Meet Adam’s team
Management team
Gema Casino Penalba
Born in Valencia, she began her classical dance studies at the Escuela de Danza Carmen López, finishing them at the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático y Danza de Valencia. She continued her training in Madrid with teachers such as Lázaro Carreño and Carmina Ocaña, and in Valencia with the teachers Simon Mottram, África Hernández and Miroslav Fila, being in 1997 when she joined the young Neoclassical Dance Company “Art Ballet” under the direction of África Hernández.
In 1999 she joined the Chemnitz Opera Ballet in Germany, under the direction of Ricardo Fernando and in 2000 she joined the corps de ballet of Thüringen Landestheater Eisenach, Germany, where she remained until 2006, dancing the last four years as a soloist dancer under the direction of Sabine Pechuel (200-2004) and Tomasz Kajdanski (2004-2006).
In 2007 she began to work as ballet teacher at the Escuela de Danza María Carbonell and at the Conservatorio Profesional de Danza de Valencia (Valencia Professional Dance Conservatory), where she currently teaches.
Since 2010 she is president of ADAM, Association of Dance and Art of the Mediterranean, being the director of the International Dance Campus of Valencia organized by ADAM and the Dance Gala “Somos Arte”, organized by ADAM with the collaboration of the Hortensia Herrero Foundation.
Gema Casino Penalba
President
Fabrice Edelmann
Fabrice Edelmann (Geneva, Switzerland) trained as a dancer at the École de Danse de Genève, where he received a solid grounding in both classical and contemporary techniques.
From 1994 to 2008, he danced with top companies across Europe, including in Lucerne, Berlin, and the National Dance Company of Spain. After retiring from the stage, he took on the role of director for the company’s Junior ensemble.
With an eye on the bigger picture, Fabrice pursued a Master’s degree in Cultural Management at the Complutense University of Madrid. He later joined Madrid’s Teatros del Canal as Artistic Coordinator, where he also oversaw the Centro Coreográfico Canal. On top of that, he’s involved in a range of exciting projects, such as the Gala Internacional Somos Arte de Valencia or the Campus Internacional de Danza ADAM, which he is co-directing for several years.
Fabrice Edelmann
Artistic Direction
José Carlos Blanco
Jose Carlos Blanco Martinez (Madrid), studied dance at the Escuela de Victor Ullate, becoming a member of Ullate’s company at the age of sixteen, and promoted to principal dancer at the age of twenty. In 2001 he joined the Compañía Nacional de Danza (Spain) under the direction of Nacho Duato, where he worked as a principal dancer with choreographers such as J. Kylian, M. Ek, O. Naharin, J. Godani and Nacho Duato, among others. He joined the junior company CND2 and later the main company as rehearsal director under the direction of José Carlos Martínez. He is Artistic Coordinator of the gala “Somos Arte” (Valencia) and artistic director of the International Campus ADAM. He is currently an international freelance teacher in renowned companies and since 2017 he has been working as assistant to Juanjo Arques and collaborating as rehearsal assistant to Nacho Duato. In 2022 he begins to collaborate with W. Forsythe as stager.
Jose Carlos Blanco
Artistic Direction
professorate
Emmanuelle Broncin
Emmanuelle Broncin has been a dancer in several world-renowned institutions: Hamburg Opera, Madrid Opera, Lyon Opera.
Born in Paris, she started dancing at the School of the Municipal Theatre of Rio de Janeiro. Back in France, she was admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris. A pupil of Mlle Vaussard, she won First Prize in 1986, and was a finalist for the Prix de Lausanne in the same year.
Chosen for the Prix de Lausanne by John Neumeier, she began her career at the Hamburg Ballet. She received the Oberdörffer Young Talent Award at the age of 19. She was promoted to soloist and quickly danced the main roles of the repertoire.
In 1994, Nacho Duato invited her as principal dancer of the National Dance Company of Spain. She stayed there for 8 years and inspired many creations. White Darkness is the last piece that Nacho Duato created for her.
In 2002 she joined the Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon directed by Yorgos Loukos and performed the important repertoire of this company, a reflection of dance in movement in the world.
During her career, she has contributed to several creations and worked with many choreographers such as Maurice Béjart, John Neumeier, Jiri Kylian, Mats Ek, Nacho Duato, Ohad Naharin, Lar Lubovitch, Maguy Marin, Russel Maliphant, William Forsythe, Renato Zanella or Philippe Découflé.
She has been invited to numerous star galas and has danced on the most prestigious stages in the world.
In 2007, she graduated as a classical dance teacher with a certificate of aptitude and a master’s degree in Performing Arts, and was appointed director of studies at SCAENA.
In 2012, she was invited as Ballet Master at the Ballet du Capitole under the direction of Kader Belarbi.
