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Somática, Somatics, Dança Somática, Somatic Dance, Anatomia Corporalizada, Embodied Anatomy, Prática como Pesquisa - PaR, Practice as Research - PaR, Dança, Dance, Processos criativos, Creative processes, Dança Contemporânea, Contemporary Dance, Técnicas de Dança, Dance Technique, Embriologia Corporalizada, Embodied Embryology, Ecossomática, Ecosomatics, Ecoperformance, Dança-educação, Dance Education
Brazil, United States

Biography

He is a Tenured Professor at the Federal Institute of Brasília (IFB) since 2010, coordinating the research group CEDA-SI - Collective of Studies in Dance, Somatics and Improvisation. He carries out a post-doctoral research (2022-2023) on Somatics of Voice at the University of Brasília, CAPES/BRAZIL fellow. He is a Permanent Professor at the Graduate Program in Performing Arts at the Federal University of Bahia (PPGAC/UFBA), since 2022. He holds a Ph.D in Performing Arts by the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA, 2020), with an internship period at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG, 2018), supervised by Dr. Jill Green. He received the Capes Thesis Award 2021 in the field of Arts, with the work "Corpoet(h)ics Anatomy in (de)compositions: three corpus of somatic praxis in dance." He holds a Master's Degree in Contemporary Art (2011) as well as Bachelor Degree in Performing Arts (2006) by the University of Brasília. He is a specialist in Exercise Physiology (2010) by the Federal University of Uberlândia (2010), and attended a Bacherlor's Degree in Modern Theater Dance at the Amsterdam University of the Arts (2006-2008). His vast experience in the field of Arts, has an emphasis on performance, choreography, dance techniques, theater performance and Somatic Education. He joined Basirah Contemporary Dance Company in Brasília-DF. He is a Somatic Movement Educator, Practitioner and Teacher of Body-Mind Centering℠, as well as a certified practitioner in the method of Articulation and Muscle Chains G.D.S., and Certified instructor of GYROKINESIS®/GYROTONIC®, working since 2008. He teaches and researches Somatics, Ecoperformance, Embodied Anatomy, Dance Composition, Contact Improvisation, and Contemporary Dance. He is a Registered Somatic Movement Educator by ISMETA. Since 2019 he has been a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices, Coventry University/UK: Intellect Press. He is a member of the BR-UK Network of Dance Medicine and Science, the International Federation for Theater Research (IFTR) and the Dance Studies Association (DSA). He is currently a member of the Advisory, Scientific and Supervisory Board of the National Association of Dance Researchers (ANDA) and the Board of Directors of the US-based Body-Mind Centering℠ Association (BMCA).

Professor efetivo do curso de Licenciatura em Dança do Instituto Federal de Brasília (IFB), desde 2010, onde coordena o grupo de pesquisa CEDA-SI - Coletivo de Estudos em Dança, Somática e Improvisação. Realiza estágio pós-doutoral (2022-2023) sobre Somática da Voz na Universidade de Brasília, bolsista CAPES/BRASIL. É professor permanente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Artes Cênicas da Universidade Federal da Bahia (PPGAC/UFBA), desde 2022. Doutor em Artes Cênicas pela Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA (2020), com período sanduíche na University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG, 2018), supervisionado por Dr. Jill Green. Recebeu o Prêmio Capes de Tese 2021 na área de Artes, com o trabalho "Anatomia Corpoética em (de)composições: três corpus de práxis somática em dança". Mestre em Arte Contemporânea (2011) e Bacharel em Artes Cênicas (2006) pela Universidade de Brasília. É especialista em Fisiologia do Exercício (2010) pela Universidade Federal de Uberlândia e cursou graduação em Modern Theater Dance na Escola Superior de Artes de Amsterdã (2006-2008). Tem experiência na área de Artes, com ênfase em performance, coreografia, técnicas de dança, interpretação teatral e Educação Somática. Integrou a Basirah Cia. de Dança Contemporânea em Brasília-DF. É Educador do Movimento Somático - SME, Practitioner e Teacher de Body-Mind Centering℠. Cadeísta certificado no método de Cadeias Musculares e Articulares G.D.S. Instrutor certificado em GYROKINESIS® e GYROTONIC®, atuando desde 2008. Ensina e pesquisa Somática, Ecoperformance, Anatomia Corporalizada, Composição Coreográfica, Contato-Improvisação e Dança Contemporânea. Possui registro profissional junto à ISMETA - International Somatic Movement Education & Therapy Association. Desde 2019 é membro do conselho editorial do Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices, Coventry University/UK: Intellect Press. É membro da rede BR-UK de Medicina e Ciência da Dança, da International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) e da Dance Studies Association (DSA). Atualmente é membro do conselho deliberativo, científico e fiscal da Associação Nacional de Pesquisadores em Dança (ANDA) e da diretoria da Body-Mind Centering℠ Association (BMCA), com sede nos EUA.

