SHORT CURRICULUM VITAE

Choreographer, video dance and video-installation artist and teacher.

Has co-directed with Susana Tambutti the Argentine contemporary dance company NUCLEODANZA, touring her choreographic work in over 100 venues in Europe, North and South America, India, Korea and Australia.

In the last years has concentrated her interests in the production of multimedia and interactive works, site specific architectural video performances and sculptural video installations for museums, galleries and alternative performance spaces.

EDUCATION

Born in Argentina, attended the UNIVERSITY OF BUENOS AIRES departments of Physics and Biology, and graduated in the USA with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Biological Sciences from the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY.
Continued with studies in contemporary dance, choreography, design, sculpture, interactive technologies, video filming and edition in institutions in USA and Argentina:
University of Washington, Dance Theatre Seattle, Ballet del Teatro San Martin, Factory of Visual Arts in Seattle, Rodolfo Hermida Video School, Arizona State University Interactive and Telematic Seminars.

AWARDS and GRANTS

Has been awarded over 20 awards for her choreographic, video and installation work, among which:
- GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP IN DANCE (1998) for the production of Naufragio in Vitro
- ALEXANDER ONASSIS CHOREOGRAPHY COMPETITION (2001) for multimedia stage choreography Naufragio in Vitro
- BECA ANTORCHAS (2000) for distinguished senior artists to research the development of interactive stage work Zoom in Look Out and video installation La Duna es Movil
- PREMIO LIMBO –MUSEUM OF MODERN ART- Fundacion Telefónica Arte y Tecnología 2002 for development of interactive video installations
- ARTS INTERNATIONAL-DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION and TEATRO DEL SUR (2003) for interactive installation Paredes de Buenos Aires.
- PROYECTO CRUCE CONTEST (2005) for interdisciplinary projects for FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE TEATRO DE BUENOS AIRES. produced Pizzurno Pixelado, a site specific live performance with dancers and large scale video projections on the building of the National Ministry of Education in Buenos Aires.
- GERMAINE DERBECQ PRIZE (2006) awarded by AACA (Argentine Association of Art Critics) prize for unusual artistic experience for site specific Pizzurno Pixelado
- FAENA GROUP top award in ART AND TECHNOLOGY (2007) to develop a El Acuario Electrónico a video installation composed by 9 video sections projecting on three dimensional objects.
-Ten awards at VIDEO DANCE COMPETITIONS for her videos Asalto al Patio, Arena, Agua, Planos de Contacto including IL COREOGRAFO ELETTRONICO at NAPOLIDANZA (1998), PREMIO ICI DE VIDEO several successive years and ARGENTINE FILM INSTITUTE (INCAA) La Mujer y el Cine
-SALON NACIONAL DE ARTES VISUALES special Jury Award for Medusas 3 video installation in the category NUEVOS SOPORTES E INSTALACIONES. (2009)
-CONSEJO ARGENTINO DE LA DANZA.(CAD) Distinction for her contribution to Dance through the research in new technologies. (2009)

CHOREOGRAPHY FOR THE STAGE.

Has created over 40 works for the stage for her group NUCLEODANZA and has been commissioned four works for the state company BALLET CONTEMPORANEO DEL TEATRO SAN MARTIN.
Among her most performed works are Climas Sonicos, Pulsos, Biosfera, Hombres En Juego, Doble Espacio, Cadaver Exquisito, Tilt, Dos en la Cornisa, Doblar Mujer, Naufragio In Vitro, Ave de Ciudad and Zoom in Look Out,

VIDEO-INSTALLATIONS AND SCULPTURES

-Exhibited Acrylic polyester sculptures at Seattle Selgimann Gallery in Seattle USA and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires .
Produced video installations since 2001. Her work involved mechanical motor driven water sculptures, video projections on furniture, architectural details or abstract three dimensional shapes.
These include Tubo Oceánico (CENTRO CULTURAL BORGES), La duna es Móvil (CENTRO CULTURAL RECOLETA), Los Flotantes, La Raja, Pirámide Arena (MUSEO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES), Pirámide la Isla, Pulmotor (SALON NACIONAL DE ARTES VISUALES), Pizzurno Revisitado (NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY, FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE BS AS and FESTIVAL DE LA LUZ) and El Acuario Electrónico(FAENA-CC. Recoleta) with Ventana, Jarrones 1 and 2, Pecera, Medusas, Alfombra, Desde el Sofa, and Cuerpos Interactivos.