Today, as director of ‘La Salle’, a dance training school, she is a regular guest teacher at various international institutions to teach repertoire or to prepare candidates for the dance professorship.
Emmanuelle Broncin
Classical Dance, Pointe Technique, Nacho Duato Workshop
María López
Teacher at the Conservatorio Superior de Danza María de Ávila (CSDMA) in Madrid, teaching the subjects of Analysis and Practice of Classical Dance Repertoire and Classical Dance Technique.
She began her studies in Burgos, where she joined the Burgos Classical Ballet. She completed her training as a dancer, and later as a teacher, with Ana Lázaro, joining her company Ballet Concierto. She furthered her studies and knowledge with teachers such as María de Ávila in Zaragoza and Carmina Ocaña in Madrid. She also took classes with other great international teachers. She began her teaching career after suffering a serious injury to both knees, a profession to which she has been fully dedicated ever since.
She holds a Higher Degree in Dance, specialising in Classical Dance Pedagogy, from the Conservatorio Superior de Danza María de Ávila, where she received the Highly Commended’s Degree Award. She holds a Master’s Degree in Teaching and Didactics from the University of Murcia. She also holds a Master’s Degree in Cultural Management: Music, Theatre and Dance from the Complutense University of Madrid and a Master’s Degree in Performing Arts from the Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid. She is a Technical Engineer in Public Works.
She received the scholarship at the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Saint Petersburg (Russia) from the Ministry of Education and Science with the project ‘Study of the Vaganova School as the current leading exponent of Russian classical dance’.
With extensive teaching experience, she had a direct relationship with the Carmina Ocaña and Pablo Savoye Ballet School until 2016, collaborating in the training of dancers (National Dance Company, Oklahoma City Ballet, Companhia Nacional de Bailado, Ballett Vorpommern, Vaganova Ballet Academy, Olomouc Dance Company, etc.) and achieving great results in dance competitions.
For more than ten years, she has been part of the federated rhythmic gymnastics and artistic gymnastics teams for men and women in the city of Burgos as a classical dance teacher and manager, achieving important positions in national competitions and helping to train great gymnasts at national and international level.
She currently combines her teaching work at the CSDMA with freelance work helping young dancers in their training and active professionals (Compañía Nacional de Danza, Ballet Nacional de España, Nuremberg Ballet, Mariinsky Ballet, Varna Opera Theatre, Tanzcompany Innsbruck, Ballet Vorpommern, Balletto del Sud, Companhia Nacional de Bailado, etc.).
A guest teacher at various galas and a member of national and international juries and panels, she has taught classes, courses and lectures at various Spanish conservatories (CSD Alicante, CPD Murcia, Conservatorio elemental ‘El Brocense’ and CPD ‘Sagrario Ruiz-Piñeiro’ in Cáceres, CPD ‘José Granero’ in Puertollano, CPD ‘Reina Sofía’ in Granada, CPD Albacete, CPD Gijón, etc.), private academies and Spanish universities, among other institutions.
María López
Classical Dance and Pointe Technique
Juan Polo
Soloist of the Ballet du Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse.
Born in Carabaña (Madrid), he began his dance studies at the academy of Adolfo León. Graduated from the Real Conservatorio de Danza de Madrid, he debuted with the Ballet Clásico de Madrid and danced on tour in Spain.
He received a Diploma at the prestigious International Competition in Varna (Bulgaria).
In 1991 he danced at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin under the direction of Peter Schaufuss. Invited to the International Dance Day Gala in Madrid and to numerous Galas de Estrellas in Spain, sharing the stage with names such as S. Guillem, M. Plisentskaya, T. Sevillano, P. Schaufuss, A. Letestu, A. Argüelles, etc.
In 1993 he joined the Ballet du Théâtre du Capitole directed by Nanette Glushak.
His repertoire includes works by Balanchine, Petipa, Tudor, Cranko, North, Tanneer, Bournonville, Duato, Kylian, Van Manen, De Mille, Bigonzetti, Preljocaj, Malandin, Naisy, Rhan etc.
He has toured in Holland, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Ukraine, China, Brazil, Egypt, USA, Switzerland, Austria, and Germany.
He has danced leading roles in the ballets of Nutcracker, Cinderella, Paquita, Ancient Airs, Raymonda, Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet etc.
At the moment he is Professor at the Real Conservatorio de Danza Mariemma in Madrid.
Juan Polo
Classical Dance and Technique for Men
Jaime Roque
Jaime Roque De La Cruz, is born in Havana, Cuba and studied at the Cuban National Ballet School in Havana.
