José Jalane, born in Maputo, Mozambique, is a dancer, choreographer, capoeira practitioner, and teacher. Since childhood, he has been familiar with various forms of dance, initially traditional Mozambican dances and capoeira, and later contemporary dance. In Mozambique, he studied with various national and international teachers. He also attended the Tuco Pamoja international training program in Norway in 2014.
In Mozambique, he worked with the Companhia Nacional de Canto e Dança between 2011 and 2015. Since 2016, he has been part of CulturArte — Cultura e Arte em Movimento, under the direction of Panaibra Canda, as a performer and choreographic assistant. With this company, he has participated in numerous works, notably Borderlines (2021), Mentiras Aplaudidas (2022), and Poema do gesto (2022).
Between 2019 and 2023, he presented works as a performer and creator on the international contemporary dance platform KINANI. He has also participated in international festivals in Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Reunion Island and India, among others. He premiered his solo project Sonâmbulo in 2023.
In the same year, he began his collaboration with Nome Próprio with Bantu. He has participated in Victor Hugo Pontes’ creation Há Qualquer Coisa Prestes a Acontecer, in the production of Transit Zwickau by Theater Plauen-Zwickau (2025), choreographed by Panaibra Canda, and in Que bem posso escusar trazer escrito em papel o que na alma andar devia (2025) by Joana Craveiro/Teatro do Vestido, as part of Encontros para o Futuro VII, a programme by Estúdios Victor Córdon.
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