An interview with Victoria Treviño | Why Dance Matters podcast

Dance, and especially ballet, can sometimes seem remote from people’s lives. How do you bolt it into the heart of a community?

The answer often lies with an RAD Teacher. In this case, Victoria Treviño, who teaches in Mexico City, has used ballet to change the lives of young people facing very challenging circumstances. After the ballet school she taught at was suddenly and unexpectedly forced to shut, leaving 30 young people with nowhere to turn, Victoria offered her home as a makeshift studio. This is surprisingly more common than you might think in Mexico, but it makes her story and passion no less compelling.

With the support of the students’ parents, Victoria opened her home to students wishing to learn ballet – little did she know this would become so much more than a ballet school to her local community. Nor that she would face so many obstacles to simply keep them dancing. Here she shares how much of an impact dance can have, far beyond pirouettes and pliés.

About Victoria Treviño
Victoria Treviño began studying classical ballet with Patricia Pallmann in Cuernavaca, Morelos Mexico. She later completed her studies with Royal Academy of Dance Syllabus and the Cuban Ballet system under the tutelage of Claudia Trueba and Gustavo Herrera in Mexico City. Dancer of the Neo-classical Company Danzanté (1999-2005). Certified teacher of the Royal Academy of Dance and Diploma of the University of Surrey in Dance Education (2006). Founder of Wimbledon Ballet Club for Children and Youth (2007). In 2010 she founded her school: Ballet Club Mexico and in 2014 the non-profit Civil Association: Ballet Teatro del Olmo Azul, A.C. that focuses on funding studies and opportunities for unpriviliged ballet students. She saw the most success amongst the boys only programme: Ballet para Chavos. Later on, saw the need to create a youth ballet company: Ballet Joven CDMX. She has been hired as a guest teacher / choreographer in: Mexico, United States (2020), Canada (2012-14) and England (2004-06).

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