Biography
TRAINING
Born in Barcelona, and trained in the Performing Arts since the age of four, she discovered Tap Dance at ten and gradually began to dedicate herself entirely to it. Her studies in other disciplines (Ballet, Spanish dance, Musical Theatre, Modern Jazz, Music Theory, Percussion, Singing) led her to graduate in the Spanish Dance Pedagogy System by Rosario Contreras Verdiales, in different Ballet levels of the Royal Academy of Dance from United Kingdom, and several levels of Music Theory at Taller de Músics de Barcelona.
From the beginning she has been consistent in her training in Tap Dance, studying with the most recognized national teachers such as Sharon Lavi, Laia Molins, Guillem Alonso, Basilio González, among others, and international teachers such as Sam Weber, Lynn Schwab, Sarah Reich, Andrew Nemr, Michelle Dorrance, becoming also one of the students of the prestigious dance institution Jacob's Pillow of the United States (Tap Program 2017).
PERFORMING
She began her professional career in 2003 dancing in different theaters with Basilio González's dance company CLAK & ROLL and with the jazz band BIG BAND DE GRANOLLERS, with which she participated in the 38th Barcelona Jazz Festival.
In 2004 she joined TAPEPLAS company (now Sharon Lavi Company), where she was a dancer in its 5 productions. Estefanía's participation in the seasons at the Teatre Borràs and Teatre Guasch of Barcelona, international performances in Italy, the United Kingdom and France, as well as the premiere of the piece EPIC at Mercat de les Flors of Barcelona, are worth mentioning.
In 2010 she joined the renowned company CAMUT BAND as the first female dancer in the show LIFE IS RHYTHM, becoming a regular member of the group for its productions, both national and international tours (Georgia, Germany), and in different seasons at Teatre Goya and Sant Andreu Teatre (saT!) of Barcelona. In 2011 she participated in the production of AFRICA-CAMUT-BARCELONA, performing with it at L’Auditori de Barcelona, at Teatre Grec de Barcelona and at Tres Culturas Festival of Murcia, among others. In 2013 she took part in the company’s new production, SONORITATS, premiered at Temporada Alta festival in Girona and in its summer season (Summer 2014) at Teatre Victoria of Barcelona. She’s currently active in the in the various proposals that the project generates, such as the premiere of the company's latest piece: Set de Ritme (Golem'S, April 2024).
TEACHING
Since the beginning of her career, she has combined stage activity with regular teaching in several dance schools, such as the Esbart Dansaire del Poble Sec, Escola de Dansa Ramon Solé, Escola Artis de Reus, among others, and, since 2012, she has been part of ESCOLA LUTHIER faculty, one of the most important Tap Dance centers in Europe. In 2015 she started being invited to teach workshops around Europe and to participate in different international Tap Dance festivals and events in places such as Stockholm, Turin, Oslo, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro, Vancouver, Dallas, Panama, among others.
PRODUCING
In 2020, due to the health crisis, she started two new projects: TAP TALKS LIVE (Season 2020/21), online socio-educational sessions on various Tap Dance themes, that were co-presented with Iselin Jansen from Oslo. These sessions remain in an online open archive where interviews with renowned Tap Dance artists such as Sarah Petronio (France) and Uwe Meusel (Germany) can be used for reference.
The second initiative started in the fall of 2020, coordinating and directing the new and only REGULAR TAP DANCE PROGRAMMING in Barcelona, more specifically at Golem’S theater (formerly Almería Teatre), and for 5 years national and international productions, monthly Tap Jams, and other events continued to be presented.
CHOREOGRAPHING
Her steps in choreographic composition began in 2011 with a small piece named Amélie, a short Tap Dance poem created for sporadic performances, and which offered a new vision and emotional composition of this style. In 2015, she finally founded her own choreographic initiative UNUM Project: a meeting point between contemporary movement, Tap Dance and Electronic Music compositions, which made its first premiere with a 25 min. piece named -SIGHTS-, in Turin (Italy, December 2016).
In 2018, during a break in her personal project, she worked on the choreographic assistance for Tap Dance at the musical LA JAULA DE LAS LOCAS, assisting the renowned choreographer Aixa Guerra (Original “La Cage aux Folles”; Direction by Àngel Llàcer; Teatre Tívoli de Barcelona; Season 2018/19).
In 2020, she went back to her project and created her second show SUMARIO DE MEMORIAS Y CICATRICES, where she added the concepts of dramaturgy and graphic design to her unique way of composition in Tap Dance. The show was selected by Redescena Association in 2022 to tour Spain, being supported by the National Institute of Performing Arts and Music of Spain (INAEM), and also in 2022, started its internationalization in Brazil.
Since 2022, she has been invited by international events, in countries such as Brazil and Panama, for the creation and composition of short pieces: these are artistic residency works that aim a professional training for local dancers, meant to be presented in a professional space, and concluding them with a post-discussion about creation and production for their participants. The pieces generated are part of the UNUM Project repertoire, and aim collaborative social actions that will generate artistic bridges with Latin America.
