Iván Pérez
Iván Pérez
The Spanish choreographer and artistic director, Iván Pérez, is part of the new generation of choreographers and leaders in European dance. A graduate in "Choreography and Performance" from the Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid, he has furthered his training in international courses such as the "Rural Retreat for New Dance Leaders" organized by DanceEast, United Kingdom, and the course "It's All About...Talking: Curation and Communication in the Performing Arts" at the Berlin Summer University of the Arts. As a dancer with the Nederlands Dans Theater, he has worked with choreographers such as Jiri Kylián, Ohad Naharin, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, Mats Ek, and Alexander Ekman, among many others. In 2018, he had the honor of creating "The Male Dancer" for the prestigious Paris Opera Ballet, with costumes by Spanish designer Alejandro Gómez Palomo, broadcast on Arte TV and in theaters around the world. Since September 2018, he has directed the Dance Theatre Heidelberg at Theater und Orchester Heidelberg. He has co-curated the international dance festival Tanzbiennale Heidelberg in collaboration with the Unterwegstheater, which has presented artists such as Lia Rodrigues, NDT2, Kor'sia, Meg Stuart, Maguie Marin, Marina Mascarell, Dance On Ensemble/Christos Papadopoulos, Rocio Molina, Ayelen Parolin, Cherish Menzo, among others. Pérez has supported new generations of choreographers through his work as a jury member at the Choreographic Center Heidelberg and in international choreography competitions. As an independent choreographer, he has created works for companies such as the Paris Opera Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater, Compañía Nacional de Danza, Balletboyz, Ballet Moscow, Dance Forum Taipei, Leipzig Ballet, Lithuanian National Ballet, River North Dance Chicago, as well as dance universities worldwide. His choreographic work is characterized by a balance between experimentation and aesthetic sensibility, employing a highly expressive movement vocabulary. In his work, Pérez constantly seeks ways to expand the boundaries of dance through collaborations with stage and costume designers, dramaturges, composers and orchestras. His works often explore the depths of emotion, reflecting the complexities of the human experience through the body, balancing its vulnerability and strength.
