Silvia Soter (Brésil)

Silvia Soter is a professor at the Faculty of Education at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ, a researcher and dance critic.

Since 2003, she has been developing art and dance projects at the Redes da Maré Free School of Dance, becoming its pedagogical director in 2011. She is also the author of the book Cidadãos dançantes: a experiência de Ivaldo Bertazzo com o corpo de dança da Maré (2007), the director of the film Corpo Aceso: experiências em educação somática para bailarinos e não bailarinos and co-author of the collection of educational books Projeto Arte and Percursos da Arte (2016).

 She has been dramaturge of the Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças since 2002, and has also collaborated with artists such as Dani Lima, Marcelo Evelin and Jérôme Bel.