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Jose Carlos Blanco Martinez
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He was born in Madrid in 1978.
He studied dance at the Víctor Ullate school, and at sixteen joined the Víctor Ullate Company where he was named first soloist dancer at the age of twenty.
In 2001 he joined the CND (National Dance Company), under the direction of Nacho Duato, where he worked with great choreographers such as W. Forsythe, J. Kylian, M. Ek, O. Naharin, J. Godani, O. Anderson and of course Nacho Duato with whom he collaborated in numerous creations.
In 2005 he was named principal dancer.
In 2010 he is appointed ballet master at the CND2 under the direction of Hervé Palito.
The following year he joined the artistic staff of the main Company (CND) , under the direction of José Carlos Martínez.
In 2014 he was appointed Artistic Coordinator of the “Somos Arte” gala held annually in Valencia.
Since February 2015, he works as Freelance Teacher teaching classes, workshops, by Nacho Duato, Gentian Doda, Yoko Taira, Toni Fabre, Juanjo Arqués and Alejandro Cerrudo among others; In addition to participating in different projects.
He has participated in galas with dancers such as Alicia Amatriain, Daria Klimentova, Friedemann Vogel, Jason Reily, Elisa Badenes, Tamako Akiyama, Ana Laguna, Trinidad Sevillano, among many others.
In 2017, he was appointed official assistant-rehearsal master of the choreographer Juanjo Arques.
FOTO:Johan Persson
Paralelamente a su carrera de baile, desde 2008 Carmen ha sido profesora invitada en diferentes escuelas e instituciones de toda Europa. Ha sido profesora invitada de ballet en el Theater Kiel, el Ballett Nordhausen, Mainfranken Theater Würzburg, Ballett Mainz, Semperoper Ballet, Landestheater Eisenach, Ballet im Revier, Ballett Rosa, Ballett Schwerin, Theater Wiesbaden, Ballett Staatstheater Nürnberg, Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company, Robles Ballet School, Carmina Ocaña y Pablo Saboye Ballet
School, Scola Dansa Marta Bustamante, Sanau Dansa, International Summer Workshop Tanzplan Muse10 en Palucca Schule, Profesora de ballet y coreógrafa en Ms J. Wong School of Ballet Hong Kong International
Summer Dance School (ISDS 2014- 15-16-19) y moderadora y jurado de Floor on Fire - Battle of Styles en Hellerau-European Center for Arts, Conservatorio de Danza de Murcia (2023), Laboratorio Artistico de Danza (LAD).
Carmen ha trabajado con coreógrafos como Forsythe, Peck e Inger, y asistentes coreográficos como Bennetts, Ashley, Cadell, Carr, Dowell, Delgado, Gloushak, Aranburu y Gladstone.
Del 2016 al 2021 comienza su trabajo como repetidora en Semperoper Ballett, responsable de las coreografías de MacMillan, Balanchine, Forsythe, Ashton, Dawson, Watkin, Celis, Peck, Inger, Bausch, entre otros.
Carmen se unió al Birmingham Royal Ballet en 2021-23 como Répétiteur, bajo la dirección de Carlos Acosta trabajando en el repertorio de Cardim, Clug, MacMillan, Sir Peter Wright, Bintley, Acosta,Stevenson, Scholz, Kylián, Reinoso, Nunes y asistiendo a Acosta, Antonucci, Tait, Tierney, Bonner,
Saunders, Krizman, Bos-Kroese, Muñoz.
FOTO: Iam Whalen
Carmen ha sido galardonada con el prestigioso premio Alfonso Decimo 2024 en la categoría de Danza.
Carmen forma parte del English National Ballet desde la temporada 2023 /24 dirigido por Aaron Watkin , añadiendo a su repertorio como repetidora piezas de Khan, Eagling, Skeaping, Deane.