Director, Choreographer, Dancer/Performer, Pedagogue
My name is Andrea Maciel. I am a director, choreographer, dancer/performer, educator, researcher of movement, videodance and holistic therapies. I have a degree in Dance from Angel Vianna University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For over 35 years I have been dedicated to the development of transdisciplinary studies and projects in the fields of art and education. I was a teacher and choreographer at the Dance Department of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where I created and coordinated a Dance Company, integrating students from the faculties of Dance, Visual Arts, Music and Communication. I founded, directed and performed in my own contemporary dance company (AMCD) for 15 years in Rio de Janeiro. In addition, I have worked in various educational institutions, social projects and as a collaborator in many artistic projects with renowned artists and professionals from different fields. Since 2013 I live and work in Zurich as a freelance artist and teacher of ballet, muscular dynamics, contemporary dance and choreography. I recently finished the training in Family Constellation from Instituto Koziner, São Paulo, Brazil. I am currently working in my research and creation projects and studying at ZHDK- Zurich University of the Arts. I am interested in the connection between dance/arts, philosophy and spirituality and believe in art as a portal through which we can develop our virtues as human beings.
Selected awards, scholarships, sponsorships:
Vitae Foundation (Brazil)
Subsidies granted by the City Department of Culture, Rio de Janeiro for "AMCD Dance Company "
Prize Caixa Econômica Federal for the show “Por onde os olhos não passam”
Prize Klauss Vianna, National Foundation of Art , Culture Ministry Brazil, for the show “ Gravidade Zero”
Prize EnCena Brasil, National Foundation of Art , Culture Ministry Brazil, for the show “Eletricidade”
1° prize XIII Festival de Dança do Triângulo, Uberlândia (MG), Brazil,
for the choreography “ Só Assim Você Não Vai Ficar Flutuando No Espaço Vazio”
1°prize Novo Hamburgo Dance Festival, Novo Hamburgo (RS), Brazil, for the choreography “ Só Assim Você Não Vai Ficar Flutuando No Espaço Vazio”
Best show, best dancers Andrea Maciel and Bruno Caverna, best sound track, best show for the popular jury , IV FENARTE- FUNESC, João Pessoa (PB), Brazil, for the show“ Duetos “
2° prize, IX Mostra de Novos Coreógrafos, Rio Arte, Rio de Janeiro for the choreography “Tudo Muito Sutil”
Selected Creations
2022 Busca/Suche (Videodance)
2020 Coração na mão (videodance/Imaginativo)
2017 Vera Maria: a woman who loves
2012 O processo é a cena: educação (The process is the scene: education)
2011 Mundos Paralelos (Parallel Words)
2011 Depois da enchente (After the Flood)
2011 Porque você não me olha? (Why don't you look at me?)
2010 Por um buraquinho de uma pequeníssima fechadura (Through a little keyhole)
2010 Equinócio (Equinox)
2009 Mar de Dentro (Sea inside)
2009 Gravidade Zero: movimento #3 (Zero Gravity: Movement n#3)
2009 Memórias do Rio de Janeiro (Memories of Rio de Janeiro)
2009 Partida (Departure)
2008 Corpalavra (Bodyword)
2008 Travessia (Crossing)
2008 Um no Outro (One in the Other)
2007 Os sentidos do prazer: movimento n# 2 (The senses of pleasure: movement n#2)
2006 Gravidade Zero (Zero Gravity)
2005 Videodança: edição e coreografia como sistemas semelhantes (Videodance: editing and choreography as similar systems)
2005 O Corpo Contemporâneo (The contemporary body)
2004 Noisescape
2004 A Imagem do Corpo (The Body Image)
2003 Candeias
2003 Do movimento ao som e vice versa (From movement to sound and vice versa)
2003 Corpo Imaterial (Immaterial Body)
2003 Por onde os olhos não passam (Where the eyes can't see)
2003 Imagens Coreográficas (Choreographic Images)
2002 Eletricidade (Electricity)
2002 Serenata (Serenade)
2001 A Mancha (The Splotch)
2000 Alaska quartet
1999 Alaska octet
1998 Alaska solo
1998 Duetos (Duets)
1996 Só Assim Você Não Vai Ficar Flutuando No Espaço Vazio (Only like this you won't be floating in the empty space)
1996 Sonhos: um dicionário de movimentos (Dreams: A Dictionary of Movements)
1995 As Ilhas (The Islands)
1994 Donde Estabas Tú (Where were you?)
1992 Tudo Muito Sutil (Everything Very Subtle)
1991 As Três Marias (The Three Marias)