ANA SANCHEZ-COLBERG
Dr. Ana Sánchez-Colberg (PhD in Dance) trained in classical ballet in her native Puerto Rico before turning to contemporary dance. After completing a BA (Hons) in Theatre at the University of Pennsylvania she pursued a Master of Fine Arts (Choreography) at Temple University in Philadelphia. During this time Sánchez-Colberg was a member of the Terry Beck Troupe, a Philadelphia -based dance theatre company, and Movement Coordinator for Intuitons, a physical theatre company. In 1986 she went to England to pursue further dance training and to follow a PhD programme at the Laban Centre London (which was completed in 1992).

Ms Sánchez-Colberg is currently engaged in the direction of Theatre EnCorps international project Futur/Perfekt an international collaborative performance project exploring the relationship between individual histories, city landscapes and the notion of the global. The project began in Berlin in 1998 and has been performed in the USA, Austria, Puerto Rico, Colombia and MŽxico. In addition, she has worked with various international companies. She has produced four commissioned pieces for Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico: Ojos Que No Ven (1992) which received the first prize in the Festival of Caribbean Choreographers and has been subsequently performed as part of Ballet Concierto's repertoire including performances in New York's Lincoln Centre and the Wuppertal Opera House, Sartorii (1994), Entre Huella y Pisada (1996) received various awards from the Corporation for Music and Scenic Arts (NEA) and Tejiendo Memorias (1998). She produced a piece for the Balletts des Staatstheater Cottbus es lasst sich nicht lesen.. which was supported by the British Council (Berlin). Strange Muse, produced in June 1997 was commissioned by the Institute of Culture of Puerto Rico in collaboration with musicians from the Puerto Rico Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1997 she premiered a work for Foreign Bodies Dance Company developed with support from East Midlands Arts. She has also completed a work for Andanza entitled Futur/Perfekt: Recollections (1999). The choreographic work is supported by work in education which has focussed on developing links between the choreographic work and training/educational opportunities. These have included seminars at the Conservatory of Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico, the Paisley School Project in Glasgow, workshops as part of the International Tanzwochen Wien, the International Dance Week in Puerto Rico, Laban Guild, Nene College of Further Education, master classes at the Staatstheater Cottbus, master classes at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival sponsored by St Bride's In September 1997, she conducted various seminars on contemporary choreographic practice in Bogota, Columbia under the auspices of the British Council (London)and in April 1998 was invited to participate in the Festival of Iberoamerican Theatre where she led a performance project. Ms Sánchez-Colberg contributes regularly to dance publications such as Performance Research, Total Theatre Magazine, Animated and Dance Theatre Journal. Ms Sanchez-Colberg currently lectures in Choreography at the Laban Centre London.