Idio Chichava is a Mozambican dancer, choreographer, and artistic director. He began dancing in 2000 in a traditional Mozambican dance group and later dedicated himself to contemporary dance through Culturarte—the first contemporary dance company in Mozambique—and the Danças na Cidade programs.

In 2005, he moved to France to join the Kubilai Khan Company. After returning to Mozambique in 2012, he founded the Converge+ company, through which he promotes artistic exchanges, dance education in various communities, and performative interventions in public spaces.

He has created works such as Veridicidade (2005), Xiquelene (2010), Xithukulumukumba (2011), Intolerância (2015), Inkino (2016), Yellow Fat Chaos (2017), Sentido Único (2019), Vagabundus (2022), Vejo Anjos (2024) and more recently Dzudza (2025). His works have been presented in more than 30 countries across Europe, Asia, and Africa.

He is the artistic coordinator of the KINANI platform and the producer of the Raiz Festival.

In 2024, he was one of the winners of the first edition of the Salavisa European Dance Award (SEDA), awarded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.