Selma
is co-founder of Corporeal Arts Incorporated. She created the solo-performance
Mirrors, the first CAI production directed with her husband William
Treviño. She also co-created and performed with William After Hours
and Tamar & Amnon.
Selma received her BA in Theatrical Arts from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil, where she first studied and taught the Corporeal Mime technique under Luis Otávio Burnier. She went on to specialize in Corporeal Mime, studying under masters Thomas Leabhart and Ivan Bacciocchi and performing the technique in the United States, France, Canada and Brazil.
As the recipient of Dance Theater Workshop’s grant, Outer/Space Artist-In-Residence, Selma is currently reconstructing the choreography of American ethnic dancer, La Meri. She is also a research assistant on the “La Meri Biography” for Professor Nancy Ruyter, University of California-Irvine.
Selma has conducted corporeal mime workshops, master classes, lectures, and demonstrations for various institutions, including:
| Universities | Colombia University – New York City University of Quebec – Montreal Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – Brazil University of California – Irvine University of La Verne – California Cal State University Long beach – California Long Beach City College – California Pomona College – California |
| Festivals | American Dance Festival – North Carolina Catskills Festival of New Theatre – New York |
| Research Groups | IFTR (International Federation for Theatre Research) 15th World
Congress in Helsinki, Finland GESTOS (Group on Latin American Theatre Studies) – Irvine, CA LUME (Interdisciplinary Nucleus of Theatrical Research) – Brazil |
| Performing Arts Schools | Keystone Dance Studio – New York City Panetta Movement Center – Manhattan, New York Dance Forum – Manhattan, New York Hamilton Dance Studio – Brooklyn, New York Bartdorf School for Movement Theatre – Boston Baeta Neves Cultural Center – São Paulo, Brazil Campinas Municipal School of Cultural Arts – Campinas, Brazil Laboratory of the Actor – Campinas, Brazil |
| Theatre Companies | Trinity Repertoire – Providence, Rhode Island The Zoo District Theatre Company – Los Angeles Pont-fleurs Company – Montreal, Canada Péssima Compania – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Selma has performed in group and solo works at different venues, including: | |
| Koko Teatteri, Helsinki, Finland 440 Studios, New York City New York Metropolitan Opera Angel Orensanz Cultural Center – Manhattan, New York Le Regard du Cyne - Paris Abilio Pereira de Almeida Theatre - São Paulo Norton Simon Museum – Pasadena, California One Arm Red – Brooklyn, New York Catskills Festival of New Theatre - New York Yurt Theatre, University of California - Irvine Dance Center, Studio 1, Cal State Long Beach - California Cal Poly Downtown Center – Pomona, California |
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