Patrícia Henriques was born in Coimbra in 1974, and she began her dance studies at the age of 7 at ADC. She joined the dance companies Pequena Companhia and CeDeCe, participating in all its performances and tours in Portugal and across Europe between 1987 and 1994. In 1997, she graduated from Escola Superior de Dança. In 1996, she received the gold medal at the II Ballet Competition / Modern Dance — Nagoya (Japan). In the same year, she received Medalha da Cidade de Setúbal (a medal of honor awarded by the Portuguese city of Setúbal), and, in 1997, she was nominated for the Prémios Bordalo Pinheiro. She was invited to choreograph by many schools and companies, namely ESD, ECN, CeDeCe, UPE Dança, and CPBC. She has taught and organized workshops in the following institutions: ADC, ESD, DançArte, Festival de Dança de Curitiba, CNB, Companhia Olga Roriz, Oper Graz, and CPBC. Throughout her career, she had the opportunity to work with countless choreographers, among them Paulo Ribeiro, Olga Roriz, Rui Lopes Graça, Gagik Ismailian, Nils Christie, Darshan Singh Bhuller, Rami Levi, Henri Oguike, Patrick Delcroix, and Vasco Wellenkamp. As a dancer, she represented Portugal in various galas and festivals, in such cities as Osnabrück (2002), Madrid and Curitiba (2003), Hagen (2011), Graz (2011), and Seoul (2012, at Seoul Expo-Ballet). She was part of CPBC between 1998 and 2007. Between 2007 and 2010, she worked as Vasco Wellenkamp’s assistant at CNB, where she had the privilege to assist choreographer Caetano Sotto in a production of Rite of Spring. In 2011, she rejoined CPBC and was distinguished by Dance Europe Magazine as one of the Top One Hundred Dancers in the 2011/2012 season. In 2018, she represented Portugal at the Mirpuri Foundation’s awards gala, dancing a duet by Vasco Wellenkamp with Miguel Ramalho. She currently collaborates as a freelancer with various companies and dance schools both in Portugal and across Europe.