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College / Department

College of Arts and Sciences
Performing Arts Program

Teaching areas

Costume Design, Dress History, Stage Makeup, Figure Drawing and Media Techniques

Research areas

Costume Design, Stage makeup and special effects, Fashion and Textile History, Theatre History, Rendering Techniques, Creative Processes for Performing Arts

Education

MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA, 2014

Professional experience

Selected Costume Design Credits: Macbeth Unhinged; Hairspray; Sweeney Todd; The Elephant Man; The Soldier's Tale; Bar and Ger
Costume Assistant / Construction Credits: - TV and Film: Loving; Turn; Mercy Street - Broadway (NY): Lucky Guy; Amazing Grace - Broadway (touring): Memphis; Sister Act
Costume illustration: Astoria; The Piano Lesson

Contact

imelo@aus.edu
+971 6 515 3535

Isabela Tavares de Melo

Assistant Professor
MFA in Theatre Arts/Costume Design, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

Isabela Tavares de Melo is a costume designer and illustrator. Her research interests include costume and fashion design, dress and textile history, theatre history and stage design processes. She has previously taught at Virginia Commonwealth University, and designed costumes for theatre, dance, and film in the US and Brazil. She has also collaborated in Broadway productions such as Lucky Guy and Amazing Grace; in  the US television series Turn and Mercy Street; and in the feature films Macbeth: Unhinged, presented at Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2016, and Loving, nominated for several film awards and winner of the 2017 Critic’s Choice Award for Best Motion Picture.

Conference Presentations

Conceptual designs for Hairspray, Southeastern Theatre Conference, USA, 2013
Conceptual designs for Sweeney Todd, Southeastern Theatre Conference, USA, 2012

Awards and Honors

Costume Design Award for Hairspray, Southeastern Theatre Conference, USA, 2013
Costume Design Award for Sweeney Todd, Southeastern Theatre Conference, USA, 2012
Research Fellowship, FAPESP, Brazil, 2007-2008

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