Sílvia Maria Geraldi

Silvia Geraldi is a dance artist, teacher and researcher. Professor of the bachelors and teaching certification programs in dance at the Corporal Arts Department of the University of Campinas (Unicamp), State of São Paulo, Brazil. She also teaches at the Performing Arts Graduate Program at the same university, of which she was coordinator (academic year 2017-2021). Masters in Education (1997) and Doctor in Arts (2009), she also holds a Post-doctorate degree from Interdisciplinary Centre for Theater Research (LUME), all of them held at Unicamp. She is certified as practitioner and teacher of the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education. She received a Vitae of Arts Scholarship (2002), as well as other grants for stage production and performance. Her current research focuses on somatic approaches in relation to creative processes, inquiring about the conditions of the poetic emergence underlying the corporeality of the contemporary dancer. Author of the book Roots of theatricality in the dance of São Paulo, two creators: Célia Gouvêa and Sônia Mota. She leads the research group Practice as Research: production processes in the contemporary scene, accredited by CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)