In 1993 he joined the Cuban National Ballet, under the direction of Alicia Alonso. Principal-Soloist (1996), he performed some of the leading roles in the classical Repertoire, Giselle, La fille mal gardée, Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Cinderela, Coppelia…
In 1998 he joined Victor Ullate Ballet in Madrid, Spain where he danced choreographies by Victor Ullate as well as choreographies by George Balanchine, Maurice Béjart, Rudi van Dantzig , Hans van Manen, Nils Christ, William Forsythe…
In 2004 he joined the Lyon Opera Ballet under the direction of Yorgos Loukos, where he worked with choreographers such as Russell Maliphant, Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Rachid Ouramdane, Odile Duboc, Angelin Preljocaj, Mathilde Monnier, Jiri Kylian,Jerôme Bel, Christian Rizzo, Philippe Découflé, Maguy Marin and also danced some works from Nacho Duato, Merce Cunningham etc.
Works as a freelance teacher :
Lyon Opera Ballet, National Dance Center-Lyon, National Superior Music and Dance Conservatory in Lyon, Ballet A. Preljocaj, StaatsBallet Berlin (Nacho Duato), Gärtnerplatztheaters München-Munich/Germany, Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Slovenian National Ballet, Ballet Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Ballet Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Ballet Staatstheater Hannover, Semperoper Ballet de Dresden…
In 2010 he received his French state teaching diploma (Classical ballet teacher).
Former Ballet Master with the Semperoper Ballet in Dresden.
He’s currently working as Ballet Master with the Ballett am Rhein in Düsseldorf.
Jaime Roque
Classical Dance, Pointe Technique and Men’s Technique
Arantxa Argüelles
Born in 1970 in Zaragoza (Spain), where she starts her dance training at the age of 3 with María de Avila and Cristina Miñana.
At only 11 years old, she makes her debut as soloist with the newly created Zaragoza Classical Ballet Company, dancing at the Zarzuela Theatre, Madrid, and the Joyce Theatre, New York.
At 13 starts dancing as a soloist with the National Ballet Company (Spain), Artistic Director María de Avila. She became Principal Dancer of the company in 1985.
That same year she won the 1st Prize at the European Ballet Competition for Young Dancers in Reggio Emilia, Italy, receiving the award from the legendary Italian Prima Ballerina, Carla Fracci.
In 1986 she won, together with Antonio Castilla, the Grand Prix, Prix Fradkof and Prix Evian at the Paris International Ballet Competition. That same year, she is personally invited by Alicia Alonso to dance at the Havana Ballet Festival (Cuba), where she will continue to dance with the Cuban National Ballet in several occasions after.
During her years in the company (today Compañía Nacional de Danza), she works with several artistic directors, including Maya Plissetskaya, Ray Barra and Nacho Duato. With Duato has the opportunity of dancing together his duo, “Cor Perdut”, and with Maya Plissetskaya, the relationship will be so special that years later she will invite her to dance at her 50th Gala Anniversary at the Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow). In this occasion, both shared the role of “Carmen” to end the Gala.
She participates in International Galas with dancers like Julio Bocca, Charles Jude, Damian Woetzel, Laurent Hilaire, Maximiliano Guerra, Peter Schaufuss o José Manuel Carreño.
In 1991, Peter Schaufuss calls her to be Principal Dancer at the Deutsche Oper Berlín (Germany).
In 1994, she became Principal dancer of the Royal Danish Ballet, where she will deepen her knowledge of the Danish school of A. Bournonville.
In 1996 she works at the Stanislavsky Ballet (Moscow) in the production of “La Sylphide”, which she will dance on tour with the company in Madrid and that will be her last performance as a dancer.
Her repertoire is extensive and she has danced the principal roles in the classics “Swan Lake”, “Giselle”, “La Sylphide, “Don Quijote”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “The Nutcracker”, “Paquita grand pas”, “Chopiniana”, “Raymonda divertissement”, as well as pas de deux like “Romeo and Juliet”, “Corsaire”, “Diana and Acteon” and “Bakhti” among others.
Also has danced a wide repertoire of Georges Balanchine’s ballets, such us “Symphony in C”, “Theme and Variations”, “Concerto Barocco”, “Serenade”, “The Four Temperaments”, “Agon”, “Who Cares?” and “Tchaikovsky pas de deux”, as well as works of different choreographers like Nacho Duato, David Parsons, Maurice Béjart, Roland Petit, Alberto Méndez, Christopher Bruce o Michael Clark.
In 1997 is appointed Artistic Director of the Ballet de Zaragoza (Spain). During her two years with the company, she adds to the company’s repertoire works of N. Duato and G. Balanchine, as well as her own productions of “Paquita”, “Napoli” and “Giselle”.
Guest teacher in different European companies, competitions and events while supervising the team of her own Centro de Danza in Zaragoza. Has work as a teacher at the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Mariemma y los Conservatorios Professionales de Danza Fortea y Carmen Amaya en Madrid.
