Hey, it's me - Xavi De Santos - a Bath-based freelance performance practitioner and facilitator. Over the last decade, alongside devising and performing with Dust Ensemble, Yama Dance Company, and for the company I co-founded, AllouAqui Dance Theatre, I have been facilitating at Bath Spa University as an associate lecturer for the Dance and Acting courses, as well as working with community workshop groups across the Southwest.

 

I create work for and with dancers, actors and multidisciplinary artists, often blurring the lines between these disciplines. My interdisciplinary practice has a strong focus on the theatrical potential of the moving body, a creative approach I have been developing since my training began in my hometown of Porto, Portugal. Since then, I also trained at Bath Spa University, and most recently, I completed a Master’s in Performance Practice at Middlesex University, London, with a particular focus on composition strategies and research.

 

This year, I was shortlisted and a proud finalist at the Bath Creative Awards 2026 for the categories of ‘Inspirational Person’ and ‘Creativity for Good’ with my recently founded Creative Playgrounds in Bath and Trowbridge, as part of my ongoing commitment to making creativity accessible and strengthening the artistic community.