Varinia Canto Vila (1976, Santiago de Chile) is a dancer, choreographer, and researcher based in Santiago since 2019. In the beginning of hercareer as a maker, she has explored dance medium-based themes. Recently, she has shifted focus to the intersection of art and politics, employing extended choreography to examine movement within the social body. She created the performance piece Maneras de Salir (Ways to Exit), which explores the notions of distances and proximities between people and their socio-economic and political realities. In 2024, she created MUNDOS (Worlds), which revolves around the concept of a fragmented society. She has shown her work in Belgium, Poland, Germany, Argentina and Chile.

Canto Vila trained as a dancer at theUniversityof Chile (1987) and PARTS, Belgium (1999). Sheholdsan MA in Art and PoliticsfromGoldsmithsUniversity, London (2014), and completed a postgraduateprogram at a.pass, Brussels (2017), whereshelivedfor 24 years, collaboratingwithindependentartistsfrom dance and performance local scene. She has performedwith and forchoreographerslikeMeg Stuart, Moriah Evans, and Mette Edvardsen, Javiera Peon-Veiga, Marcos Simoes.