Sutil Companhia de Dança, under the direction and choreography of Ádia Anselmi, is based in Curitiba, Paraná (Brazil), and investigates the intimate — the inner relationship between the body and movement, and how this becomes manifest. The company collaborates with artists focused on dance and its possible interrelations.

Since 2017, it has participated in national and international festivals and has received significant awards and grants supporting dance. Currently, it operates on a project-based model.

The company’s artistic research is rooted in the perception of the body-mind-energy interaction, a concept it calls the subtle body. This research is shared with audiences through performances and workshops.

The subtle body as a propeller of movement refers to a state in which the body allows itself to be unguarded, led by sensation. Through sensitive listening, the work invites both performers and the public into experiences where the body reaches and reveals both the surface and the depth of the present moment and presence.





Awards and Accomplishments

  • Mini Season | SESC Santana. Performance: Olha pra mim. São Paulo, Brazil (2025);

  • Dissolvências: Uma Dança para Dois em Três Atos | SESC Rio Preto. Performance: Olha pra mim. São José do Rio Preto, Brazil (2025);

  • Centro Cultural São Paulo (CCSP) presents: Short season with Sutil Companhia de Dança at Sala Ademar Guerra. Performance: Sutil como um Vulcão. São Paulo, Brazil (2024);

  • Centro Cultural São Paulo (CCSP) presents: Short season with Sutil Companhia de Dança at Sala Ademar Guerra. Performance: Olha pra mim. São Paulo, Brazil (2024);

  • Paulo Gustavo State Law Circulation Award: Touring project of Sutil Companhia de Dança. Curitiba, Brazil (2024);

  • Paulo Gustavo State Law Multi-Area Award: Existência e (Re)Existência Xetá – Artistic Expression Workshops. Curitiba, Brazil (2024);

  • Monja Coen, Ikigai – What Gives Meaning to Your Life?: Performance – Dance and Bansuri Flute. Curitiba, Brazil (2024);

  • 34th Soliloquios y Diálogos Bailados International Festival: Performance – Olha pra mim. Mexico City, Mexico (2024);

  • Cultural Foundation of Curitiba, Mecenato/Subsidiado Grant: Performance – Sutil como um Vulcão. Curitiba, Brazil (2023–2024);

  • Sesc Comove – Dance Initiatives: Performance – Olha pra mim. Curitiba, Brazil (2023);

  • Sesc Encena Award – Performing Arts Circuit of Sesc Paraná: Performance – Olha pra mim. Curitiba, Brazil (2023);

  • Dança em Trânsito Festival: Performance – Olha pra mim. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2023);

  • Funarte Dance Circulation and Dissemination Award: Performance – Olha pra mim. São Paulo, Brazil (2022–2023);

  • 2nd D’Olhar – SESC’s Traveling Dance and Video Festival: Documentary – Viver de Dança. Goiânia, Brazil (2022);

  • Memorial de Vivências Award – A journey weaving the dance of life. Curitiba, Brazil (2022);

  • 3rd Paraná State Program for Cultural Promotion and Incentive: Performance – Olha pra mim and Documentary – Viver de Dança. Curitiba, Brazil (2021);

  • Aldir Blanc Municipal Law – Artistic Digital Content Award: Performance – Olha pra mim. Umuarama, Brazil (2020);

  • Aldir Blanc State Law – Cultura Feita em Casa Award: Documentary – Viver de Dança. Curitiba, Brazil (2020);

  • USP Arts Journal ASPAS, Issue 9.2: Documentary – Viver de Dança. São Paulo, Brazil (2019);

  • 8th UM’s e Outros Showcase – Performances, Discourses and Interfaces in Dance, UNESPAR: Documentary – Viver de Dança. Curitiba, Brazil (2019);

  • Ministry of Culture – Culture Incentive Law: Performance – Olha pra mim. Paraná, Brazil (2018–2019);

  • 4th Constante International Festival: Performance – Um Vazio para Dois. Buenos Aires, Argentina (2018);

  • Ministry of Culture – Culture Incentive Law: Performance – Aquáticos. Paraná, Brazil (2017);

  • 17th International Dance and Contemporary Arts Encounter: Performance – Olha pra mim. Asunción, Paraguay (2018);

  • 3rd Danzar Santa Fe International Festival: Performance – Olha pra mim. Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina (2018);

  • MAPAS Selection – Southern Atlantic Performing Arts Market: Performances – Aquáticos and Olha pra mim. Canary Islands, Spain (2017–2018);

  • 6th Danzénica International Festival: Performance – Aquáticos. Santa Cruz de La Sierra, Bolivia (2017).