Francisco Thiago Cavalcanti, dance, theater and performance artist, brazilian, queer, neurodiverse, non-white. He lives in Portugal where he founded the multidisciplinary, independent and cross-border collective um cavalo disse mamãe, in partnership with Piero Ramella (IT), Bárbara Cordeiro (PT) and Francisca Pinto (PT). He has a bachelor's degree in Dance, a master's degree in Education — Inclusion, Ethics and Interculturality and is studying for a doctorate in Modern Literature and Cultures. In Brazil she worked for seven years with choreographer Lia Rodrigues. His personal research revolves around physical theater, dance-theater and contemporary dance in dialogue with pop and experimental music, soundscapes and animal cosmopolitics.

His authorial works are: Contra a espada (2005), Cabiria corta o cabelo (2013), Mãe (2015), Um corpo foi achado (2018), Também se matam cavalos (2022) and Quando eu morrer me enterrem na floresta (2023).