In the 2023–2024 season, she joined the Spanish National Dance Company as a teacher-rehearsal director at the invitation of its director, Joaquín de Luz, and rejoined the Carmen Amaya Dance Centre the following year.
Since 2025, she has been a member of the teaching staff at the Vienna State Opera Ballet Academy, teaching classes to both the junior company and the Vienna State Opera Ballet company.
Arantxa Argüelles
Classical Repertoire Workshop
Olivier Coeffard
Olivier Coeffard is a French-Spanish dancer, choreographer, répétiteur, teacher and filmmaker with an extensive international career in contemporary dance and ballet. He trained at the National School of Dance in Avignon and went on to perform with leading European companies, most notably as a member of Nederlands Dans Theater 1 and 2 from 2011 to 2019 under the artistic direction of Jim Vincent, Gerald Tibbs and Paul Lightfoot.
As a performer, he has worked with an exceptional range of influential choreographers, including Jiří Kylián, Crystal Pite, Sol León & Paul Lightfoot, Marco Goecke, Hofesh Shechter, Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal, Hans van Manen and Alexander Ekman, among many others. His previous professional experience includes engagements with Malandain Ballet Biarritz, Dantzaz Konpania, Europa Danse, and Les Grands Ballets de France.
Since 2019, Olivier has been working as a freelance artist, combining choreography, performance, teaching and artistic coaching. He has created work for the Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre, performed in international galas across Europe and Asia, and regularly collaborates as a teacher and répétiteur with major institutions and companies such as the Royal Ballet School, Lyon Opera Ballet, Rambert, and NDT2. He is an active member of the Jiří Kylián Foundation and the Leon & Lightfoot Foundation.
Alongside his dance career, Olivier has expanded his artistic practice into film and visual storytelling. He holds a Master’s certification in Filmmaking from the London Film School and has worked as a director, performer, choreographer and assistant director on various film projects and television series, developing a multidisciplinary approach that bridges movement, dramaturgy and cinema.
Currently, Olivier Coeffard is focused on exploring new artistic formats at the intersection of dance, film and contemporary narrative, embracing a creative transition that reflects both his stage experience and his evolving visual language.
Olivier Coeffard
León & Lightfoot Workshop
Zoe Lenzi
Zoe Lenzi is an Italian dancer, choreographic assistant, restager and educator with extensive international experience across Europe. From 2016 to 2023 she was a soloist with the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company under the artistic direction of Jacopo Godani, performing leading roles in numerous contemporary and neoclassical creations. Her repertoire includes works by major choreographers such as William Forsythe, Marco Goecke, Rafael Bonachela, Saar Magal and Julian Nicosia.
She is currently active as a freelance performer and choreographic assistant, working closely with Jacopo Godani as a restager and assistant for major institutions including the Serbian National Theatre (Novi Sad), Compañía Nacional de Danza (Madrid), Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and the Moscow Ballet. Alongside her artistic work, she is an established ballet mistress and somatic educator, teaching professional dancers and students at organizations such as Wayne McGregor Company, Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company, Hessisches Staatsballett, Mousonturm Theater and Palucca Hochschule für Tanz.
Zoe is certified in Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy (The Embody Lab) and is currently completing the Body-Mind Centering® Somatic Movement Educator training. Her work integrates technical excellence with somatic awareness, approaching movement as both an artistic and transformative practice. She also works as an artistic consultant for interdisciplinary and design projects, including Imperfetto Lab at Salone del Mobile in Milan, and regularly appears in major international dance galas across Europe.
Zoe Lenzi
Jacopo Godani Workshop
Yolanda Peña
Yolanda Peña Carbonell is born in Valencia in 1975, she studied at the School of Dramatic Art and Dance in Valencia, continuing her training at the Rosella Hightower International Dance Centre.
As a performer, she has been a member of the following companies: Contrahecho, La Caixeta, Dacsa Produccions, Ananda Dansa, Christine Cloux, Eva Bertomeu, Otra Danza, Patas Arriba, Pampol ́s, Mario Martens’ classical-contemporary ballet company, and the Art Ballet group.
As a creator, she has participated in the shows ‘Sintonitzant’ for the project Dansa a les escoles, ‘Mis brazos, mis codos, mis pies y mi boca’ (Cultura als barris, Villareal en danza, Albalat en danza) and ‘Sherezade’ for the cycle ‘Menut al palau’ at the Palau de la Música in Valencia.
As a teacher, she has been teaching classes since 2002 at the María Carbonell Dance School in Valencia. In 2024, she joined the professional dance conservatory in Castellón as a teacher and in 2025 in Valencia. She currently teaches at the professional dance conservatory in Castellón. She was invited to participate in the Adam scholarships, as a répétiteur at VDF 2021, the 5th Cultural Conference of the Higher Conservatory of Dance in Valencia, at the 12th Ribarroja del Túria Dance Conference and at the 1st Summer Course of the Miguel Hernández University in Elche, ‘Dansa per a tots’.
