Toni Bravo

Maria Antonieta (Toni) Bravo, originally from Mexico City and Naturalized American, has worked around the world as a dancer, educator and choreographer since 1989. She trained as a dancer in Mexico, the US, England, France and Germany. She performed in various countries before settling in Austin, Texas. Her Youth Company annually travels to Europe to perform and train, in Dublin, Berlin and Prague. Her work is based on various dance and dance/theatre approaches. And she also choreographs for Dance festivals, Theatre, and Musical Theatre productions. Part of her freelance work has been presented by Austin Shakespeare, VORTEX Repertory Theatre, UT Austin Department of Theater and Dance and Opera Departments, her own company Diverse Space Dance Theatre and other local groups in Austin. Her international connections include The Irish Youth Dance Festival, SE.S.TA in Czech Republic, SKVR in Rotterdam and ICK in Amsterdam. Bravo was full time faculty of Ballet Austin’s Academy for 26 years. She directs the “Leaps and NO Bounds’” and “Dance in the Classroom” programs in AISD schools for Ballet Austin's Education Programs. She has also recently finish designing a Contemporary Modern Dance Method titled "Kinesis Dance Lab." Since 2015 she has conducted teacher training programs in Rotterdam and Dublin. Ms Bravo "has been an exemplary force of action as a choreographer and as an arts educator in Austin for over 25 years"