LÍGIA TEIXEIRA holds a BA in Dance, specializing in Performance, from Escola Superior de Dança (PT) and is currently a 2013 MFA candidate in Performance and Interactive Media Arts at CUNY Brooklyn College (NY), with a full scholarship from Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and FLAD (Luso American Foundation). During the last 7 years she has been developing work in the intersection between dance and technology, with a particular focus on physical computing applied to dance. She is a founding member and co-artistic director of Milliways.