History of Artistic Practice
Blanca Maytee Segura Santibañez
Dance Practitioner
83 Sharman Road, BT9 5HE, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Mobile +44 (0)7723814532
, www.rondadance.co.uk
Dance is my life, I love dancing and choreographing. I have training in contemporary and Mexican folk dance and I combine both techniques to create and perform my own choreographies. I have experience in working with people from different backgrounds and ages and performing all around Northern Ireland. Nowadays I work as dance facilitator and choreographer.
Professional Education
2009-2012
High National Diploma in Performing Arts (Dance), Belfast Metropolitan College, Belfast
2009
Maximum dance course, summer school, Nederlands Dans Theater, Den Haag, The Netherlands
2008
Laban Guild Summer School, Laban guild for dance and movement, Belfast
2001
MSc in Statistics and Education, Autonomous University of Guerrero, Mexico
1996-2008
Training in contemporary dance techniques, Mexico, Belgium, the Netherlands and Sweden
Continual professional development
2012
Early years in dance, Green Candle dance, dance resource base, Belfast
Pre- primary and Primary in dance syllabi training Royal Academy of Dance, UK
Teaching dance technique and performance, Trinity Laban dance centre, London, UK
Special collaborations and awards
2012
· Awarded by the Arts Council, Northern Ireland to take training in dance and teaching at the Trinity Laban Centre, London
· Collaboration with contemporary dancer Paula Guzzanti, to create a piece of dance to be performed at Shane's castle as part of Click's Sargent fund raising event
· February, invited by the House of Culture, Guanajuato, Mexico to deliver a week of training in contemporary dance technique
2011
· Movement-based exhibition invited by visual artist Katrina Smith, Lawrence Street Workshops Gallery, Belfast
· Invited as Mexican dance tutor at the Lyric Theater Opening Festival, Belfast
2010
· Guest choreographer at the Diez dance company to create a choreography for Barnardo's charity night, Tower street theater, Belfast
· Screening of my HND dance film at the City Dance Festival gala, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
2009
Arts Council Northern Ireland travel award to take training in modern dance, ballet and pilates technique at Nederlands Dans Theater, Den Haag, the Netherlands.
2008
· Founding member of DanzaDance, a company dedicated to make and perform dance accessible for everyone around Northern Ireland, performing Mexican dance with a contemporary style
· My piece of contemporary dance, based on a Pablo Neruda's poem, was chosen to be performed at the Fund raising event for the Crescent Arts Centre Refurbishment at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast
· Performing at “The demise of the Hound”, film production created by a local Belfast animator, Black Box venue, Belfast
Performance background
Since Jan 2008 to present
· Guest dancer at International festivals, Dancing Latin-American rhythms, Mexican folk, and Contemporary dance as part of ARTSEkta cultural organization based in Belfast
· Freelance dance performer and teacher. Teaching workshops of contemporary and Mexican dance at schools, community centers and cultural venues around Northern Ireland
2012
August
· Belfast closing ceremony of the Olympics, invited to be part of the dancers team, performing carnival dance routines
· Click- Sargent fund raising event, invited to perform a piece of contemporary dance based on the aims of the organization
· Expo nations, Falls leisure center, Invited for the second year to be part of the international program, Mexican dance performance
June
Mexican dance performance. 4th June Community Fun Day in The Clay Field, a day dedicated to bring together people around the Bushmills and Giant's Causeway area
July
Portaferry annual gala, performing Mexican dance at the multicultural festival organized by Portaferry council
May
One World Day celebrations. Mexican dance performance. 22nd May St Paul's Primary School
Two dance performances in Ballymena Braid arts Centre as part of multicultural Gala evening. 10th March 2012
2011
· Hammer Project, Introduction to international costumes, music and dance, Hammer Community Complex, Belfast
· Dance performance on Lisburn Road as part of the programme "I love Saturdays on Lisburn Road" September 2011
· Belfast Major's parade as part of the Artsekta's team dancing in traditional costumes
· Belfast cultural night performing a contemporary dance choreography at the central stage
Before 2011 Participating actively in performances and festivals around Belfast and Northern Ireland
Others:
Languages Spanish (native), English (fluent), French (basic)
Dance Techniques Graham, Limon, Release, Cunningham, Mexican folk, Latin rhythms, Zumba