Varinia Canto Vila (1976, Santiago de Chile) is a dancer, choreographer, and researcher based in Santiago since 2019. In the beginning of her career 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 was trained as a dancer at the Universityof Chile (1987) and PARTS, Belgium (1999). She holds an MA in Art and Politics from Goldsmiths University, London (2014), and completed a postgraduate program at a.pass, Brussels (2017), where she lived for 24 years, collaborating with independent artists from dance and performance local scene. She has performed with and for choreographers like Meg Stuart, Moriah Evans, and Mette Edvardsen, Javiera Peon-Veiga, Marcos Simoes.