Blanca Li is a Director, Choreographer, and Filmmaker. Whether she is working with her own company (The Blanca Li Dance Company) or creating events & musicals; staging operas; directing feature films; preparing museum installations or working with circus artists, she creates and produces a multitude of projects. A passionate explorer of all that is new, of cultural mixing, and of constant reinvention; she is inspired by a wide variety of sources – dance, music, new technologies, theatre, cinema, opera, fine arts etc. Born in Grenada, Blanca Li became a member of the Spanish national rhythmic gymnastics team at the age of 12. At 17, she moved to New York, where she studied for five years with Martha Graham and in other schools including Alvin Ailey’s, Paul Sanasardo’s, and at the Clark Center. Living in Spanish Harlem, she witnessed first-hand the development of hip-hop as it was emerging daily and simultaneously created the flamenco-rap group las Xoxones. When she returned to Spain, she founded her first contemporary dance company in Madrid, which was selected for the program of the Universal Exhibition of Seville. Blanca Li was the first woman choreographer to join the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts of Paris, in 2021.
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