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Susan TreviñoSusan and her husband Buddy joined the faculty of the University in July of 1977, leaving the professional world of dance in order to pass their love and knowledge of the art to a new area of student engagement. In a mission to connect to the exceptional presence of the arts already begun at UIW, they established dance courses that were integrated into the core, and later created a Dance Minor. Soon after came a ballet school for young students through adults. The program then grew into a ballet company for all ages. The Incarnate Word Ballet presented its annual Nutcracker performances for local audiences and schools, and produced other favorites such as, Coppelia, The Firebird, a yearly Children’s series for elementary and middle school students, and dance was often a part of beloved Maureen Halligan’s noontime series, Café Olé! A unique collaboration with Margaret Mitchell and the UIW Theater Department produced a favorite project called The NutCarol.
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As Co-Director of the Incarnate Word Dance Department, and Co-Director of Incarnate Word Ballet School and Ballet Company 1978-2004, Ms.Trevino has brought years of quality dance to dancers and students in San Antonio, the South Texas area, and throughout the United States. Susan and her husband Buddy were Co-Directors of the Joffrey Workshop Texas in San Antonio from 1978-2018. Retiring from the Workshop directorship at the 40 year mark, they mentored UIW ballet alumni, Mauro Villanueva into the continuing legacy of the Joffrey Workshop.
Trained in her native Oklahoma by lifetime mentor Jayne Van Wey, she was soon accepted for study with Oklahoma Indian ballerina Yvonne Chouteau and her husband Miguel Terekhov of the Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo. During her training and dance career Susan achieved solo and principal status in a number of regional and professional companies including Oklahoma City Civic Ballet, Austin Ballet Theatre, Festival Ballet of San Antonio, Corpus Christi Concert Ballet, Ballet Arts Company of Denver, Rocky Mountain National Ballet Company, and Ruth Page International Ballet Company, Chicago. IL. Studies took her to Washington D.C., New York City, Chicago, IL, San Francisco, CA, Denver, CO, and Seattle, WA.
As a Choreographer, she has created in over 300 original works and theatre production credits as well as collaborating with ballet companies to choreograph costume and produce performances. The famous Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo premiered her production of Gaite Parisienne in 1996 at the Danny Kaye Theatre in New York City, and that production has since toured internationally. Continuing to support the Regional Dance in America organization, Ms. Trevino has been on the faculty teaching Ballet, Pointe and Character Dance in many RDA Festival cities.
She has been commissioned by the Nutmeg Ballet, Corpus Christi Concert Ballet, Interlochen School of the Arts, Lawton City Ballet, Victoria Ballet Theatre, Ballet Ensemble of Texas, Midland Festival Ballet, and Alamo City Dance Company to re-stage, create, and premier new and original works. She was named “Outstanding Woman in the Arts” by the San Antonio Express-News in 1986 and has received prestigious awards and accolades over the years. She holds membership with the National Society of the Arts and Letters, the National Association of Schools of Dance and was on the founding board of the San Antonio Arts Council. She was a member of the curriculum committee in the capacity of Dance for The Citizens for the High School of the Arts organization. She was inducted into the San Antonio Women’s Hall of Fame in the Arts Category 1990.
Outside of the University she continues to teach in many private schools throughout the city and the state. She regularly returns to summer intensives as guest faculty for Victoria Ballet Theatre. She held the title of Associate Choreographer and Senior Master Teacher at San Antonio School for the Performing Arts. Currently she is a part of the artistic team for the Alamo City Performing Arts Association and Symphony Viva, and is honored to work with the Eva’s Heroes foundation.
Trained in her native Oklahoma by lifetime mentor Jayne Van Wey, she was soon accepted for study with Oklahoma Indian ballerina Yvonne Chouteau and her husband Miguel Terekhov of the Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo. During her training and dance career Susan achieved solo and principal status in a number of regional and professional companies including Oklahoma City Civic Ballet, Austin Ballet Theatre, Festival Ballet of San Antonio, Corpus Christi Concert Ballet, Ballet Arts Company of Denver, Rocky Mountain National Ballet Company, and Ruth Page International Ballet Company, Chicago. IL. Studies took her to Washington D.C., New York City, Chicago, IL, San Francisco, CA, Denver, CO, and Seattle, WA.
As a Choreographer, she has created in over 300 original works and theatre production credits as well as collaborating with ballet companies to choreograph costume and produce performances. The famous Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo premiered her production of Gaite Parisienne in 1996 at the Danny Kaye Theatre in New York City, and that production has since toured internationally. Continuing to support the Regional Dance in America organization, Ms. Trevino has been on the faculty teaching Ballet, Pointe and Character Dance in many RDA Festival cities.
She has been commissioned by the Nutmeg Ballet, Corpus Christi Concert Ballet, Interlochen School of the Arts, Lawton City Ballet, Victoria Ballet Theatre, Ballet Ensemble of Texas, Midland Festival Ballet, and Alamo City Dance Company to re-stage, create, and premier new and original works. She was named “Outstanding Woman in the Arts” by the San Antonio Express-News in 1986 and has received prestigious awards and accolades over the years. She holds membership with the National Society of the Arts and Letters, the National Association of Schools of Dance and was on the founding board of the San Antonio Arts Council. She was a member of the curriculum committee in the capacity of Dance for The Citizens for the High School of the Arts organization. She was inducted into the San Antonio Women’s Hall of Fame in the Arts Category 1990.
Outside of the University she continues to teach in many private schools throughout the city and the state. She regularly returns to summer intensives as guest faculty for Victoria Ballet Theatre. She held the title of Associate Choreographer and Senior Master Teacher at San Antonio School for the Performing Arts. Currently she is a part of the artistic team for the Alamo City Performing Arts Association and Symphony Viva, and is honored to work with the Eva’s Heroes foundation.