Gustavo Ramírez Sansano
Gustavo Ramírez Sansano was the artistic director of Luna Negra Dance Theater (2009–13), and now he combines his work as a freelance choreographer with the direction of Titoyaya Dansa, the company he founded in Spain with Veronica Garcia Moscardo in 2006. Sansano has received numerous awards for his choreography, including first prize at the Ricard Moragas Competition in Barcelona (1997), Prix Dom Perignon Choreographic Competition in Hamburg (2001), and Premio de Las Artes Escénicas de la Comunidad Valenciana (2005). Sansano has been commissioned to create works for such companies as Nederlands Dans Theater, Compañía Nacional de Danza, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Tanz Luzerner Theater, Ballet BC, the Hamburg Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Hispánico, and Luna Negra Dance Theater, among others.