

Carolina grew up on the Atlantic coast of Portugal. She discovered her passion for dance at the Ginasiano Dance School in her hometown of Vila Nova de Gaia. At the same time, she complemented her training in workshops and courses, including at the Institut del Teatre Barcelona as well as in works by Wayne McGregor and Shahar Binyamini in the Território format of the Lisbon platform Estúdios Vitor Cordon. Since 2022, she has been enrolled in the bachelor's degree programme in dance at the renowned Codarts – University of the Arts Rotterdam. There she has performed in works by Cayetano Soto, La Horde, Ed Wubbe and Jiří Kylián, amongst others. Through the EU's Erasmus+ funding programme, she will gain professional company experience as an intern with Gauthier Dance JUNIORS during the 2025/26 season.