Overview | Introduction to the Arts | Dance I/II/III/IV
My full name is Maria
Antonieta Moreno de Bravo. I go by Ms Bravo and I am in charge of the dance
program at St. Michael's Catholic
Academy. I was born in Mexico City, where I
obtained a bachelors degree in Chemistry. I came to USA
in 1979 after living in Spain
and England
for some time. I became a US
citizen in 1985. After dancing in Urbana/Champaign, Memphis,
Houston and New York City I obtain a Masters degree in
Theatre History and Criticism with a minor in Dance Pedagogy from UT Austin. I
began working at St. Michael's Catholic
Academy in 2003 though I
had worked with Mr. Klousia on a Musical Production in 2001 at St. Michael’s.
The following is a bio listing my activities outside of St. Michael's Catholic Academy.
Originally from Mexico
City, now a naturalized American, Ms. Bravo holds a
bachelor's degree in Chemistry (Universidad Iberoamericana) and a master's
degree in Theatre History and Criticism, with a minor in Dance Pedagogy (UT,
1987). Ms. Bravo left Latin America in 1979 since then she studied and
performed throughout the planet before she came to Austin.
Ms. Bravo is an independent choreographer, and a member for
the Ballet Austin Academy
and the director of Dance in Education Projects taught in schools for the
Ballet Austin Organization. Ms. Bravo designs the curriculum, trains the
instructors and teaches dance and movement classes that integrate academic
subjects into a kinetic system of learning titled “Leaps and No Bounds.”
Since 1991 Ms. Bravo has been commissioned to
teach, choreograph, and perform for communities outside of Austin. These include: Instituto de Bellas
Artes in Matamoros; Festival Internacional de
Arte de Mujers in Costa Rica;
Instituto Cultural Mexicano in San Antonio; The
Arts Council of Marshall Texas; and Festival de la Frontera in Nuevo Laredo. In Austin she has choreographed for operas,
musicals, plays, and dance performances produced by Ballet East, UT's Music and Theatre and Dance Departments, St.
Edward's University Theatre Department, ACC Theatre Department, VORTEX
Repertory Theatre, Violet Crown Players, Austin Police Department, Political
Asylum Project of Austin (PAPA), and Frontera Fest.