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Débora Oliveira
Débora Oliveira is a Brazilian dancer and researcher. She holds an MA in dance from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and a BA in communication of the arts of the body – competence in dance from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. She is certified as a eutonist (or Eutony practitioner) by the Instituto Brasileiro de Eutonia, with a focus on arts and neuromotor learning. Oliveira is developing the project ‘Transforming body into dance’. After researching the sense of ‘home’ by living in artist residencies, art communities and ateliers between 2018 and 2020, she is now investigating the sense of ‘work’ in two actions: exploring interspecies movement, which includes her practice as a horseback riding therapist certified by the Associação Nacional de Equoterapia – ANDE-Brasil, and researching Gerda Alexander’s biography. The project’s output of work currently includes audio-visual artworks, interviews, workshops, sessions, articles and lectures. Her master’s dissertation, entitled ‘Art crossing borders: Gerda Alexander and the multiplicity of the professional activity in Eutony’, is under publication.
Contact: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho, 540, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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