Javier Torres (born, December 14, 1982) is a ballet dancer from Cuba known for dancing for Ballet Nacional de Cuba and Northern Ballet.[1]
Javier Torres | |
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| Born | 14 December 1982 |
| Nationality | Cuba/British |
| Education | National Ballet School of Havana-Cuba, The Open University, University of Cumbria |
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| Current group | Northern Ballet |
| Former groups | Ballet Nacional de Cuba |
| Website | www |
Education
editTorres holds a BA Hons in Business Management and Leadership Practices from The Open University-UK, (2020). He also holds a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Cumbria University (2022).[2]
Career
editTorres graduated with honours from the National Ballet School of Havana-Cuba as a ballet dancer and ballet teacher in year 2000.[3] The same year, he joined Ballet Nacional de Cuba under the artistic-technical guidance of Alicia Alonso.[4] While dancing for Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Torres was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2004 and Premier Dancer in 2009. He performed in several countries across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.[4] He worked with the ballet coaches Loipa Araujo, Josefina Mendez, Aurora Bosch, and Marta García.[5]
Torres joined Northern Ballet in 2010 as Premier Dancer under the artistic guidance of David Nixon OBE.[6] He has performed in several events with the Company around the UK.[7] He has performed in the International Ballet Festival of Havana, Cuba, and at the Latitude Music Festival in Suffolk.[8]
Torres is a One Dance UK member and a member of the International Dance Council (CID), UNESCO, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in the UK.[9]
Torres' final performance with Northern Ballet in Kenneth Tindall's Casanova at Sadler's Wells Theatre was hold on Saturday 14 May 2022.[10] He subsequently retired from dancing on the same day.[11][12]
Post retirement career
editTorres is now the Managing Director of the Acosta Dance Centre & the "Acosta Dance Foundation". He is also the Business Operations Manager (Europe) at Sansha Group.[13]
Awards and nominations
edit- 2002 - Won the Cuban Artists and Writers Union Villanueva Prize for his performance in the ballet Agon[14]
- 2012 - Received the award Constructores de la Danza for his contribution to the Culture of the state of Ceará in Brazil[15]
- 2018 - Nominated for the Dancing Times Award for Best Male Dancer at the 19th National Dance Awards UK.[16]
- 2019 - Nominated for the One Dance UK Dance personality of the year[17]
- 2019 - Winner of the One Dance UK People’s Choice Awards [18]
- 2020 - Winner of the One Dance UK People’s Choice Awards [19]
- 2020 - Nominated for the One Dance UK Dance films Award[20]
References
edit- ^ Jonathan Gray,"Feeling lucky". dancing-times.co.uk. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Javier Torres". northernballet.com. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ "Javier Torres on Northern Ballet". northernballet.com. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Una entrevista de Mike Dixon". danceeurope.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ Antonia Charlesworth,"Preview: Dracula". bigissuenorth.com. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Javier Torres Y El Arte De Interpretar Danzando". oncubatravel.com. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ Jim Pritchard,"Northern Ballet's Dracula gives Javier Torres a role to sink his teeth into". seenandheard-international.com. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Javier Torres One of the best Cuban ballet dancers of his generation" (PDF). Business Fit Magazine. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Javier TorresIn Conversation with JAVIER TORRES 23rd May 2016 at the Civil Service Club". tlbc.org.uk. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Premier Dancer Javier Torres to retire from Northern Ballet". northernballet.com. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ "Premier Dancer Javier Torres to retire from Northern Ballet after 12 Years with the Company". balletnews.co.uk. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ "Javier Torres - Farewell Performance with Northern Ballet". youtube.com. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Javier Torres Vice Chair". serendipity-uk.com. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ Jan McNulty,"Premier Dancer Javier Torres is retiring from Northern Ballet". balletcoforum.com. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ "Javier Torres". serendipity-uk.com. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ Cecilia Crespo,"Nominated to the National Dance Awards in the United Kingdom as Best Male Dancer". oncubatravel.com. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "One Dance UK shine a spotlight on sector as 2019 Awards winners are announced". The Wonderful World of Dance. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ Vera Liber,"One Dance UK Awards winners announced". britishtheatreguide.info. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "One Dance UK Awards 2020 Round Up". onedanceuk.org. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Northern Ballet to screen Merlin in cinemas". onedanceuk.org. Retrieved 14 April 2022.