Yolanda Peña
Yolanda Peña Workshop
Luís Gadea
Dr. Luis Gadea Mateos is a leading expert in physiotherapy and health sciences applied to dance, with an extensive career in the field of occupational risk prevention, teacher training and comprehensive care for dancers. Currently, since September 2023, he holds the position of Head of Training of the Occupational Risk Prevention Service of the National Institute of Performing Arts and Music (INAEM), dependent on the Ministry of Culture, where he is in charge of developing training programmes in the National Ballets and the National Orchestra of Spain.
Throughout his career, Dr. Gadea Mateos has combined his work as a physiotherapist with his teaching vocation, becoming a key figure in the training of future dance professionals. For a decade, between 2013 and 2023, he held the position of Professor of Health Sciences applied to Dance at the Conservatorio Superior de Danza María de Ávila in Madrid, where he trained numerous generations of dancers in fundamental aspects of health and physical well-being in dance.
His career as a physiotherapist began in 2001, when he joined the Compañía Nacional de Danza of the Ministry of Culture, where he has worked under the direction of renowned choreographers such as Nacho Duato, Hervé Palito and José Carlos Martínez. During these years, he has provided specialised attention to dancers, also collaborating with prestigious international companies such as the Royal Ballet, the Royal Ballet School, the English National Ballet, the Staatstheater Nürnberg, the Dresden/Frankfurt Dance Company, the Hofesh Schectker Dance Company, the Staatsballett Berlin, the Ballet Nacional de Sodré of Uruguay, the Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, the Jan Fabre Dance Company, the Cloud Gate Dance Company of Taiwan, and the Ballet Nacional de España, among others.
As a teacher, he has given specialised training in various prestigious academic institutions. He has taught on master’s degree programmes in physiotherapy and biomechanics at universities such as the Pontificia de Comillas, the European University of Valencia and the University of Manresa, and has given courses on the prevention of dance injuries at the Royal Academy of Dance and professional dance conservatories throughout Spain. He has also collaborated in various editions of Forum Musikae, in the ART Of ‘William Forsythe’ course, and in classical dance courses, among others.
As for his academic training, Dr. Gadea Mateo holds a PhD in Health Sciences from the UCAM University, with a thesis entitled ‘Epidemiology of injuries in dance professionals’. He also has a solid background in the field of physical activity and injury prevention, having obtained several official master’s degrees in disciplines such as Physical Activity and Health, Injury Prevention and Physical Preparation, as well as degrees in Physiotherapy, Physical Activity and Sport Sciences and Dance from various prestigious Spanish universities.
His extensive experience both in clinical practice and in teaching and research has allowed him to consolidate his position as a reference in the field of physiotherapy applied to dance, contributing to the well-being and prevention of dancers at a national and international level.
Luís Gadea
Physical Preparation for Dance
ACCOMPANIMENT PIANISTS
Víctor Cantos
He began his studies in his hometown and, at the age of 12, won first prize in the third edition of the Piano Competition organized by the Lucentum Music Academy of Alicante.
He continued his studies at the José Tomás Guitarist Conservatory of Alicante with pianists and pedagogues Anabel Sáez and Ricardo Descalzo. He later continued his studies at the Manuel Massotti Littel Higher Conservatory of Murcia and the Oscar Esplá Higher Conservatory of Alicante in the class of professor and pianist Jesús Gómez, obtaining top marks in piano, chamber music, and analysis.
He has undertaken supplementary training and advanced courses with pianists such as Ana Guijarro, Luca Chiantore, Pilar Valero, Pascal Devoyon, Eric Heidsieck, chamber musician Devy Erlih, flamenco piano with David Dorantes, and improvisation and accompaniment with Cristina Molina, among others. He also participated in the Courchevel MusicAlp Festival with Professor Patrick Zygmanowski, with whom he will continue his postgraduate studies at the prestigious École Normale de Musique “Alfred Cortot” in Paris for two years.
He has won prizes in numerous national and international competitions, including the Klaude Kahn Competition in Paris, the Arjau Competition in Barcelona, and the Sociedad de Conciertos Competition in Alicante.
His work as a concert pianist has taken him to perform in numerous cities such as Alicante, Murcia, Valencia, Barcelona, Toulouse, Paris, and Milan. His interest in contemporary music led to his collaboration with the Ensemble Écoutes, based at the Cité Universitaire de Paris.
She developed her teaching profile at the Alicante Higher Conservatory of Music, teaching improvisation and accompaniment using the IEM methodology, as well as at the Valencia and Castellón Higher Conservatories of Music as a rehearsal pianist.
