​JOHN HENRY GERENA

Colombian choreographer, dramaturge, and performer, based in Canada, with more than twenty-five years of artistic experience. Graduated in arts education and advertising, he also studied a Master's degree at the York University of Toronto. In 1997, he participated as a dancer in the Colombian-French project, "The Bridge". From 1998 until 2014 he was a member of the cast of the L'Explose Dance Company in countless works, performing in renowned festivals and theaters around the world.

 

In 2005 he was awarded the "UNESCO Ashberg" scholarship for choreographers, selected by the company Jean-Pierre Perreault, which led him to develop his choreographic work in Montreal - Canada. In Canada, he has had the opportunity to work as a guest dancer in companies such as ParBleux, Newton Moraes Dance Theater, Kaha: wi Dance Theater, Alejandro Ronceria, and Olga Barrios Contemporary Dance, as well as guest professor of the dance department of McMaster University.

 

As a choreographer, he has produced innumerable pieces and has been invited in countless collaborations and commissions in Canada, Brazil, Colombia, and Spain among others. His work is characterized by his research into the quality of movement and his particular aesthetic that he considers "Dance Installations".

 

He currently works as an independent choreographer and his interest is mainly concentrated on the creation of pieces with a focus on scenic construction, taking as a center the design and visual composition in very close dialogue with other artistic disciplines and with the idea of finding new ways to conceive dance.