TIERRAS EN DANZA
CONTEMPORARY DANCE FESTIVAL IN NATURE
TIERRAS EN DANZA
CONTEMPORARY DANCE FESTIVAL IN NATURE
TEACHERS
Nico Ricchini
Nico (he/him) trained in ballet in Lyon and in contemporary dance at Varium, Barcelona. He has collaborated with renowned companies and artists such as Pepe Hevia Danza, Fernando Madagan (Nederlands Dans Theater), Tupac Martir, Emma Martin Dance, La Taimada, CLOD Ensemble and Lali Ayguadé. His participation in Juanjo Giménez's Oscar-nominated short film Timecode is a highlight of his career.
With Akram Khan Company, he performed Chotto Desh, presented in 85 cities and seen by over 110,000 spectators. He was also a rehearsal director for Chotto Xenos and a performer in 2020 and joined the new Chotto Desh tour in 2023, consolidating his artistic focus.
Between 2018 and 2024, Nico co-founded and directed, together with Nadine Gerspacher, the FREE BODIES, FREE ROOTS and FREE PULSE programmes, brought together under FREEZONE, a creative space in Barcelona.
Since 2024, he has been pursuing his career as an independent artist, teacher and guest choreographer.
Mario Bermúdez
Mario Bermúdez, artistic director, choreographer, and dancer of Marcat Dance, is a prolific and multi-award-winning artist from Jaen who has developed his own language through movement, characterized by its dynamic physicality and emotional intensity. His acclaimed works are performed by his own company Marcat Dance as well as other leading dance companies around the world, such as the National Dance Company of Spain, the National Dance Company of Wales, Hung Dance Taiwan and Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, among others.
Since Bermúdez settled in Spain, he has been awarded with pieces created for Marcat Dance at the Talía Awards (2024), MAX Awards (2023), Lorca Awards (2023, 2022, 2021), and PAD Awards (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019). And in 2023, Mario received the ¨Ojo Crítico de Danza Contemporánea Award¨ from the National Radio of Spain.
Prior to Marcat Dance, Mario was a member of Batsheva Dance Company based in Tel Aviv (2012-2016). With Batsheva he performed works by Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal, Hofesh Shechter, and Roy Assaf, and danced in prestigious theaters around the world including the Opéra National de Paris (France), the Brooklyn Academy of Music (Brooklyn, NY), and The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, DC). From 2010 to 2012 Mario was based in New York City and danced with Gallim Dance by Andrea Miller and Jennifer Muller/The Works. His training began at age 20 when he studied at the Centro Andaluz de Danza in Seville (Spain) between 2008 and 2010.
José Reches
Born in Reus (Tarragona), he was trained in Barcelona, where he obtained a training grant at the Varium dance school, directed by Anna Sanchez. In 2002 he formed his own Dance Company "La Piel".
As a dancer he has worked among other companies: Metros (Ramon Oller, Barcelona), Ardermat 11 (Portugal), Compañía de Danza de Lisboa (Portugal) Paulo Ribeiro (Portugal), 10&10 Dance (Madrid).
As a teacher in different schools and dance companies; School of Dance Rui Horta (Portugal), Lavanderia a Vapore (Turin, Italy), Espaziodanza (Genoa, Italy), Choreographic Center La Ventilla, drama school of Cristina Rota, Animalario theatre company, Natalia Medina Dance School (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) and Companies: 10&10, Última vez (Wim Vandekeybus) among others.
In 2002 he funds his own company "La piel" with choreogrphies like En tierra de nadie, Amati Purpurade, Como perros. He has also several creations for the Royal Conservatory mariemma: Malacarne, Wunderbar, Iʼ dont know, Heaven, Young happenings, Sine die, Korpo.
For Natalia Medina's dance company: Para la Compañía de danza Natalia Medina: Exquisite Form (2015) “Kiss me hard before you go” for the Balletto teatro di Torino , Italia (2018).
Since 2003 he has been a teacher and choreographer at the R.C.P.D “Mariemma”; since 2019 he has been head of the contemporary dance department there. Creator of the 5Fest festival. He continues his work as a video dance creator with a trilogy linked to Extremadura.
Among his latest releases are Galea for the RCPD "Mariemma" (2020) and El beso de plata (2020) and DUX (2022) for his own company. Since 2020 he has been part of Tierras en danza team.
