Gentian Doda (b. Tirana, Albania) began his career as a dancer at the National Opera and Ballet Theater of Albania, followed by engagements with the State Opera and Ballet Theater of Azerbaijan, Teatro Arena di Verona, Balletto di Parma, Compañía Víctor Ullate, and Compañía Nacional de Danza (CND) under Nacho Duato.
He began choreographing at CND, creating works for CND I and CND II (2005–2010). In 2011, he received First Choreographic Awards in Copenhagen and Hannover, as well as the Scapino Production Prize. Since then, his world premieres have been presented at the New York Choreographic Institute, Scapino Ballet, Dirección Nacional de Danza, Santo Domingo, and other international venues. His work has appeared in Germany, the USA, Israel, Spain, Italy, Albania, Denmark, and China. In 2014, Doda became First Ballet Master at Staatsballett Berlin, where he remained for four years, creating works including Die Letzte Reise, Kjaj (for the Prado Museum and Conde Duque, Madrid), This Silence (Juilliard School), Was bleibt (Staatsballett Berlin), and new works for Staatsballett Nürnberg and Gärtnerplatztheater.
Currently, he is developing a short film and the dance production Actus, for Vjosa, preparing a premiere for the Greek National Ballet at Stavros Niarchos (Athens, 2023), and continues teaching, running workshops across Europe, and collaborating artistically with Nacho Duato.
Doda is the founder of was bleibt kollektiv, a group of Albanian and international artists, through which he has presented Vals i këputun / Broken Waltz and Vegime të heshtuna / Silent Mirages (Tirana, 2021), as well as the video installation Gjurmë / Trails (Tirana-Durrës, 2021).