Flavia Meireles

Flavia Meireles is an artist and researcher. She holds a Masters degree in Visual Arts from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (EBA/UFRJ). Her research focuses on the body, dance, and the notion of experience within the arts. She creates performance works (Trabalho para Comer, FADA grant 2012; Sem nome, tudos os usos—Klauss Vianna Prize 2008) and collaborates with Brazilian choreographers Paulo Caldas, João Saldanha, Marcela Levi, Gustavo Ciríaco, among others. Meireles was a resident artist at Centre International des Récollets (Paris, 2010) and is the recipient of the 2010 ZKB Patronage Prize at the Festival Theatrespektakel Zurich for her performance in Em redor do buraco tudo é beira. She directs the group Temas de Dança with Mariana Patrício and teaches dance history in at the university Escola Angel Vianna (Rio de Janeiro). Temas de dança has held events in Rio de Janeiro, Petrópolis, São Luís e Recife and has received support from FADA 2011, Fomento à Cultura Carioca 2014 and 2015 in the area of dance research. In addition, Meireles produced the events “Uma noite com Yvonne Rainer e amigos” (RJ, 2009), ABI PENSA A DANÇA (2011) [Brazilian Media Association Discusses Dance], Práticas do comum (2011) [Common Practices] e Ciclo de Encontros: a Dança Carioca no Centro Coreográfico do Rio de Janeiro (2012) [Series of Gatherings: Rio's Dance Artists in the Choreographic Center of Rio de Janeiro].