Sandra Portal-Andreu is a Miami-based interdisciplinary artist, choreographer, and director of Colombian and Cuban descent. Rooted in both cultures, she draws from this dual heritage as a source of inspiration, working across dance, theatre, and film to examine belonging, ecology, and intergenerational memory. She creates immersive, collaborative performances with mature artists of diverse physical backgrounds, valuing presence and lived experience. Her recent projects include Terra Firma, developed with Miccosukee elder Betty Osceola; Superficie, a tactile duet investigating human and environmental touch with filmmaker Mateo Serna Zapata, and writing and producing her short-film Cinco y Sueños, currently in development with director, Samantha Pazos and FilmGate Miami.

Sandra is a recipient of the Miami Individual Artists Grant, the Dance Miami Choreographer’s Grant, and a Telly Award for her work CIRCA/MIA presented at Perez Art Museum Miami. Her work has been presented at the La Jolla Playhouse’s WOW Festival, Movement Research at Judson Church/NYC, Live Arts Miami, Miami Light Project, PBS Filmmaker, and Cucalorus Film Festival. She has collaborated with Infinity Machine, Sol and the Tribu, and Sarasota Contemporary Dance, among others. Additional choreographic credits include: Fiddler on the Roof (Zoetic Stage), Miami Motel Stories: North Beach (Juggerknot Theatre), RENT (NOVA), Three Little Birds (City Theatre Miami), 21 Chump Street (City Theatre Miami), and Urinetown (Barry University).

With over twenty years of experience across stage, site, and screen, her practice is grounded in performance, from dancing with companies such as Josée Garant Dance and Florida Grand Opera to appearing in commercial and film projects including DirectTV, Lifetime, and El Último Balsero. Sandra teaches Immersive Theatre & Performance Practice, Movement and Somatics at New World School of the Arts. She is a member of Teo Castellanos D-PROJECTS, and an associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. Sandra holds degrees from Florida State University (BFA) and Barry University (MS) and is completing an MFA at Point Park University focused on Latinx theatre and embodied practice.