Selma Trevino
Performance Studies Alum Selma Trevino (M.A. '09) will be re-staging Washerwoman, a choreography by Etienne Decroux, with a Brazilian twist to it.The performance will be a part of the Crossing Boundaries show at Dixon Place.
Etienne Decroux is considered the father of the Modern Mime. The technique he developed, Corporeal Mime, brought to the performer a very structural movement training and initiated the category of Physical Theater. Washerwoman is one of his most known compositions. In this presentation, Selma re-stages the composition with elements from Brazilian culture.
Selma Trevino is a Brazilian performer/choreographer/artistic director and co-founder of Corporeal Arts Incorporated in New York. She holds a BA in Theater Arts from UNICAMP, Brazil( 1992); Specialization in Corporeal Mime with Thomas Leabhart in Paris and California (1997-2001); and MA in Performance Studies from NYU (2009). Selma develops works based on the Corporeal Mime technique for dance as well as for academic research in the field of Performance Studies. In New York she had her work performed at: Baryshnikov Arts Center, Lincoln Center, Dixon Place, HERE, Center for Performance Research – CPR. Her work was also performed in venues in California, Brazil, France, Finland and Canada
Washerwoman by Etienne Decroux, re-staged by Selma Trevino. Video by Erika Barbin.