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Marcelo de Andrade Pereira is an Associate Professor at the University of Hamburg's Institute of Human Movement Science. He specializes in aesthetics and the history of art, particularly focusing on performance studies, philosophy of art, politics, critical theory, and aesthetic theory, with a specific interest in dance-theatre. Pereira holds a PhD in Education from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, exploring the intersection of words, poetry, and education, and he has produced notable work related to the philosophy of Walter Benjamin. He has been a visiting professor at New York University, contributing to performance education. With extensive editorial experience, he serves as an associate editor for the Brazilian Journal of Presence Studies and was previously the editor-in-chief of Revista Educação UFSM. His research involves rigorous reflections on artistic processes, specifically those of the choreographer Pina Bausch, seeking to analyze the collaborative construction of shared spaces in the arts. Pereira's engagements include leadership in professional associations such as ANPEd, focusing on education and the arts, and he has been involved in significant scholarship initiatives in Brazil.
University of Hamburg • Hamburg
Conducting research in the Institute of Human Movement Science.
Federal University of Santa Maria • Santa Maria, Brazil
Educating and conducting research in aesthetics and history of art.
New York University • New York, NY, USA
Teaching performance education at the Steinhardt School.
Includes tracks like Intelligent Adaptive Systems (IAS).