LUCIA MONTES
Choreographer and performer
I was born in Castro Urdiales (1991), but my first two years were spent in Hong Kong, then I went to Chile, and I lived there for 9 years, my childhood, where I already started from the age of 4, more or less, very varied dance classes, movement, gymnastics, folk dances…
I was always dancing and choreographing with my group of friends.
At age 11, we moved again, this time to Morocco, where I lived for 5 years, learned French, and many other dances and experiences. In 2008, at the age of 17, I moved to Madrid, where I began my studies at the Royal Professional Conservatory of Dance Mariemma in the specialty of contemporary dance, graduating in 2012.
I then continued my training at the Superior Dance Conservatory of María de Ávila, graduating in 2016 in Choreography. In those years, I spent long periods in Costa Rica, where I went to the El Barco Conservatory and learned a lot about the dance there.
In 2012 I started working with the Sharon Fridman Company based on the contact technique as an interpreter in the works Hasta Donde, later with Caída Libre-Free Fall and finally in All Ways. Within the company I also gave technical classes, workshops or artistic assistance, and we had numerous performances and international tours until 2018. In 2015, I created my first piece together with Nathalie Remadi, Masawa.
Since then, as a freelance dancer I have worked with companies such as La Phármaco, Elías Aguirre, Cia Antonio Ruz, Camille Hanson, Richard Mascherín, LaRumbe Danza, and Fabian Thome's Full Time Company. In parallel, I also do occasional jobs as a performer and actress, an innate passion, training at the Central de Cine and Actores Madrid.
In 2020 I undertake my own project as co-creator and performer with Mado Dallery in the piece IN-SIDE, the first creation in a binomial with premiere in Summer 2021. Afterwards, we expand and deepen the creation by premiering an extended performance work IN-SIDE (Extended version) in 2022.
In 2023 we have created a new piece. Mado choreographing and performing MODA NO SOY, while I composed and performed my first electronic music for live stage.
2024 is a year of growth for the company, with the November premiere of AFTER THE DROP and many more projects in sight.