Ballet East Dance Theatre

Toni Bravo

Maria Antonieta (Toni) Bravo Originally from Mexico City, now a naturalized American, Ms. Bravo holds a bachelor's degree in Chemistry 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 in search of Democracy and is still looking. She studied and performed throughout the planet before she came to Austin. In Austin she has worked with almost everyone in the dance and theatre scenes and is willing to explore most any performance possibility.

Ms. Bravo is an independent choreographer and a full time faculty 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 (language arts, physics, math, geometry, ecology, and global cultural codes) into a kinetic system of learning. She also conducts an award-winning program at Johnston High School sponsored by Ballet East.

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; The University of Colorado in Boulder, 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, and Frontera Fest.

She also presents her independent politically charged works through Diverse Space Dancetheatre, one of the most reputable performance companies in Austin, produced by KINESIS Dancetheatre System Productions. The Austin Chronicle's Readers Poll gave Ms. Bravo the award for "Best Choreographer of the Year" for 1998, 1999, and 2000.

Works for Ballet East

2001 I imagine Flying Getting Over Solace	2000 Eumendies Quartette Time to Move On
1999 When You See A Fallen Angel Mango Love In the Name of....	1998 By the Night Back to Basics Traveling at the Spped of Lightning A New Place

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