Dodi Leal

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Dodi Leal
Dodi Leal em cena do filme 'tenho receio de teorias que nao dancam' 02.jpg
Born1984 (age 39–40)
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Occupation(s)Performer, curator, trans activist and researcher

Dodi Tavares Borges Leal (born 1984) is an academic, performer and trans rights activist who, is a professor in performing arts at the Federal University of Southern Bahia (UFSB) and an associate researcher at the State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC). [1] [2] [3] Her 2018 appointment at UFSB meant that she was the first transgender arts professor to take up a permanent employment in public higher education in the world. [4] [5] [6]

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As a performer and curator, Leal's work intersects with issues around trans identities. [7] [8] [9] She also initiated the 'luzvesti' concept, incorporating lighting design for stage into gender studies for the first time. [10] [11] Along with Lúcia Romano, Marta Baião, Nina Caetano, Sarah Duarte, Stela Fischer and Yasmin Nogueira, she works in the field of performance and gender studies in Brazil. [12]

In 2023, she was appointed as a visiting lecturer at the Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ESA) to teach on travesti storytelling and performance. [7] The course was subject to transphobic attacks on social media, but was defended publicly by the University of São Paulo. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Retrospectiva 2019: No teatro, temas inquietantes encontram novos públicos e salas". Entrevista de Dodi Leal ao caderno de Cultura do jornal O Estado de S. Paulo. 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  2. ↑ "Professora trans, Dodi Leal ministra curso na ECA: "espero que seja só o começo"". ECA | Escola de Comunicações e Artes (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  3. ↑ Medeiros, Ettore Stefani de (2023-06-27). Sim, você odeia!: uma reflexão sobre os ódios contemporâneos que nós praticamos (in Brazilian Portuguese). Editora Dialética. p. 1981. ISBN   978-65-252-8168-1.
  4. ↑ "Centro de Formação em Artes". CFA/UFSB. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  5. ↑ Carvalho, Malu. "UFSB empossa sua primeira professora trans". UFSB (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  6. ↑ "Escola de Comunicações da USP terá professora trans pela 1ª vez: 'Inversão da lógica do lugar que uma travesti pode ocupar'". G1 São Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  7. 1 2 "Nota de repúdio a comentários transfóbicos dirigidos à professora Dodi Leal". Escola de Comunicações e Artes (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  8. ↑ Pereira, Danilo Cava (2023-11-28). "TEATRA: encontros para caminhos de tramaturgias". Sesc São Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  9. ↑ Porto, Robson Teixeira; Santos, Vera Lúcia Bertoni dos (2023). "Resignifying the Action of Conducting in Ballroom Dance: a bibliographical review of academic productions". Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença. 13 (3). doi:10.1590/2237-2660128163vs02. ISSN   2237-2660.
  10. ↑ Leal, Dodi Tavares Borges (2018-11-27). Performatividade transgênera: equações poéticas de reconhecimento recíproco na recepção teatral. Tese de Doutorado em Psicologia Social (IP-USP) (Thesis). doi: 10.11606/T.47.2018.tde-13112018-144518 . Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  11. ↑ "Grupos LGBT pressionam Justiça para garantir direitos básicos". Entrevista de Dodi Leal ao Jornal O Globo. 2017-11-21. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  12. ↑ Auip, Marie Araujo; Martins, Marcos Aurélio Bulhões (2024). "Women of the Sea: performative practices as a critique of Brazilian patriarchal colonial myths". Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença. 14 (2). doi: 10.1590/2237-2660132181vs02 . ISSN   2237-2660.
  13. ↑ "Artista e doutora travesti, Dodi Leal ministra disciplina na Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA) da USP". Jornal da USP (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-05-09. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
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