After a successful career in France, Idio Chichava returned to his home country and began actively promoting creative exchange, free dance education for local communities, and performance presentations in public spaces. He is a dancer, choreographer, and the artistic director of Converge + Mozambique Dance Company. Chichava’s focus includes multidisciplinary productions and creative collaborations that enable everyone to have a space in which to explore their inner world and coexist with others. In his dance and choreography work, Chichava has collaborated with a number of artists, including Panaibra Gabriel Canda, Horacio Macuacua, Cristina Moura, Thomas Hauert, David Zambrano, Frank Micheletti, Boyzie Cekwana, Qudus Onikeku, Marcel Gbefa, Djodjo Kasadi, and Faustin Linyekula.