Fabio Tavares

Fabio Tavares (he/him) is a queer Brazilian artist who’s been obsessed with the human body in action from a very young age. He started off as a competitive gymnast before running away to join the circus at the age of 15 where he got his first professional job as an acrobat. Fabio moved to New York in 1999 where he’s been dancing, flying, falling, crashing, studying, learning, teaching and making noise since. He has collaborated and performed with Yvonne Meyer, chameckilerner, Miguel Gutierrez, Fisherspooner, Noemie Lafrance, Luis Lara Malvacías, Jeniffer Monson, Circus Amok, John Heginbotham, Laurie Anderson,The Dazzle Dancers, The Daisy Spurs, Stanley Love, Anna Kohler, Anne Bogart and the acclaimed SITI Company. Fabio has danced with Elizabeth STREB and her extreme-action company for 14 years where he served as the Associate Artistic Director for a decade. Fabio’s one man show The Ex-Body based on the text “The Hamletmachine” by Henier Müller has been performed in Brazil, Europe and the US since 2010. Fabio is an AmSAT certified Alexander Technique teacher , a certified Klein TechniqueTM teacher, and a Certified Zero Balancing practitioner. He has taught at PACE University 2014-2017. He’s currently a faculty member at Movement Research and David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. For more info please go to healthandpoise.com

[Image Description: Photo of Fabio smiling warmly for the camera standing in a relaxed pose. He has tattoos on his arms and his hands are in his pockets. He has black and silver hair and beard.]