Mozambican man, wearing cultural clothing that is stripped orange and blue. He is bald and as a small beard. He wears a beaded necklace and has is hands held together at waist height.

Pulga Muchochoma
dancer

Pulga Muchochoma was born in Quelimane, Mozambique, and his dance career and training began there with Montes Namuli Dance Company. In August of 2006, he came to Toronto with the company for the International AIDS Conference. With Montes Namuli/Shakespeare Link Canada, he performed in several shows in venues in Toronto and Mozambique. When Montes Namuli returned to Mozambique, Muchochoma stayed in Toronto to study at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, where he had the chance to work with many choreographers including Coralee McLaren, D.A. Hoskins, Danny Grossman, Darryl Tracy, James Kudelka, Massimo Agostinelli, Peggy Baker, Peter Chin, Sasha Ivanochko, Sharon Moore and William Yong. He worked with Toronto Dance Theatre under Artistic Director Christopher House from 2009-2020. During that time, he had the pleasure of working and collaborating with local and international choreographers incluing Ame Anderson, Veronica Tennant, Susie Burpee, Peter Chin, Tawiah Ben McCart, Patricia Beatty, Thomas Hauert, Heidi Strauss, Estelle Clareton, Deborah Dunn, Deborah Hay, Simone Orlando, Josh Beamish, Alban Richard, Jean-Paul Kelly, Alicia Grant, Jeanine Durning and more. Also with TDT, Muchochoma participated in the 2015 Opening ceremony of the Toronto Pan Am Games with Cirque du Soleil and Canada’s National Ballet School. He is also the creator and founder of African Dance and Fitness with Pulga since 2015.

For Peggy Baker Dance Projects: Pulga danced the closing scene of who we are in the dark at Celebrating Peggy Baker - A Retrospective Gala.