Cecilia Lugo (born November 22, 1955) is a Mexican contemporary dancer and choreographer. She has participated in groups such as INBA's National Dance Company and the Ballet Folklórico de México.
Career Cecilia Lugo earned a degree in Latin American studies from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Her artistic training is not only related to dance, but to other aspects of the performing arts, including courses in stage lighting and a diploma in theater pedagogy. She has participated in groups such as INBA's National Dance Company and the Ballet Folklórico de México. The creation of her choreography involves Haitian, Mexican, and Arabic music, and genres such as jazz, rock, contemporary, and mambo.
In 1986, she founded the school Contempodanza, with the goal of aiding students to achieve self-knowledge to allow greater personal growth through art.
On May 4, 2011, she received the José Limón National Contemporary Dance Award at the 25th edition of the festival of the same name.
During the cycle "Danza en el palacio: el arte del movimiento" (Dance in the Palace: The Art of Movement) held in July 2011, Cecilia Lugo celebrated 25 years of experience with the performance of En el umbral (On the Threshold; 1987) – as a tribute to Rosario Castellanos – and Memoria de soles (Memory of Suns; 2010).
"Entre viento y marea" (Between Wind and Tide) was the name of the event commemorating Contempodanza's 30th anniversary.
Awards and recognition INBA National Choreography Award for the work Memoria de un Soliloquio, 1986 Member of the first generation of National Fund for Culture and Arts (FONCA) fellows, 1989 Special mention in the Oscar López contest, Barcelona, 1989 Fine Arts Medal for Artistic Merit, 2008 Member of the FONCA National System of Artistic Creators, 1993–1996, 1997–2000, 2003–2006, 2010–2013 Part of the México en Escena program from the National Council for Culture and Arts (CONACULTA) and FONCA, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011 Contempodanza won the grand prix at the New Prague Dance Festival, July 2008 Guillermina Bravo Award in recognition of her career, October 10, 2008 José Limón National Contemporary Dance Award, 2011
Works Tarde de abanicos (1987) Es… Pérez (1988) En el umbral (1989) La casa del sol (1990) Ruptura: tres personajes y el desierto (1991) Ave de arena (1992)
References
External links Contempodanza