She has worked as a pianist at the Valencia Professional Dance Conservatory and currently works as a rehearsal pianist for dance at the Castellón Professional Dance Conservatory, as well as at the ADAM International Dance Courses and Valencia en Danza.
Víctor Cantos
Pianist
José Guaita
José Gabriel Guaita Gabaldón (Utiel, Valencia, 1982) is a pianist and musicological researcher with an extensive career as a collaborative pianist (repertorist). He has performed both as a soloist and alongside a wide range of singers, instrumentalists, dancers, and ensembles, appearing in some of Spain’s most prestigious concert venues, including the Palau de la Música de Valencia.
He was unanimously awarded the Final Degree Prize in Piano at the Valencia Higher Conservatory of Music (2006), as well as the Euterpe Award for Academic Excellence (2006). He graduated with highest honors in the Master’s Degree in Music, Early Music specialization, at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), with the thesis El Cuaderno de Música para Pianoforte de Francisco Ximeno [Valencia, 1805]: biographical and technical study (2019).
He obtained a PhD with highest distinction (cum laude) from the Universitat Politècnica de València with the dissertation The Piano in Valencia, 1790–1856 (2023), supervised by Victoria Alemany. The dissertation was recognized as a comprehensive study of the history of the piano and musical life in Valencia during this period. His research interests include the establishment of the piano in Valencia, the critical and editorial study of musical sources from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the biographical and professional recovery of musicians, and processes of social transfer in the use of musical instruments at the turn of the nineteenth century.
He has published several peer-reviewed articles, as well as contributions to collective volumes, and is regularly invited as a speaker at conferences and academic meetings on music history. He serves as an external reviewer for several scholarly journals and is currently an external doctoral thesis supervisor at the Universitat Politècnica de València. In 2025, he led the research that enabled the recovery and documentation of the first piano method written in Valencia.
He has participated as a pianist in several classical dance courses, collaborating with Ballet Campus ADAM since 2016. He is currently Head of the Music and Music Theory Department at the Valencia Professional Conservatory of Dance.
José Guaita
Pianist
José Madrid
José Madrid Giordano. He studied at the Conservatorio Superior de Valencia with A. Bueso, receiving the Título Superior in the speciality of Piano. In 1991 he studied in Odessa (Ukraine) with E. Daguilaiskaya. From 1992 to 1997 he studied at the Russian Academy of Music ‘Gnesin’ in Moscow, with Y. Liberman (piano), I. Cherniavsky (chamber music) and L. Nekrasova (accompaniment) with the special nomination ‘Master of Fine Arts’.
He has taken piano improvement courses with F. Kerek, F.Watermann, J.Soriano and M. Moguilevsky. Chamber Music with A. Soriano and J. Mora and Accompaniment with A. López Artiga, K. Khan and M. Zanetti.
He works assiduously with singers, instrumentalists and chamber and orchestral ensembles. His collaborations with the Grup Instrumental de Valencia, the Orquesta Cervera Lloret, Orquesta Sinfónica de Valencia and Orquesta Filarmonía de Valencia stand out, as well as his concert activity in the chamber ensembles Trío Mestre Tàrrega, Trío Sorolla, Trío Azahar, Trío Ausiàs March and Dúo Bardisa-Madrid.
He has recorded three CDs (in 2003, 2005 and 2010) accompanying the singer, pianist and composer Ángeles López Artiga. She has also formed part of the Marina Donderis Company in the music and dance show premiered in 2006.
In 2010 he formed a duo with the Valencian soprano Emilia Onrubia, participating in various concerts and in the premiere of the play ‘Villa Puccini’ starring the actress María Luisa Merlo.
Since 2006 he has participated in several shows for the company Saga-Producciones.
He also obtained the title of Doctor from the University of Valencia in 2016.
He has taught piano, chamber music and piano accompanist in several conservatories in the Valencian Community.
Since 2020 he participates in the dance workshop Endanza and the International Dance Campus ADAM.
He is currently accompanying pianist at the Conservatorio Superior de Danza de Valencia “Nacho Duato” and is a teacher for repertoire instruments and singing, at the Escuela Superior de Alto Rendimiento de la Eliana.
José Madrid
Pianist
Pedro Manuel Oliver
Pedro Manuel Oliver Fernández, Professor of Piano, repertoire pianist and pianist and dance accompanist.
Born in Madrid. He began his musical studies at the age of 4 and completed his elementary and professional studies in piano, musical language, harmony, etc. Later he entered the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid (RCSMM) where he completed his higher studies with Julián López Gimeno.
