EDUARDO VALLEJO PINTO.
Choreographer, performer, producer. Ogmia’s Artistic Director.
Eduardo Vallejo, director, choreographer, producer and teacher (Asturias, Spain), conceives dance as a way of understanding and living life, in an act of vital dedication. His career began with training in classical and contemporary dance in institutions in Europe and the Middle East, and continued developing in various companies, where he worked both as a performer and choreographer.
His choreographic and dramaturgical creation process has two aspects: one more linked to the concept and the other based on his research called Movimiento Dactilar. Through this method of direction, in a first moment, the dancer faces the pathos, starting from the deepest breathing and an intense facial expression. Subsequently, he frees himself from this tension to enter into a more subtle technical investigation, characterized by a soft inertia.
With his first creation together with Ogmia, No Time to Rage (2019), Eduardo was programmed at Teatros del Canal and nominated in four categories of the MAX Awards: best dance show, best choreography, best male performer and best musical composition for stage show. After this, he premiered The Holy Trinity (2020). In 2021 he was selected for the Think Big residencies, where he created a piece that premiered at TANZtheater International Hannover. That same year he won three awards at the Masdanza Festival, including the audience award for best solo.
Mother Tongue (2022), premiered at the 37th Madrid en Danza International Festival, is currently on tour, having been selected for the Tanzplattform Bern 2023 and presented at the Quinzena de Dança de Almada – International Dance Festival. Her most recent creation, Glass House (2023), premiered at the Festival Internacional Danza Xixón 2023, is also still touring and has been presented at the Festival Madrid en Danza and MADferia.
Ogmia and Eduardo Vallejo have participated in festivals such as Festival Internacional Madrid en Danza, Festival Internacional Danza Xixón, TANZ Theatre International Hannover, MASDANZA, Festiwal Teatr i Tanca Zawirowania, Gdansk Festiwal Tanca, Danza en la Villa, Festival Abril en Danza, Traslación, among others. His creations have been presented in countries such as Spain, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Switzerland.
SUPPORTS
The following institutions supports Eduardo Vallejo Pinto:
Project financed by INAEM, Ministry of Culture and Sport. Funded by the European Union-Next Generation EU | Ideas Powered for business SME Fund. | INAEM, Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música, Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte, Gobierno de España | AECID Performing Arts Catalogue, Cooperación Española Cultura, Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación | This project is supported by Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) | International Promotion of the Performing Arts SGAE Foundation | National Dance Company (CND) Ministry of Culture and Sport. | Centro Coreográfico Canal (CCC), Comunidad de Madrid | Comunidad de Madrid. Department of Culture, Tourism and Sports. Grants for the realization of theater and dance projects. Grants to private non-profit cultural entities for the realization of cultural activities related to dance | Madrid City Council. Area of Culture, Tourism and Sports. Project carried out with the support of the aid program for creation and mobility of the Madrid City Council | Ayuntamiento de Móstoles, A Escena Móstoles and Teatro del Bosque. Centro Cultural de la Villa de Móstoles & resident company Ángel Rojas Dance Project) | Getafe City Council & Antonio Gades Foundation | Ayuntamiento de Alcorcón & resident company Metamorphosis | Ayuntamiento de Fuenlabrada & Centro Coreográfico María Pagés (CCMP) | Ayuntamiento de Alcalá de Henares & resident company Losdedae | Centro Cultural Eduardo Úrculo (CCEE), Distrito de Tetuán | Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Coreógrafos en Comunidad, Centro de Cultura Contemporánea Conde Duque.
