Tomaz Emídio Leopoldo de Carvalho Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Schiappa Pectra Sousa Ribas (20 June 1918 – 21 March 1999) was a professor, writer, ethnologist and critic of theatre and dance.
He entered the Conservatório Nacional in Lisbon against his father’s will, where he concluded the Special Course of Dance and Choreography.
He was awarded a degree in Hispanic Studies by the Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo de Santander (Spain) and was granted scholarships by the Instituto de Alta Cultura, the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, the Spanish Ministry of Culture and the State Department of the United States of America.
He trained at the Académie Nationale de la Danse under Serge Lifar’s supervision, at the Archives Internationales de la Danse, at the Italian Archives of theatre and dance and at American theatre schools.
He was granted the Commend of the Order of Merit and was honored as Doctor Honoris Causa by the Université de la Danse (Paris).