Throughout his career he has broadened his musical training in various fields, taking advanced courses with teachers such as Marta Zabaleta, Anatoli Povzoun, Fernando Puchol, Guillermo González, Ana Guijarro, Claudio Martínez Menher, Alexander Kandelaki, Nino Keredselidze. He has also attended Master Classes with masters such as Murray Perahia, Galina Eguiazarova, Andrzej Jasinski, among others.
He has performed as a soloist in different cities in Spain and Europe. He collaborates in many educational and charity concerts and has collaborated with universities such as UCM, San Pablo CEU among others.
He has assisted as Accompanying Pianist in the CND (National Dance Company of Spain) under the direction of José Carlos Martínez.
For more than 12 years he has been working as a pianist specialised in dance accompaniment with masters such as Wim Broeckx (Queensland Ballet), Carlos Lopez (ABT) María Cristina Álvarez, Aurora Bosch, Orlando Salgado, Lienz Chang (National Ballet of Cuba, Havana), Loipa Araujo (English National ballet), Gonzalo García (New York City Ballet), Esther Protzman (Conservatorium den Haag), Alen Bottaini (English National Ballet School, London), Lisa-Maree Cullum (Bayerisches Staatsballet, Munich), Olga Melnikova (Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden) among others…
He took part in the inaugural concert of the Mariemma Congress (Madrid) performing the Bolero del Marabú.
In 2019 he is invited as piano accompanist to the Master Class of Loipa Araujo (English National Ballet Master) at the Teatro Real in Madrid.
Since 2015 he has been invited to work in intensive summer courses among which are: Victor Ullate Summer Course, Russian Masters Ballet Camp, Valencia en Danza Summer Intensive, BMICA Summer Course (With Alain Botaini).
Since 2022 he has benn working for German dance companies in Landestheater among others.
He collaborates with the CND under the direction of Muriel Romero and works regularly for YAGP. He is currently principal pianist of the BAYERISCHES JUNIOR BALLET in Munich and holds a position as piano accompanist at the BALLETT AKADEMIE der HMTM in Munich.
Pedro Manuel Oliver
Pianist
PHYSIOTHERAPY AND COORDINATION
Pablo Bernues
Born in 1994, Pablo Bernués Caudillo is a physiotherapist and podiatrist with a solid training and experience in the field of health and rehabilitation. He graduated in Physiotherapy and Podiatry at the Catholic University of Valencia San Vicente Mártir, complementing his training with a Master’s degree in Musculoskeletal Osteopathy and a C.O. in Osteopathy from the School of Osteopathy in Madrid.
Throughout her professional career, she has worked in various clinics and rehabilitation centres, specialising in physiotherapy, therapeutic pilates and hypopressive exercises. Since 2025, he has played a key role in Clínica Sospedra, where he works as a physiotherapist, Reconditioning specialist and instructor of pilates and hypopressive exercises. He has also collaborated with the Fisio Espai Albal Clinic, Eva María Moreno Physiotherapy and Osteopathy Clinic, the Campanar Clinic and various geriatric residences, consolidating his experience in the treatment of musculoskeletal pathologies, neuromodulation and invasive techniques such as percutaneous electrolysis and clinical ultrasound.
Pablo has complemented his training with multiple courses and congresses in areas such as invasive physiotherapy, neurodynamics, vestibular rehabilitation and manual therapy. His holistic approach and his constant updating in new therapeutic techniques have allowed him to offer a comprehensive and personalised treatment to his patients.
In addition to his vocation for physiotherapy, he shows an interest in continuous training in his field, standing out as a professional committed to the health and well-being of his patients.
Pablo Bernues
Physiotherapy
Lucia Hurtado
Lucía Hurtado is an event production and management professional with a background in Advertising and Public Relations and a Master’s degree in Protocol, Event Production and Design. She has participated in the organization of major cultural and sporting events, as well as dance and performing arts productions.
Known for her creative and well-structured approach, she has experience in supplier coordination, client relations and high-pressure environments. Her profile blends strategic thinking, aesthetic sensibility and strong execution skills.
Lucia Hurtado
Coordination
Elena Martín
Cultural manager (ICCMU 17-19), researcher, humanist and artist with a long career in the performing arts sector. She has been part of the team management of several artists with National Dance Awards (Olga Pericet, 2018; Manuel Liñán, 2017; and, Ana Morales, 2020) and has collaborated in the creation and design, production, logistics or support of cultural projects, such as: the candidacy to the CND of Mar Aguiló (2024. Semi-finalist project), ‘El Festival de Jerez’ (2018), ‘L’Hermitage’ (2018), ‘El Festival de Jerez’ (2018), ‘L’Herència. Flamenco i Patrimoni’ (2021-2022), the XV Campus Internacional de danza of Valencia (ADAM Association), sponsored by the Hortensia Herrera Foundation (2024), Centro de Danza de Valencia (2024), Centro de Danza Canal (2019 – 2020), among others. Likewise, and given his project management and project implementation skills, she has participated as production manager for the Spanish Presidency in the EU, in the European Week of Sport, through the Spanish Commission for Sports and TRAGSA (2023), and the coordination and logistics of the 44th World Congress of Vine and Wine (2023) TRAGSA (2023).
