ESTER GUNTÍN, director and choreographer from Barcelona. After studying BA Humanities, MA on Aesthetics and Comparative Studies (Art, Literature, Thought) at Pompeu Fabra University she started her BA on Choreography at Institut del Teatre while working in Contemporary Art field.
Inspired by all kind of humanistic references, her work focuses on how traces of the past resurface in the present, using movement, sound, space design and dramaturgy as a medium of expression to go beyond the choreographic.
Her productions are defined by high visual impact and complex scenic compositions, based on the interaction of the scenic elements.
Her piece QUISO NEGRO has been awarded with Premi de Dansa Institut del Teatre 2023. A full lenght work was premiered in Festival Grec in July 2024. She has also presented her first stage opera direction in Ò(H)PERA program at Gran Teatre del Liceu in 2024. She will begin to develop her new piece, TORNAVEU, in Rome through 2025 with the scholarship MAEC-AECID of Academia de España en Roma for 2024-2025.
Her works have been presented in different spaces, festivals and contests such as: Festival Grec, Gran Teatre del Liceu, CCCB Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Tanzlabour ULM, Germany, l’Auditori de Barcelona, Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition, RIDCC (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), FERIA ARCO (Madrid), Festival Sismògraf Olot, Estruch Choreographic Contest (Barcelona), ACT Festival (Bilbao) or Quinzena de Dança de Almada (Almada, Portugal).
Since 2020 she has also collaborated as a movement director for theater or assistant choreographer with Marcos Morau (La Veronal), V.V.A.A. Collective, Silvia Delagneau, Marta Pazos, Joan Morey, Clara Aguilar, Entrance Teatro and AMAGA, among others.
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Inspired by all kind of humanistic references, her work focuses on how traces of the past resurface in the present, using movement, sound, space design and dramaturgy as a medium of expression to go beyond the choreographic.
Her productions are defined by high visual impact and complex scenic compositions, based on the interaction of the scenic elements.
Her piece QUISO NEGRO has been awarded with Premi de Dansa Institut del Teatre 2023. A full lenght work was premiered in Festival Grec in July 2024. She has also presented her first stage opera direction in Ò(H)PERA program at Gran Teatre del Liceu in 2024. She will begin to develop her new piece, TORNAVEU, in Rome through 2025 with the scholarship MAEC-AECID of Academia de España en Roma for 2024-2025.
Her works have been presented in different spaces, festivals and contests such as: Festival Grec, Gran Teatre del Liceu, CCCB Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Tanzlabour ULM, Germany, l’Auditori de Barcelona, Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition, RIDCC (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), FERIA ARCO (Madrid), Festival Sismògraf Olot, Estruch Choreographic Contest (Barcelona), ACT Festival (Bilbao) or Quinzena de Dança de Almada (Almada, Portugal).
Since 2020 she has also collaborated as a movement director for theater or assistant choreographer with Marcos Morau (La Veronal), V.V.A.A. Collective, Silvia Delagneau, Marta Pazos, Joan Morey, Clara Aguilar, Entrance Teatro and AMAGA, among others.
FULL BIO CAT
FULL BIO CAST
FULL BIO ENG