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Sara Arribas Colmenar

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Sara Arribas Colmenar
Literature Representative (SIPSGO)

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Email: sva5811@psu.edu

Curriculum Vitae:

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Education:

MA, Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, Carlos III University of Madrid
MA, Classical Philology, Complutense and Autonoma University of Madrid
BA, Classical Philology, Complutense University

Research Interests:

XX Spanish dance, modernism, and the new woman

Biography:

Sara Arribas Colmenar is PhD candidate in Spanish and Visual Studies that currently serves as a Graduate Research Assistant of Digital Liberal Arts at the Digital Pedagogies and Initiatives Office (https://digital.la.psu.edu/ ). Holding a BA in Classical Philology from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, she also completed a Master’s in Classics and  has  been a Member of the Seminario Complutense de investigación en Historia y Teoría de la danza (https://www.ucm.es/seminariohtdanza/) thanks to her Elemental Degree in Spanish Dance recognized by A.P.D.E (Asociación de Profesores de Danza Española).
Sara is deeply engaged in research on dance and Spanish theater during the XX century, particularly focusing on the concept of the new women in movement and the reception of the public. Her work primarily involves the textual choreographies of Ramón Gómez de la Serna, exploring the intellectual circuits surrounding key figures such as Federico García Lorca, Los Sierra, and Tomás Borrás. Additionally, she is actively developing a digital project on social media networks using gephi.org This project aims to demonstrate the interconnectedness of dance and literature through the exploration of personal relationships among choreographers, musicians, set designers, and literary figures of the time.

Publications

  • “Graham McFee (2018). Dance and the Philosophy of Action: A Framework for the Aesthetics of Dance. Binsted, Hampshire: Dance Books” in the Acotaciones revista de investigación y creación teatral. https://www.resad.com/Acotaciones.new/index.php/ACT  Madrid- 20 Dec. 2019
  • “La escuela bolera” and “ La Modern Dance estadounidense” of the activity Historia(s) en danza. Una conferencia bailada entre los siglos XIX y XXI  in the framework of the 19th Science Week at the Center for Human and Social Sciences of the CSIC http://hdl.handle.net/10261/194564. Madrid- Nov. 2019

Conference Presentations

  • 2023 “Bailando con el franquismo y el deseo de fuga: la Cenicienta invertida en Nada de Carmen Laforet” At KFLC, The Languages, Literatures and Cultures Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA. April 20th-22nd, 2023.
  • 2023 “Mujer varonil on Stage: The Masculinization as a Defense Mechanism in Lope de Vega’s Comedies” At NeMLA’s 54th Annual Convention, University at Buffalo, USA. March 23 -26th, 2023.
  • La huella de Louis de Cahusac en el Tratado de recreación instructiva sobre la danza (1793) at the  the VI Congreso Nacional y III Internacional La Investigación en Danza, organized by the Asociación Española D más I: Danza e Investigación in collaboration with Instituto de Historia of the CSIC (Centro superior de investigaciones cientificicas) and the Conservatorio Superior de Danza María de Avila. Online- Nov. 2020
  • La etimología y terminología en el Tratado de recreación instructiva sobre la danza (1793)at the VIII Ganimedes National Congress. Santiago de Compostela- 6 March 2020
  • Bailando con la morar: la identidad corporal en la Antigua Grecia on the II Internacional Congres of Dance Philosophy organized by the UNED and the Theaters Canal. Madrid- 7  Jun. 2019
  • El origen mítico de la danza: Estudio de las fuentes griegas en Discursos sobre el arte del dançado de Juan de Esquivel Navarro at the VII Ganimedes National Congress. Barcelona- 15 Marz. 2019