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Mauricio Nava

Inc. The Contemporary Circus multidisciplinary dance
Guanajuato, Mexico

Choreographer, videographer and stage director. Member of the National System of Art Creators of FONCA 2016-2019. Guillermo Arriaga National Dance Award 2014. Director of the Cía. The Contemporary Circus multidisciplinary dance of the Guanajuato Cd. Specialists and critics define him as one of the most propositional and avant-garde Mexican choreographers today. Graduated from the Degree in Choreography of INBA at CENART, he has created up to now more than 47 choreographic and visual works. He is recognized as one of the main promoters of experimental dance for alternative spaces and pioneer of the multidisciplinary concept in contemporary Mexican dance of the last decade. Young Creator in Choreography by FONCA in 2001. He has been supported by the CONACULTA-FONCA Mexico Program in Scenes in various broadcasts from 2004 to 2013, and currently 2017-2019.

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The Cervantino International Festival and the Lila López International Contemporary Dance Festival in Mexico; The Internationale Tanzmesse NRW and the Global Dance in Germany; The Festival for Dance and Moving Theater TANEC in Czech Republic; The APAP-New York and the Bates Dance Festival in Maine in the United States; And the Danse Encore International Dance Festival in Canada, have been some of the international events where his work has been seen. He is creator of his own technique of movement called NAPP Technique (contact, support, impulse), which has taught nationally and internationally to dancers, choreographers, musicians and actors.

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He has received various supports, scholarships and recognitions from the most important cultural and educational institutions in Mexico, presenting his artistic proposal throughout the national territory.

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His creative work has also been recognized and supported abroad, presenting his work in a large number of exhibitions, art markets and festivals in Canada, the United States, Cuba, Guatemala. Uruguay, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Portugal and the Czech Republic. Has produced and realized projects for radio and television. He has had extensive and recognized work as an advisor, jury and member of advisory commissions of important federal and state cultural programs. He was a member of the Mexican Choreographers Association and a member of the National Dance Coordination Advisory Board of INBA. He teaches in the Degree in Performing Arts of the University of Guanajuato.

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