Jimena Pérez Salerno

© Diego Echegoyen
© Diego Echegoyen

Bio

Jimena Pérez Salerno is an Argentinian choreographer and dancer based in Brussels. She views choreographic practice as a system of relationships that enables new modes of imagination, attention, and coexistence. Her work leans towards performative practices that activate unexpected contexts, allowing collective reflections to emerge through embodied experiences. Collaboration and continuous engagement with other artists are fundamental to her exploration of collective work.

In her most recent project, Unproductive Will, she explored the concept of expanded choreography as a critical approach to political awareness, reflecting on linear time and productive behavior—both of which she considers collective colonial wounds.

Jimena obtained a Postgraduate degree from a.pass (Posthogeschool Voor Podiumkunsten) in 2022. She also holds an MA in Scenic Practice and Visual Culture from ARTEA and Reina Sofía Museum, Madrid (2019), and a Degree in Choreographic Composition from the National University of Arts, 2014 (AR).

In 2019, she was awarded the Danceweb scholarship at ImPulsTanz International Dance Festival, Vienna. Her current project has received a research grant for emerging talent from the Flemish Government (VG) and is being developed with the support of residency partners: Kunsthal Gent, workspacebrussels, Kunstencentrum BUDA (2024–2025), Bâtard Festival (slow collaboration), and a.pass.

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