ALFONSO ORDOÑEZ

Advisor of Danza en el camino, former dancer, choreographer and co-founder of Danat Danza

With a degree in Information Sciences from the Autonomous University of Bellaterra (Barcelona), he was a former dancer, choreographer and co-founder of Danat Danza in the same city from 1984 to 2000. His creations include titles such as 'Bajo cantos rodados hay una salamandra', 'El cielo está enladrillado', 'Y quedaré delante de los muros inmensos... A Kaspar' or 'El ojo asombrado', a tribute to the work of Buñuel. Among other awards, he has received the ADE Stage Directors Award, the Ciutat de Barcelona Dance Award and a Special Mention in the Unesco Prize for the Promotion of the Arts at Expo 92 in Seville for his stage version of the enigma of Kaspar Hauser. 

For five years he was part of the Centre de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona (CCCB) and in 2000 he traveled to Cagliari (Italy) in the production of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, under the musical direction of Lorin Maazel. At the end of that same year, invited by the City Council of León, he returned to his hometown and initiated the project of a Choreographic Center, with which he staged two productions, 'La mujer de la arena' and 'Der Dämon' on Hindemith's score, in the three years of its existence. He has participated in prestigious international competitions such as INBA-UAM in Mexico, the Centre National de Danse Contemporaine in Angers (France) and currently in the Burgos & New York. 

From 2003 to 2007 he was director of the Instituto Leonés de Cultura (dependent on the Provincial Council of León) and during the last two years of that legislature he held the position of councilor of Education and Culture in the City Council of León. Since its inauguration in 2011 he was artistic coordinator of LAVA (Laboratorio de las Artes de Valladolid) for five seasons.

SARA SÁIZ OYARBIDE

Responsible for the production of the Contest, dancer, choreographer, teacher and co-director of the company 'CIDANZ Producciones'

Sara Saiz is a dancer, choreographer and production manager of the International Choreography Competition Burgos & New York, as well as co-director of the company of the Contemporary Ballet of Burgos 'CIDANZ Producciones'. Graduated in Classical Dance at the Professional Dance Conservatory of Madrid and trained with international masters such as Gerard Collin's, Alain Baldini, Arnaldo Patterson and Jan Manion, among others, she soon became interested in creation and began to perform her first works in the company Ballet Contemporáneo de Burgos. This is the case of productions such as 'Pegaso', 'Evita', 'Alegría y canto' or 'Cleopatra' or, more recently, 'Los girasoles rotos', 'Macbeth' and 'Esto no es una historia de mujeres'.

Currently, she is also head of studies and teacher of ballet, contemporary dance, Spanish dance, Pole Dance and Bungee Dance at the Hélade center and teacher at the International Summer Dance. She is choreographer of the Joven Compañía de Danza de Castilla y León and artistic coordinator of the Gala de Creadores 'Coreógrafos del Siglo XXI', a program that brings together some of the award-winning pieces in the Certamen Burgos & Nueva York.

LETICIA BERNARDO

Production management and community manager of the Contest, dancer, teacher and artistic director of the urban dance collective H3B

Leticia Bernardo is a dancer, teacher and choreographer specialized in urban dance. She holds an elementary degree in dance from the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Mariemma, she is also a Senior Technician in Computer Systems Administration and Windows Certified Administrator. Currently, she is a dancer of the dance company Ballet Contemporáneo de Burgos 'CIDANZ Producciones' in works such as 'Pielescallar', 'Macbeth, Ésta no es una historia de mujeres' and 'Soy com un árbol... que crece donde lo planta' and is in charge of production management in events such as the International Choreography Competition Burgos & New York, Burgosalson and the Gala de Creadores 'Coreógrafos del Siglo XXI', in addition to the dance productions of the company. She also teaches at the Hélade center and is in charge of its Urban Dance Department.

Trained with international masters such as Lázaro Carreño, Graciela Kraus, Kazuko Hirabayashi, Matt Steffanina, Frank DaCosta, Jun Quemado or Mecnun Giasar among others, she is founder and artistic director of the urban dance collective H3B; dancer and assistant director at the Hélade Dance Association and hip hop teacher in the intensive course for professional dancers at the International Summer Dance in Burgos. She has been guest choreographer for the opening and closing galas of the Burgos & New York Choreography Competition from 2014 to 2019. She has also created choreographic pieces for the Burgosalson 2019 International Dance Congress.

