Ana Paula Hofling

Ana Paula Höfling is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies for the MFA in Dance and MA in Dance Theories and Practices at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s School of Dance. Her scholarly profile includes affiliations with the National Humanities Center (as a Trustee’s Fellow), Wesleyan University (as a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow), and leadership roles in the Dance Studies Association and editorial boards of prominent journals like Dance Research Journal.

Her research investigates Brazilian dance, capoeira, racial politics in performance, and cultural nationalism. Key themes include:

• Choreographic representations of Brazilian identity
• Decolonizing dance archives and methodologies
• Intersections of race, class, and authorship in folkloric ballet
• Afro-Brazilian contributions to global dance heritage

Her publications consistently engage with socio-historical analyses of Brazilian modernism, pedagogical frameworks in dance, and the global staging of Afro-Brazilian traditions. Recent works (2015–2023) reveal a focus on postcolonial theory, embodied ethnography, and critical race studies in performance contexts.

Notable awards include:

• Oscar G. Brockett Book Prize (2021) for Staging Brazil
• National Humanities Center Fellowship (2021–22)
• Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship

As Graduate Program Director, she advises MFA/MA students and teaches courses spanning dance theory, history, administration, and capoeira practice. Her lab affiliations and external grants are not detailed in the source text.