Born in Barcelona, and trained in the Performing Arts since the age of four, she discovered Tap Dance at ten and gradually began to dedicate herself entirely to it. Her studies in other disciplines (Ballet, Spanish dance, Musical Theatre, Modern Jazz, Music Theory, Percussion, Singing) led her to graduate in the Spanish Dance Pedagogy System by Rosario Contreras Verdiales, in different Ballet levels of the Royal Academy of Dance from United Kingdom, and several levels of Music Theory at Taller de Músics de Barcelona.
From the beginning she has been consistent in her training in Tap Dance, studying with the most recognized national teachers such as Sharon Lavi, Laia Molins, Guillem Alonso, Basilio González, among others, and international teachers such as Sam Weber, Lynn Schwab, Sarah Reich, Andrew Nemr, Michelle Dorrance, becoming also one of the students of the prestigious dance institution Jacob's Pillow of the United States (Tap Program 2017).
PERFORMING
She began her professional career in 2003 dancing in different theaters with Basilio González's dance company CLAK & ROLL and with the jazz band BIG BAND DE GRANOLLERS, with which she participated in the 38th Barcelona Jazz Festival.
In 2004 she joined TAPEPLAS company (now Sharon Lavi Company), where she was a dancer in its 5 productions. Estefanía's participation in the seasons at the Teatre Borràs and Teatre Guasch of Barcelona, international performances in Italy, the United Kingdom and France, as well as the premiere of the piece EPIC at Mercat de les Flors of Barcelona, are worth mentioning.
In 2010 she joined the renowned company CAMUT BAND as the first female dancer in the show LIFE IS RHYTHM, becoming a regular member of the group for its productions, both national and international tours (Georgia, Germany), and in different seasons at Teatre Goya and Sant Andreu Teatre (saT!) of Barcelona. In 2011 she participated in the production of AFRICA-CAMUT-BARCELONA, performing with it at L’Auditori de Barcelona, at Teatre Grec de Barcelona and at Tres Culturas Festival of Murcia, among others. In 2013 she took part in the company’s new production, SONORITATS, premiered at Temporada Alta festival in Girona and in its summer season (Summer 2014) at Teatre Victoria of Barcelona. She’s currently active in the in the various proposals that the project generates, such as the premiere of the company's latest piece: Set de Ritme (Golem'S, April 2024).
TEACHING
Since the beginning of her career, she has combined stage activity with regular teaching in several dance schools, such as the Esbart Dansaire del Poble Sec, Escola de Dansa Ramon Solé, Escola Artis de Reus, among others, and, since 2012, she has been part of ESCOLA LUTHIER faculty, one of the most important Tap Dance centers in Europe. In 2015 she started being invited to teach workshops around Europe and to participate in different international Tap Dance festivals and events in places such as Stockholm, Turin, Oslo, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro, Vancouver, Dallas, Panama, among others.
PRODUCING
In 2020, due to the health crisis, she started two new projects: TAP TALKS LIVE (Season 2020/21), online socio-educational sessions on various Tap Dance themes, that were co-presented with Iselin Jansen from Oslo. These sessions remain in an online open archive where interviews with renowned Tap Dance artists such as Sarah Petronio (France) and Uwe Meusel (Germany) can be used for reference.
The second initiative started in the fall of 2020, coordinating and directing the new and only REGULAR TAP DANCE PROGRAMMING in Barcelona, more specifically at Golem’S theater (formerly Almería Teatre), and for 5 years national and international productions, monthly Tap Jams, and other events continued to be presented.
CHOREOGRAPHING
Her steps in choreographic composition began in 2011 with a small piece named Amélie, a short Tap Dance poem created for sporadic performances, and which offered a new vision and emotional composition of this style. In 2015, she finally founded her own choreographic initiative UNUM Project: a meeting point between contemporary movement, Tap Dance and Electronic Music compositions, which made its first premiere with a 25 min. piece named -SIGHTS-, in Turin (Italy, December 2016).
In 2018, during a break in her personal project, she worked on the choreographic assistance for Tap Dance at the musical LA JAULA DE LAS LOCAS, assisting the renowned choreographer Aixa Guerra (Original “La Cage aux Folles”; Direction by Àngel Llàcer; Teatre Tívoli de Barcelona; Season 2018/19).
In 2020, she went back to her project and created her second show SUMARIO DE MEMORIAS Y CICATRICES, where she added the concepts of dramaturgy and graphic design to her unique way of composition in Tap Dance. The show was selected by Redescena Association in 2022 to tour Spain, being supported by the National Institute of Performing Arts and Music of Spain (INAEM), and also in 2022, started its internationalization in Brazil.
Since 2022, she has been invited by international events, in countries such as Brazil and Panama, for the creation and composition of short pieces: these are artistic residency works that aim a professional training for local dancers, meant to be presented in a professional space, and concluding them with a post-discussion about creation and production for their participants. The pieces generated are part of the UNUM Project repertoire, and aim collaborative social actions that will generate artistic bridges with Latin America.
Nowadays, Estefanía continues her work in education, both local and international as a guest artist, manages the regular programming of Tap Dance at Golem’S, and starts the creative process of her latest proposal A·COS·O as the new production for UNUM Project’s repertoire.