ANDREA SANTAMARÍA

Contest Presenter

A student of the double degree in Law and Economics at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and with complementary training in Political Science, Andrea Santamaría is the presenter of the galas and activities programmed by the Certamen Burgos & New York since 2019. She is a graduate in Elementary Dance Education from the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Mariemma and has collaborated in some initiatives and projects of the Ballet Contemporáneo de Burgos and ARTESA (within the framework of MERCARTES 2021 and the Feria de Teatro de Castilla y León.). 

Currently, she is doing her internship at the Subdirectorate General of Justice Affairs of the European Union and has been selected for the national competition of Business Law organized by the law firm Cuatrecasas. She also treasures some international experiences (such as the representation of Spain in the International Expo-Science held in Brazil in 2017) and volunteering (I have been coordinator of the women's area of Amnesty International Castilla y León, among others).

EDUARDO VIELBA

Responsible for the communication of the Contest

Press officer for the Burgos & New York Festival, she coordinates and plans communication campaigns for different cultural events and projects within the company Cultura & Comunicación. Since 2006, she has directed the press department of La Red Española de Teatros, Auditorios, Circuitos y Festivales de Titularidad Pública and coordinates the communication offices of stage programs such as the artistic circuit 'Danza a Escena' (promoted by INAEM) and companies such as Dantzaz. 

She has also worked in the communications offices of events such as the Castilla y León Theater Fair (Ciudad Rodrigo), the European Performing Arts Fair for Children in Gijón (FETEN), the International Theater and Street Arts Festival of Valladolid (TAC), the International Festival of the Arts of Castilla y León (FACYL) or the Alternative Theater Festival of Urones de Castroponce (FETAL). He has also been part of the research team responsible for two works that analyze the activity and characteristics of the performing arts sector in our country: Mapa de programación de los espacios escénicos públicos and Estudio de las redes y circuitos teatrales. 2006-2010. As a cultural manager, he is part of the organization of the Foro de la Cultura (www.forodelacultura.es).

PETITE MORT DJ

Musical ambience of the Contest, musician, producer and DJ

CARLOS D. HERRERA

Responsible for the audiovisual equipment

Born in Burgos in 1973, he studied Image and Sound at the E.I.S. of La Coruña. Since 1996 he has worked as a director, editor and cameraman in several television and production companies until 2006, when he founded the company Vistalegre Producciones Audiovisuales, with which he is responsible for the realization and production of the audiovisual contents of the Burgos & Nuva York Contest.

In addition to being an audiovisual producer specialized in the documentary and corporate environment, he also works sporadically as a teacher and trainer in the field of video editing. Among others, he has made more than fifty documentaries for companies, associations and public administrations, more than a hundred recordings and streaming of congresses, conferences, symposiums, shows, theater and dance competitions or sporting events, and more than fifty corporate and advertising videos for companies and public administrations.

GERARDO SANZ

Official photographer of the contest

After some time linked to other disciplines and graphic languages, such as industrial photography and advertising, the Valladolid-born Gerardo Sanz began his career in the performing arts in 1996. For more than twenty-five years, he has worked as official photographer in the main artistic events of our country. This is the case of ARCA, dFERIA, TAC, Escena Contemporánea, FACYL, Feria de Teatro en el Sur, Feria de Artes Escénicas de Castilla la Mancha, FIET, FETAL or Feria de Teatro de Ciudad Rodrigo-Castilla y León. 

He has collaborated with more than fifty theater production companies, performers and companies such as Angélica Lidell, Helena Waldman, Histrión Teatro, Juan Carlos Rubio, La Zaranda, Titzina Teatro, Pentación or Sharon Fridman and has signed exhibitions such as 'Calles, espacios para el Arte', 'Artistas Callejeros', 'En el escenario del tiempo' (a personal work that toured 14 spaces in 14 Spanish-Portuguese cities), 'Foto, escoba y cola. Visiones de la mano del otro' (an exhibition action that reformulates participation with the spectator), 'El diafragma abierto', 'Vamos de Festivales' (together with May Rodriguez) or 'ESCENA CONFI NADA'. He is also the author of the books 'Instantáneas de lo efímero' and 'En el escenario del tiempo' and has been awarded the Honorary Prize "Umore Azoka" of the Street Artists Fair of Leioa, in Vizcaya, and the "Premi Ramón Batalla" of the Fit Carrer de Vila-real.