Juan Jesús Guiraldi / UNA Constante, photo by Adrian Vega
Juan Jesús Guiraldi is an Argentinian dancer, choreographer, teacher, and performer, graduated Choreographic Composition, Dance, Folk Dance and Tango at the Universidad Nacional De Arte of Buenos Aires.
He is committed to investigating and researching the continuous movement of the body that can generate endless possibilities, developing new languages of artistic performance creation.
He is artistic director of the Dance Company UNA Constante, of “Movimiento Constante”, a platform for research on body movement and of the Postgraduate School “EME” (Especializacion, Movimiento, Experimentacion) of Buenos Aires.
Constantly engaged in the research of new languages of the body, Jesús leaves 2017 Argentina to move to Europe. He studied with David Zambrano, Laura Aris, Peter Jasko, Thomas Hauert, Erica Sobol, Andrés Labarca, Rakesh Sukesh, Shay Faran, Marko Fonseca and Raul Matinez (Los Innatos Company), Edgardo Mercado, Roxana Grinstein, Carlos Casella, Leticia Miramontes, Analía González, Luis Baldasarre, Gerardo Litvak, Gabriel Contreras, Carlos Trunsky, Manuel Vallejos, Alejandra Libertella. His unique dance language soon made him recognizable; his “Movimiento Constante” workshops are known in Spain, France, England, Ireland, Austria, Russia, Israel, Italy and Luxembourg.
In 2017 he moved from Argentina to Europe where he performed at Impulstanz Festival, Kultursommer WeinFestival, FreiArtFestival in Germany and many others.
2020 his Dance Film by UNA Constante The World you Imagine (TWYI) is awarded by Prodanza Argentina.
In 2021 he joined the Alleyne Dance Company of London, to perform in the worldwide production Far From Home-Close to Home.
Clarityis a movement essay about the physical experience of performing. “Delicate, subtle, vulnerable, and simple,” writes Juan Jesús Guiraldi. “The continuum, a life which is born, death immediately after, and rebirth. The clear feeling of eternity which remains just a feeling.” Guiraldi is a 2022–23 LiftOff Resident Artist.
“My creative history with New Dance Alliance goes a way long. Since my friend, Chivas Sandage brought me to New Dance Alliance to rehearse in early 90’s, the place has become a part of my creative life. The long time existence of the studio and Performance Mix Festival are vital to the artists who seek and explore deep into their process. Whenever I step into the studio, it’s a new space with a lot of memories. I lie down on the floor, listen to my body, and I dance. It is valuable. The time in the space nurtures my practice and artistic vision. Karen’s vision of Lift-Off residency, feedback sessions, providing peer to peer connections are more significant than ever. It has been helping us to get through 2020 and we are going into 2021.”
– Nami Yamamoto
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