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Pathways of Dance and Somatics
Join this session for a discussion on aspects of Somatics in Brazil, from the birth of local unique approaches to the arrival of imported methods. Furthermore, as one native participant of this fruitful and developing landscape, Diego Pizarro will present how the practices of somatic dances developed in the intersections of BodyMindCentering® and Muscle and Articulation Chains method (GDS) embodied anatomies.
In This Session:
- Aspects on the development of Somatics in Brazil and its role within South America
- Perspectives on the integration of Somatics within dance creative processes
- Considerations on how to be in this world as part of a transdisciplinary field of deep ecology as a global community, honouring cultural differences and similarities
Diego Pizarro
Diego Pizarro is currently a dance professor at Instituto Federal de Brasília (IFB) (Federal Institute of Brasília). He holds a Master of Contemporary Art from Universidade de Brasília, and Doctoral candidate in Performing Arts at Universidade Federal da Bahia (Federal University of Bahia), advised by Dr. Maria Albertina S. Grebler. He carried out research (doctoral internship) at University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), advised by Dr. Jill Green.
Diego is a dance artist who received his training in modern theatre dance at Amsterdam University of the Arts and is a Registered Somatic Movement Educator (ISMETA) certified as Teacher of Body-Mind Centering®, Practitioner of Muscle and Articulation Chains Method GDS, Gyrotonic® and Gyrokinesis® trainer.
He's directed Coletivo de Estudos em Dança, Educação Somática e Improvisação/ (CEDA-SI) — a research & practice group in dance, somatic education, and improvisation since 2012. Diego is also one of the main organizers and creators of the International Encounter of Dance and Somatic Practices in Brasília, Brazil. Since 2019 he's been an editorial and advisory board member of the Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices.
