Born in Tirana (AL), Gentian Doda started his career as a dancer at the National Opera and Ballet Theater of Albania, followed by the State Opera and Ballet Theater of Azerbaijan, Teatro Arena di Verona, Balletto di Parma, Compañia Víctor Ullate and Compañia Nacional de Danza (CND) under the direction of Nacho Duato.
Doda began his choreographic career at the Compañía Nacional de Danza, where he made several creations for CND I and CND II (2005-2010).
In 2011, Gentian Doda was awarded the First Choreographic Awards in Copenhagen and Hannover, as well as the Scapino Production Prize. Since then, he has created world premieres for the New York Choreographic Institute, Scapino Ballet, Dirección Nacional de Danza in Santo Domingo, etc. He has also participated in many collaborations and independent projects shown in Germany, USA, Israel, Spain, Italy, Albania, Denmark, China, among others.
In 2014-2018, he was First Ballet Master at the Staatsballett Berlin.
During this time he created the solo ‘Kjaj’ for the Prado Museum and Conde Duque in Madrid. He also created two new works for the Staatsballett Nürenberg and Gärtnerplatztheater, ‘This Silence’ for the Juilliard School in New York and ‘Was bleibt’ with Staatsballett Berlin, and he recreated one of his pieces for the Teatro Massimo di Palermo dance company.
He is the founder and choreographer of 'was bleibt kollektiv | Gentian Doda', which brings together international artists with whom he has collaborated for his premieres ‘Vals i këputun’/‘Broken waltz’ and ‘Vegime të heshtuna’/‘Silent mirages’ (Tirana, 2021), major project ‘ACTUS, for Vjosa’ (Tirana 2022), site-specific dance installation ‘Sub Rosa Dictum’ (Tirana, 2022), as well as for the short film ‘Gjurmë’/‘Trails’ (Tirana 2021), which won several awards in international film festivals.
He recently created ‘The hill’ for the Greek National Opera Ballet at Stavros Niarchos Foundation (Athens, March 2023) and is currently working on a new short film and dance productions with his team. He is also teaching and running workshops across Europe, as well as continuing his artistic collaboration with Nacho Duato.