Human-to-Human Connectivity

PRIVATE SESSIONS

Barbara offers one-on-one sessions for anyone seeking to deepen creative expression, develop a performance work, strengthen public speaking and presentation skills, or bring any personal or professional project to life. 

Sessions are tailored to your unique goals, blending transformative, culturally-rooted movement practices that connect art, spirit, community, and identity. For the past 20+ years Barbara has worked with artists, brands, festivals, mothers, immigrants, students, and institutions looking for honest, embodied, and inclusive approaches to creativity.


Please email barbaralimalima@gmail.com to book a 30 min discovery call.

Sliding scale available.

Photo by Adrian Hutapea at New Expressive Works

Artistic Residencies & Commissioned Work

with Barbara Lima

For the past decade, artistic residencies have been an essential part of my work as a choreographer and educator. They provide spaces for cultural exchange, collaboration, and for students to experience both the rigor and the joy of the artistic process—discovering how to bring an idea to life through movement.

My approach weaves Contemporary and Urban Dance with the richness of Brazilian culture and improvisation, offering dancers new tools to develop autonomy in their craft and to uncover their unique artistic voice.

Residency Offerings

Residency packages are designed to fit the needs of each university, festival, or organization and may include:

  • Creation of Original Work
    New choreography created in collaboration with your dancers.

  • Company Repertoire
    Students learn and perform excerpts from ELa FaLa Collective and Solo repertoire

  • Technique & Creative Process Classes
    Contemporary Dance, Hip Hop, Krump, Improvisation, Brazilian Movement Inspired,

    Voice + Movement, Dance as a Healing Art.

  • Dance-for-Camera Labs
    Exploring how movement translates to film, often in collaboration with film students.

  • Artist Talks & Panels
    Topics include creativity, vulnerability in art, cultural identity, and the international

    dance industry.

  • Community Engagement
    Workshops and conversations with local schools and organizations.

Past Residencies & Collaborations

  • University of Oregon

  • Western Washington University

  • University of Montana

  • Reed College

  • ACDA Northwest Conference

  • Polaris Dance Theatre

  • Dança em Trânsito Festival (Brazil)

“I thrive in the unknown, the shapeless, and the formless. I aim my arrow to where vulnerability meets empowerment—and that’s where the artist must go.”
— BARBARA LIMA

Email Barbara for full proposal and work samples at barbaralimalima@gmail.com

Solo created for New Expressive Works. Captured by Adrian Hutapea

Performances

Email Barbara for full proposal and work samples at barbaralimalima@gmail.com