Carmen Fumero Cía.

The company came about as a result of the artist residencies of the Canal Dance Centre, where Carmen Fumero created Ironía, which premiered at the Pradillo Theatre in Madrid in 2011. In 2013, she created MONTANDO CABOS as part of an artist residency at the social and cultural centre La Casa Encendida. After its performance at the first Choreography Competition of the District of Tetuán (Madrid), the work was awarded in the categories of best stage photography by Pedro Arnay and outstanding dancer for the work of Carmen Fumero. It was then performed at festivals, such as the Canarios Dentro y Fuera, the Danzatac Festival, the SOS Festival – Emerging Creation Madrid, the Nunoff Festival in Barcelona, and the Festival of Young Creators – Gracias X Favor in Santander, where it was chosen for the audience award. In 2014, Carmen Fumero and Miguel Zomas created the duo …ERAN CASI LAS DOS, a work that won first prize in 2015 at the 29th Madrid Choreography Competition and first prize in the second Choreography Competition of the District of Tetuán. It also received the RCH Award for the best interpretation at the 14th Burgos-New York International Choreography Competition. Following its initial success, …eran casi las dos was picked for participation in the Acieloabierto Network (2016), the Huellas de Andalucía series (2017), and the Danza a Escena Circuit (2018). The piece has also been featured at the 1st Hop Evolucions Festival at Mercat de les Flors, the Vila Real en Dansa Festival, the 30th International Madrid en Danza Festival, the Baila España Festival 2016 in Bremen (Germany), the Tanec Praha Festival in Prague (Czech Republic), the Summer Festival in Siena (Italy) organised by Marco Batti, the Jacob’s Pillow Festival in Boston (USA), the Rendez vous chez nous Festival in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), and the B.OOM by B.Dance gala in Taiwan and Malaysia. In 2017, Carmen Fumero, together with Miguel Zomas and Indalecio Seura, created the work UN POCO DE NADIE as part of the artist residency programme of the Canal Dance Centre in Madrid. The work was chosen to be part of the Red Acieloabierto Circuit in 2018, the Alternative Theatres Network Dance Circuit in 2019, and the Dance Marathon Cycle at Sala Cuarta Pared in Madrid in 2019. Additionally, it was presented at the Jacob’s Pillow Festival in Boston (USA) in 2018. In 2021, Carmen Fumero and Miguel Zomas created the duo LAS IDAS as part of the artist research residencies of the Canal Choreography Centre. The work premiered at the Convento de Santo Domingo as part of the 2021 Escena Patrimonio festival and went on tour throughout Spain and abroad in 2023. In 2023, Carmen Fumero and Dácil González (National Dance Award 2019) created the works MUTABLE and A OJO. The former premiered on 4 March at the Sala de las Musas exhibition hall of the Prado Museum as part of the Ellas Crean festival and the latter at the 2023 Cuadernos Escénicos festival in Garachico (Tenerife).   About Carmen Fumero   Born in Tenerife and based in Madrid, Carmen Fumero has masterfully applied her talent to interpretation as well as creation. She holds a postgraduate degree in choreography and interpretation from the María de Ávila Higher Conservatory of Dance in Madrid. She completed her training at the Victoria Theatre in Tenerife, where her onstage sensitivity began to take shape under the guidance of artists such as Roberto Torres, Charo Febles and Laura Marrero. As a dancer, she has worked in many venues and formats, collaborating with acclaimed companies and creators such as Antonio Ruz, Daniel Abreu, Sharon Fridman, La Intrusa, Dimo Kirilov and Compañía 10&10, among others. This experience has contributed significantly to the language of her art, which combines technical solvency and great expressiveness. Since 2011, she has been the choreographer and director of her own company in conjunction with Miguel Zomas. Her creative universe is driven by improvisation and intuition and seeks to transform conceptual abstraction into tangible corporeality. Works such as ...eran casi las dos, Las idas, Un poco de nadie, A Ojo and Mutable stand as testimonies of dance that is built upon the senses, continuous transformation and human connection. Carmen has been the subject of multiple accolades in Spain and abroad for her creations, which have been presented at events such as the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival (USA), the Stray Birds Dance Platform (Taiwán), and choreography competitions in Madrid, Sabadell and Burgos-New York. She has also participated in the Touchpoint Art Foundation’s Mentor Program in Budapest, where she premiered Una Ida al Canto, a synthesis of her most intimate poetry and her artistic vision. She is also actively involved in teaching and has shared her knowledge and skills at centres such as Laboratorio 180º in Madrid, the Professional Conservatory Ana Laguna in Burgos, the dance schools Descalzinha Danza and the Escuela Carmen Senra. Her work is a tireless search for significance through bodily expression. She uses her art to express the unnameable through dance. Her approach to art is, above all, an act of listening: to the earth, to the sea, to shared memories. Her dance does not force answers on the spectator but opens up spaces for blurriness, depth and subtlety. Like fish, she swims in the medium of invisibility.