VIDEO DANCE-DANCE FOR FILM

- Directed 11 Video Dance works choreographed specifically for the camera:
Asalto al Patio. 1994, Dos en la Cornisa 1994, Paula en Suspenso 1993-94, Agua 1997, Arena 1998, planos de Contacto 2000, La Hundida 2000, Humor Vitreo 2006, Living Room 2006, Paredes de Buenos Aires 2006/2007, Sobremesa 2006.
- Was choreographer and dancer in Argentine film Borges para Millones directed by Ricardo Wulicher 1980
- Co-Choreographer of the Argentine feature film "TANGOS, EL EXILIO DE GARDEL" directed by Fernando "Pino" Solanas which received many international awards including the Jury Grand Prix at the 1986 Venice Film Festival and the award of the Italian Press for Best Film Choreography of the year.

DANCER

Has performed works of North American and Argentine choreographers such as Pamela Schick, Fanshon Shur, , Ana Kamien, Oscar Araiz, Anamaria Stekelman, Ana Itelman, Doris Humphrey reposition, Ana Deutsch, Susana Tambutti and Mauricio Wajnrot.

TEACHER, PANELS and JURY

Directed her own dance school. Has teached Contemporary Dance Technique, Choreography, Video dance, Multimedia and Technology in dance.
Directed international teaching Seminars in Patagonia for AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL in co-production with FUNDACION ANTORCHAS as well as teaching seminars in many Argentine cities and in Germany and Checoeslovaquia on NUCLEODANZA European tours.
Has worked as juror and organizer in several Buenos Aires state Contemporary Dance Festivals and Video Dance Festivals and in the British Council Video Competition.
Was founding president of the first Argentine Contemporary dance Association, COCOA.
Participated as speaker in many panels on the subject of interdisciplinary and video work at FUNDACION TELEFONICA, CENTRO CULTURAL ESPAÑA, FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE BUENOS AIRES, UNIVERSIDAD MAIMONIDES, BUENOS AIRES PHOTO, UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM RADIATOR FESTIVAL, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA UCLA HYPERMEDIA LAB.

PARTICIPATION OF NUCLEODANZA AT INTERNATIONAL DANCE AND THEATRE FESTIVALS

Prague International Dance Festival, Kultur Palace, Checoeslovaquia 1986
Gulbenkian International Dance Festival, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisboa, Portugal ,1987
New Dance Festival, Munich, Germany 1988
Bonn International Dance Festival, Germany,1989
New Door Festival in Amsterdam, Holland, 1988
Festival Internacional de Teatro y Danza de Caracas, Venezuela 1988 and again invited in 1992
American Dance Festival at Duke University, Durham, USA 1989 and again in1990 y 1992
Festival de Verano de la Villa de Madrid, España, 1990 Festival
Internacional de la Universidad Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico, 1990
Festival Internacional de Danza de Bahia, Brazil, 1989
India International Dance Festival (Bombay, New Delhi and Trivandrum), 1991
Festival Hispanoamericano in Miami, Florida, USA,1991
Tampa Festival, Florida, USA 1991
Seul international Dance Festival, Seul, Korea, 1991
Budapest International Dance Festival,, Hunary, 1991
Surrealist Festival, Idar-Oberstein, Germany, 1991
"Steps 92" Migros International Dance Festival, Switzerland, 1992 (9 Swiss cities)
Festival Gekleured Brabant Provinces, Holland (8 Dutch cities) 1992
Melbourne Festival, Australia, 1992
Siegen International Dance Festival, Siegen, Germany, 1993
Festival Art Summit Indonesia, Java and Sumatra, 1995 Belfast
Festival, Northern Ireland, 1995
Danza Valencia , Spain, 1996
Festival Oriente-Occidente, Trento, Italia 1996
Kulturetage Festival in Oldenburg, Germany, 1996
Encuentro Internacional de Danza Contemporánea, Montevideo, Uruguay,1996
Festival Internacional de Teatro de Buenos Aires, 1997
Nomads International Dance festival, Guiessen, Alemania, 1999
Festival Internacional de Teatro de Buenos Aires, 1999
Festival Internacional de Teatro de Buenos Aires-Proyecto Cruce 2005