JORGE PUERTA ARMENTA

Jorge Puerta Armenta became a member of the ensemble of Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal in 1997, where he danced in repertoire pieces and created other 8 under Bausch’s direction. He had previously worked with Folkwang Tanzstudio. Since 2014, Puerta Armenta has worked as a freelance choreographer and dancer. Credits include: works commissioned by IDARTES in Colombia, a full co-production between the cultural center of Universidad del Pacífico and the Goethe Institute; and a production of Ivona directed by Omar Sangare in Massachusetts.

He was responsible for several international restagings of Pina Bausch’s pieces, including The Rite of Spring in Paris, London, and Berlin and the restaging of Auf dem Gebirge hat man ein Geschrei gehört (On the Mountain a Cry Was Heard) in Lyon. In 2020, he participated in two “Zoom” projects: a coaching video-dance workshop (La Factoría/Colombia) and an experimental film dance workshop co-directed with Chrystel Guillebeaud for persons over 60 years old for the Festival Under Construction/Wuppertal.

Film credits include: Pedro Almodóvar’s Talk to Her (2002) and Wim Wenders’ Pina (2011). He studied at the Center National de Danse Contemporaine in Angers, France.