Facilitator
Karen Lugo is a Mexican dancer, knowledgeable and respectful of tradition as well as innovative and unstoppable.
In collaboration with the Casa Patas Flamenco Foundation, she presented three works ; “Flamencura”, “Flamenco Territorio DeMente” and “Flamenco Frequencies” which toured in the Middle East and the United States.
As a choreographer, she has been awarded with the Best Choreography award at the Spring Film Festival of Barcelona, First Prize for Flamenco dance at the International Festival of Almería, First Prize for Choreography at the Contemporary Flamenco Festival of Finland and Third Prize for Choreography at the XVII Spanish and Flamenco Dance Contest of Madrid.
Together with Israel Varela, she created the drums and dance Made in Mexico Duo with whom she toured in Indonesia, the Middle East, Italy, USA, Spain and Mexico.
Karen participated in the film “Flamenco Flamenco” by Carlos Saura and as Principal Dancer in the show “El Duende y el Reloj”. She also participated as a dancer, soloist and choreographer in the shows ¨FLAMENCONAUTAS¨ Festival de Jerez 2018 and ¨Lorca x Bach¨ Festival de Jerez 2020. Together with José Maldonado and Nino de los Reyes she creates “AMORENTE”. She also participated as musical director, choreographer and soloist of the show ¨El Rayo Que No Cesa¨.
Her latest show is titled ¨Golpe de Tierra¨, and she currently participates as a choreographer and performer in the show ¨Caminos ¨by Juan Gómez Chicuelo, ¨Cant Espiritual ¨by Carles Denia, ¨CAYANA¨by Anna Colom, ¨Numen¨ by Melodie Gimard, ¨El Amir Ensamble ¨ by Amir Haddad, and in the show ¨Por Bach¨ (GEMA 2020 Innovation Award) together with Jorge Pardo.
