CAI - THE COMPANY
The idea
of Corporeal Arts Incorporated began germinating in 2000 with the
creation of Mirrors. Performed by Selma Treviño and directed with
William Treviño, the performance traveled throughout the United States and
Brazil for three years. As the performance Mirrors underwent a transformation
process for each new venue, the couple’s artistic identity formed. The Treviño
Theatre Company, which changed its name to Corporeal Arts Incorporated when
it received non-profit status, is a company determined to represent the
moods and feelings of the Human Being through the body rather than
through logical speech.
Corporeal
Arts Incorporated Productions
The idea
of Corporeal Arts Incorporated began germinating in 2000 with the
creation of Mirrors. Performed by Selma Treviño and directed with
William Treviño, the performance traveled throughout the United States and
Brazil for three years. As the performance Mirrors underwent a transformation
process for each new venue, the couple’s artistic identity formed. The Treviño
Theatre Company, which changed its name to Corporeal Arts Incorporated when
it received non-profit status, is a company determined to represent the
moods and feelings of the Human Being through the body rather than
through logical speech.
While both are trained as classical actors, Selma and William have dedicated their artistic lives to corporeal arts, specializing in Corporeal Mime and Soo Bahk Do respectively. By applying, transforming, combining, and incorporating corporeal techniques, they have been developing and creating a personal method of working and performing.
Corporeal
Arts Incorporated Productions
| 2005-6 | Tamar & Amnon – created by Selma and William Treviño, performed at Koko Teatteri, (Helsinki, Finland) and 440 Studios, NYC |
| 2003 | After Hours – created and performed by Selma and William, music by Joe Williams, presented as part of “Relenteless Red” fall festival at One Arm Red in DUMBO, Brooklyn |
| 2000-3 | Mirrors – created and performed by Selma, directed with William, presented at Angel Orensanz Cultural Center, NYC; California State University, Long Beach; LUME, Interdisciplinary Nucleus of Theatrical Research, Brazil; Abilio Pereira de Almeida Theatre, Brazil; UNIRIO, Universidade do Rio de Janeiro; Yurt Theatre, University of California, Irvine; Catskill Festival of New Theatre, New York; Cal Poly Downtown Center, Pomona | Corporeal Arts Incorporated Activities |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Dance Theatre Workshop’s Outer/Space Artists-In-Residence
grant for Selma Treviño to create new choreography for the CAI
project, Reconstructing La Meri, NYC Physical Expression through Martial Arts lecture/demonstration for the Association of Theatre Movement Educators (ATME) at American Shakespeare Center |
| 2006 | CAI Summer Intensive Training First annual NYC summer
workshop in Corporeal Arts at Keystone Dance Studio; conducted by
Selma, William, and invited Delsartian, Joe Williams A Globally Inspired Creative Process lecture/demonstration presented by Selma and William at the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) 15th World Congress, Finland |
| 2005 | Corporeal Mime Workshop taught by Selma at the American Dance Festival, North Carolina |