Activities

Employment (9)

Universidade Federal da Bahia: Salvador, BA, BR

2022-10-01 to present | Professor Permanente, Orientador de Pesquisas/Permanent Professor, Research Supervisor (Programa de Pós Graduação em Artes Cênicas/Graduate Program of Performing Arts)
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Diego Pizarro

Associação Nacional de Pesquisadores em Dança-ANDA/National Associoation of Dance Researchers/ANDA: Salvador, Bahia, BR

2021-09-01 to present | Conselho Científico e Fiscal/Scientific & Fiscal Council (Diretoria/Board)
Employment
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Diego Pizarro

Body-Mind Centeringˢᵐ Association: Amherst, Massachusetts, BR

2021-01-01 to present | Membro da Diretoria/Board Member (Diretoria/Board)
Employment
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Diego Pizarro

Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia de Brasília: Brasilia, DF, BR

2010-07-31 to present | Docente/Tenured Professor (Artes/Dança)
Employment
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Diego Pizarro

Universidade de Brasília: Brasilia, DF, BR

2011-06-01 to 2011-11-30 | Professor colaborador/Collaborating Teacher (Faculdade de Educação Física - PROLICEN)
Employment
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Diego Pizarro

Universidade Aberta do Brasil - UAB: Brasilia, DF, BR

2009-08-01 to 2010-08-31 | Professor Tutor/Collaborating Teacher (Departamento de Artes Cênicas)
Employment
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Diego Pizarro

Universidade Federal de Uberlândia: Uberlandia, MG, BR

2010-04-01 to 2010-07-31 | Professor convidado/Guest Professor (Departamento de Teatro)
Employment
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Diego Pizarro

Faculdade de Artes Dulcina de Moraes: Brasília, DF, BR

2010-04-01 to 2010-07-31 | Professor, orientador de TCC/Professor, research supervisor (Departamento de Artes Cênicas/Performing Arts Department)
Employment
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Diego Pizarro

Núcleo de Estudos da Dança - NED: Uberlândia, MG, BR

2009-02-01 to 2009-11-30 | Professor, Coreógrafo/Professor, Choreographer (Projetos Artísticos/Artistic Projects)
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Diego Pizarro

Education and qualifications (6)

Universidade de Brasília: Brasília, Distrito Federal, BR

2022-09-01 to 2023-09-01 | Pesquisa de Pós-Doutorado/Post-Doctoral Research Development (Programa de Pós Graduação em Artes Cênicas/Graduate Program of Performing Arts)
Qualification
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Diego Pizarro

Universidade Federal da Bahia: Salvador, BA, BR

2016-07-07 to 2020-12-15 | Doutor em Artes Cênicas / Doctor of Performing Arts (PPGAC - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Artes Cênicas / Performing Arts Graduate Department)
Education
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Diego Pizarro

Universidade de Brasília: Brasilia, DF, BR

2009-03-01 to 2011-07-31 | Master of Arts (PPGA - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arte)
Education
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Diego Pizarro

Universidade Federal de Uberlândia: Uberlandia, MG, BR

2008-05-10 to 2009-06-27 | Especialização em Fisiologia do Exercício e Ciência do Esporte/Specialization in Exercise Phisiology and Sports Science (Faculdade de Educação Física/Physical Education Faculty)
Education
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Diego Pizarro

Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

2006-09-01 to 2008-02-28 | Bacheralado interrompido em Modern Theatre Dance / incomplete Bachelor's Degree (Academy of Theatre and Dance)
Education
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Diego Pizarro

Universidade de Brasília: Brasilia, DF, BR

2001-03-01 to 2006-02-28 | Bacharel / Bachelor's Degree (Departamento de Artes Cênicas / Performing Arts Department)
Education
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Diego Pizarro

Works (7)

Somática e Prática como Pesquisa em Dança

Revista Brasileira de Estudos em Dança
2023-11-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Diego Pizarro; Ciane Fernandes; Melina Scialom
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Towards an embodied spirituality: Laban’s principles in the expanded field of environmental performance

Dance, Movement & Spiritualities
2023-10-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Ciane Fernandes; Melina Scialom; Diego Pizarro
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Contato-Improvisação no Brasil: trajetórias, diálogos e práticas

Diego Pizarro
2022-04-01 | Book
Contributors: Diego Pizarro
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Diego Pizarro

A reflection on Somatics, its relationship with dance and its development in Brazil

Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices
2020-08-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Maria Albertina Silva Grebler; Diego Pizarro
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Introduction to somatics in Brazil

Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices
2020-08-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Ciane Fernandes; Diego Pizarro; Melina Scialom
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Ensino-Pesquisa em Extensão

Editora IFB
2017-06-01 | Book
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Diego Pizarro

Mitopoiesis

Editora IFB
2017-06-01 | Book
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Diego Pizarro