Invited Professor at Lisbon Superior School of Dance - Choreographic Seminars - 1994, 1996, 1998 - Portugal
Tides
Expo'98 – Lisbon World Exhibition 1998
The last great 20th Century World Exhibition
Played by Upe-Dança - Dance Company of the Lisbon Superior School of Dance.
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LISBON
Faculty of Human Motricity
"The dancer and choreographer Luís Damas is a specialist in the field of dance,(...)
(...)he is first dancer at the Gulbenkian Ballet, and his name is recognized internationally, having directed and carried out numerous studies in this field.
His extensive professional curriculum, as well as the design of shows, the orientation of choreographic works and the prizes received, is proof of the prestige(...)"
"With a view to updating knowledge in dance, his coming to our institution(...)
(...) it seems to be of the greatest interest and means to improve the level of education of our students.
Thus, we understand that it is very convenient to hire this teacher, professor Luís Damas, as a guest assistant professor, (...) to teach in the dance degree."
Henrique de Melo Barreiros – Jorge Oliveira Teixeira de Sousa – Ana Paula Batalha
DIÁRIO DA REPÚBLICA – II SERIES
03-03-1998
Invited Teacher at Lisbon Superior School of Dance(choreographic seminars) --1994, 1996, 1998-Portugal
Invited Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Human Motricity at the Technical University of Lisbon, from 1998 to 2001.
Artistic Director of the FMH-UTL Dance Company from 1999 to 2001.
Awards at the “Prague Festival – Dance Prize 2000,” “Honor Jury Prize” and “Honorable Mention”, won by the FMH-UTL Dance Company, under his direction.
Invited to become a member of the International Dance Council CID - UNESCO in 2004, admission that distinguishes “leading dance professionals” from all over the world.
Invited to join the Teaching Council of Lisboa Ginásio Clube from 2005 to 2011 where he developed wide range of activities, namely Ballet, Contemporary, Dance Representation, Ballet and Choreography for the Competition Classes of Artistic Gymnastics for Women, Rhythmic and Acrobatic, Master Classes, Intensive Courses, and direction of shows among others.
Artistic Director, Teacher and Choreographer of Luís Damas Dance Company, which he created in mid-2010, where he has regularly choreographed, taught and developed activities as a video artist and researcher, in Portugal and abroad.
Artistic Director, Teacher and Choreographer in the shows "Diagonals of Art I", "Diagonals of Art II" and "Movements", where he presented ballets from his Company and where he also worked with national, international and Olympic champion teachers and athletes, integrating in these shows especially the competition and representation classes, as well as some other invited classes, in a partnership between his company and the LGC.
His choreographic and videographic work has been shown in many countries in Europe and in other parts of the world. Until 2021 he has presented Choreographic Workshops / Ateliers, Master Classes, regular classes, open classes, classes, videodance work, choreography and lectures in Belgium, Scotland, Hungary, Holland, Portugal, Sweden, Japan, Italy, Brazil, France, Greece , Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey, Spain, Angola, San Marino, Germany, Nigeria, Serbia, Bhutan, The United Kingdom, India, Pakistan, Slovakia and Czech Republic, Switzerland , The U.S.A., Denmark, Argentina, Canada, Iran, Macao-China, Sri-Lanka and Estonia in national and international institutions, festivals, companies, congresses and conventions such as:
Faculty of Human Motricity, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, 1995 and 1998-2001
Dance Association of Baixo Alentejo, Beja, Portugal, 1995, 1997
Children's Workshop in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, 1999, 2000
2nd Fest-Dança de Curitiba, Brazil, 2002
Dance Center of Porto, Portugal, 2002
3 èmes Rencontres Autour de la Danse, Rousset, France, 2003
Lisboa Ginásio Clube, Lisbon, Portugal, 2005-2011
Ballet D´Europe, Allauch, France, 2007
21st World Congress on Dance Research 2007 in Athens, Greece, 2007
Anna Mascolo Classical Dance School in Lisbon, Portugal, 2007-2008
Kasakhstan International Festival of Modern Dance, Almaty, Kasakhstan, 2007
Almaty Choreographic College named after A.V.Seleznev, Almaty, Kasakhstan, 2007
Moscow International Dance Convention, Russia, 2008
International Educational Project workshop of Leading Teachers and Choreographers from the USA, Portugal, France and Russia, in Rostov, Russia, 2008
2nd International Dance Congress 2008 in Istanbul, Turkey, 2008
23rd World Congress of Investigation de la Danza 2009 in Malaga, Spain, 2009
Contemporary Dance Company of Angola, Luanda, Angola, 2009
National School of Dance of Angola, Luanda, Angola, 2009
Pepetela Auditorium, Luanda, Angola, 2009
Escola Dança & Cia., Viana do Castelo, Portugal, 2010 and 2011
Ginasiano Dance School, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, May and December 2011
32nd Mondiale di Ricerca sulla Danza 2012 Congress in San Marino, 2012
Luís Damas Dance Company 2010 to 2015