Urtzi Aranburu Adrada is originally from San Sebastian, Gipuzkoa, Spain. At the age of 9, he began his ballet studies with Mentxu Medel at Thalía Ballet School in San Sebastian, Spain. At the age of 15, and during four years, he received scholarships to continue his ballet training with Luis Fuente at his Ballet School in Madrid, Spain, and graduated from the Royal High School of Drama and Dance in Madrid, Spain. He joined the Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in Den Haag, The Netherlands,
in 1991 for two seasons under the direction of Gerald Tibbs. In 1993, the artistic director Jiri Kylian promoted Aranburu to the main company the Nederlands Dans Theater 1 under his direction, in which he continued to perform and tour internationally for fourteen seasons more. Urtzi has worked extensively with Jiri Kylian and other renowned choreographers including William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Johan Inger, Hans van Manen, Mats Ek, and many more, creating and performing their works worldwide. From 2009 to 2013, he returned to the Nederlands Dans Theater 2 as the assistant
of the artistic director Gerald Tibbs and as a Ballet Master. Since 2013 Urtzi works as a assistant for the choreographer Jiri Kylian, setting and staging his works for numerous dance companies including Nederlands Dans Theater, Lyon
Opera Ballet, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Norwegian National Ballet,
Compañia Nacional de Danza Spain, Paris Opera, Staatsballet Berlin,
Washington Ballet, Czech National Ballet, Ballett Zurich, Boston Ballet, and
many more.