Irene Ureña

Corps de ballet

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Born in Almuñécar (Granada). At the age of eight she enters the Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Reina Sofía de Granada, with Alejandro Donaire as a teacher. In 2010 she moved to Madrid to continue her studies at the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Mariemma, where she graduated in 2013, specializing in classical dance. In 2012 she receives classes at Boston Ballet School with various teachers, among them Lia Cirio and Tai Jimenez. During her training she obtains the first prize in the Andalusian Choreographic Competition, with a group choreography.

Upon graduation, she enters the Professional Dance Program at the Madrid Dance Center directed by Iván Barreto, where she expands her training in classical and contemporary dance, and begins to work in the production of El Principito by José Tirado Danza, performing numerous roles.

In 2015 she joined the National Dance Company, under the artistic direction of José Carlos Martínez. Since joining, she has performed leading roles such as Carmen by Johan Inger, Sad Case by Sol León and Paul Lightfoot, White Darkness by Nacho Duato and Cantata by Mauro Bigonzetti. In addition, soloist roles in Gods and Dogs by Jirí Kylián, Por vos muero by Nacho Duato and Enemy in the Figure by William Forsythe, among others. It has also participated as corps de ballet in Artifact Suite by William Forsythe, Don Quixote, The Nutcracker and Raymonda divertimento by José Carlos Martínez, other classical ballets such as Giselle and La Sylphide and Concerto DSCH by Ratmansky.

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