Foto: Juan Pérez

Photo: Rodolfo Prantte

Director, Choreographer and Professor.

Head Professor for BA in Dance and BA in Drama at National University of the Arts, Buenos Aires (UNA).

Artistic Director of TFE (Specialization on Performing Arts) and Teacher of TFB (Dance school), at Estudio Viceversa.

His award winning work has been presented at national and international festivals, and has been supported by many organisations including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (Guggenheim Fellowship award), Freiburger Theatre (Germany), Colon Theatre Experimental Centre, Latin American Fund Iberescena, Ministry of Culture and Education, Argentina; and San Martin Theatre, Argentina.

He has also been the recipient of a number of scholarships from various organisations including the Fulbright Commission, the National Fund for the Arts (Argentina), the International Theatre Institute (ITI), the Goethe Institute, the American Dance Festival, Fundación Antorchas, Research Institute of the Arts of Movement (UNA) and the Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint Denis, France.

He is involved in research and dissertation projects, as director, examiner and jury member. His work has been published and he frequently participates in seminars and conferences. He conducts workshops nationally and internationally.

He holds a Diploma in Cultural Management Advanced Studies, (University of San Martin, Argentina) and serves as Executive Director of the Instituto Prodanza, Ministry of Culture of the city of Buenos Aires.

Awards

Bienal de Arte Joven Second Prize, Secretary of Culture, Buenos Aires, 1993.

American Dance Festival and Antorchas Foundation Scholarship,
International Dance Seminary, City of the Arts, General Roca, Río Negro, Argentina, 1998.

Goethe Institute, International Theatre Institute and Antorchas Foundation grant holder;
Internship with the Freiburg/PrettyUgly Ballet, Freiburg, Germany, 1999.

Choreographic Stand-out Clarín Award, 2000.

Fulbright scholarship – National Fund for the Arts,
Further education programme in New York and Berkeley, USA, 2001.

Guggenheim Fellowship awarded by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2003.

Metropolitan Fund for the Arts and Science subsidy, Ministry of Culture, City of Buenos Aires, 2005

Subsidy to creation, Prodanza Institute, Ministry of Culture, City of Buenos Aires, 2006.

Metropolitan Fund for the Arts and Science subsidy, Ministry of Culture, City of Buenos Aires, 2007

Nominated for a Teatros del Mundo  Award, University of Buenos Aires, 2007.

Mc Station Paradigma Digital Award, honorable mention, 2007.

National Fund for the Arts Grant for Group Projects, 2007.

Subsidy to creation, Prodanza Institute, Ministry of Culture, City of Buenos Aires, 2008.

Creación Grant, Iberescena, Ibero-American Fund, 2009.

Nominated for a ‘Teatros del Mundo’ Award, University of Buenos Aires, 2010.

National Fund for the Arts Grant for creation, 2010.

Choreographic contest award, Research Institute, Dance Department, National University of the Arts;
Grant for the Recontres Choreographiques Internacionales de Seine-Saint Denis, France, 2010.

Subsidy to creation, Prodanza Institute, Ministry of Culture, City of Buenos Aires, 2013.

LABA-BA Grant, Jewish Art and Culture Laboratory, Buenos Aires, 2015.

Subsidy to creation, Prodanza Institute, Ministry of Culture, City of Buenos Aires, 2016.

National Fund for the Arts Grant for creation, 2017.

Subsidy to creation, Prodanza Institute, Ministry of Culture, City of Buenos Aires, 2017.

National Fund for the Arts Grant, 2019.