Ana Baer Carrillo

As a choreographer and videographer, my philosophy is to provide a habitat for experimentation, creation and reflection. I craft dance and video with the purpose of expressing the inner condition of underrepresented communities -- indigenous, subcultures, women, and the abject poor, being a few.  
 
In 1999, I received a Licentiate of Choreography from the Centro Nacional de las Artes, in Mexico City. In 2000 I moved from Mexico to the United States and attended the University of Colorado at Boulder, from which I graduated in 2003 with an MFA in Dance with an emphasis in Video Dance. While in graduate school, I conceived and directed projects in several venues outside the University, the highlight being a solo exhibition with performances at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art.  
 
 In 2004 I founded Avant Media Performance (www.avantmedia.org), with composer Randy Gibson, which we currently co–direct. Our mission is to support the development and production of new collaborative performance works which push the boundaries of traditional theatre.  
 
My increasing interest for dance video has led me to the co-direction of the The Sans Souci International Festival of Projected Dance (www.sanssoucifest.org), with Michelle Ellsworth and Hamel Bloom, since 2004.
 
The collaborative aspect of my work has led to projects and performances with choreographers Nancy Spanier, Kim Olson, Gabe Masson, and Tarek Assam; filmmakers Elliot Caplan, Victor Jendras, and Hamel Bloom; and musicians Randy Gibson and Marcelo Gaete, among others. During my most recent artistic engagements I have presented work in Germany, France, Mexico and USA.
 
I have been awarded with The Research and Creative Work Award (February 2003); The Creative Arts Subsidy funding (May 2002); The College of Arts and Science Scholarship (April 2002); The Colorado Dance Festival Student Scholarship (July 2002 and 2001); and Escuela Nacional de Danza’s Merit Scholarship amongst others. In May of 2004 Dance Magazine, in the article “Rocky Mountains Dancing” described me as “one of the most innovative multimedia choreographers living in Boulder.”