In addition, as a researcher, she has carried out several study projects within the cultural sector, enriching the academic section with an extensive practical experimentation of the sector, as reflected in her Master’s thesis on the ‘Festival de Jerez: Diseño de Jerez: Diseño de la Festival de Jerez: Diseño y programación de un modelo consolidado’ (Jerez Festival: Design and programming of a consolidated model), qualified with an outstanding grade (2020),and, subsequently, the article – in collaboration with Eduardo Murillo and tutored by Paco Bethencourt (PhD UCM), entitled: Espacios performáticos de pequeño formato (COVID TIMES): The case of the Festival de Jerez (Cuadernos de Musicología). She is currently starting her third research work: ‘Chanta la mui. 20 años’, in which she intends to carry out a rigorous study on the flamenco-contemporary dance company (Madrid. 2005), which revolutionised the limits of flamenco in Spain and from which emerged three of the most outstanding names in Spanish dance: Olga Pericet, Marco Flores and Daniel Doña.
As a flamenco dance artist she became professional in 2002, wiht the creation of her own flamenco company ‘Elena la Machana Cia’, with which she performed national and international works, as a director and artist, with entities such as: the Spanish Embassy in Qatar (2016), the Spanish Embassy in Pakistan (2015 and 2016) and the Spanish (2015 and 2016) and the Spanish Consulate in India (2011). She has also collaborated with private entities in the cultural sector, such as: International Festival Islamabad Rafi Peer Theatre, India (2014), Festival Le Printemps de Sbeïtla, Tunisia (2014), among others. As a solo dancer she has participated in “España on fire”, Ronnie Scott’s (London), “Sunday Brunch” at the Royal Albert Hall (London), ‘Homenajes al pequeño Reloj’ at the Mercat de les Flors, in the ‘Tapeos’ section of the Festival Ciutat Flamenco (Barcelona), among others. Since 2023 she has been teaching flamenco dance courses through the University of Cadiz (UCA).
Elena Martín
Coordination
PHOTOGRAPHY
Jesús Vallinas
Jesús Vallinas is a Spanish dance photographer with over 38 years of experience and a pioneer of exclusive dance photography in Spain. Born in León, he moved to Madrid to study Fine Arts and ballet, and worked as a professional ballet dancer for 12 years in Spain, France, and Italy. During this time, he combined his performing career with drawing and photography.
After leaving the stage, he expanded his creative work as a graphic designer and illustrator for advertising agencies. He also founded Por la Danza, Spain’s first dance magazine, and later created the online dance magazine Fotoescena.
Throughout his career, Vallinas has collaborated with leading national and international dance companies in classical ballet, Spanish dance, contemporary dance, opera, and theatre. His long-term collaborations include the National Dance Company of Spain, Ballet Nacional de España, Staatstheater Nürnberg, and numerous prestigious international companies. He has also documented major ballet galas and competitions worldwide, including the Prix de Lausanne and the Madrid Choreographic Competition.
Jesús Vallinas
Photographer
OMMAIRA KANGA
A graduate of the Fortea Professional Dance Conservatory, she expanded and specialized her international training at the Joffrey Ballet School (New York) and the Carmina Ocaña and Pablo Savoye Ballet School, consolidating a solid technical and artistic foundation in classical dance and contemporary repertoire. She began her professional career as a dancer with renowned companies such as the Oklahoma City Ballet and the Northern Ballet, where she worked under the direction of David Nixon, performing both solo and corps de ballet roles in large-scale productions. Among her notable roles are Adele in Jane Eyre (choreographed by Cathy Marston), Clara in The Nutcracker, and the Stepsister in Cinderella, as well as her participation in works such as The Little Mermaid, Concerto, Gloria, The Three Musketeers, The Kingdom of Black, The Great Gatsby, and Cinderella, with choreography by David Nixon, Kenneth MacMillan, and Morgan Temple. Simultaneously, she developed audiovisual projects as a dancer and actress for the BBC in Leeds, participated in the film The Ugly Duckling (choreographed by Dreda Blow), and in the television series Little Red Riding Hood (choreographed by Mariana Rodrigues). In Madrid, she was part of the corps de ballet of the musical The Lion King, combining her stage career with her work as an assistant to dance photographer Jesús Vallinas, actively collaborating on visual projects related to the performing arts.
Ommaira Kanga
Photographer
