Montserrat Payró
From Sweet and Tender
(to be completed) Montserrat Payró is a Mexican dancer, choreographer with a diverse background and experience in interdisciplinary work. Founder and Director of Dharma, which work has been presented in the principal stages of Mexico as well as in international festival in her country, such as: Festival Danza Extrema, International Encounter of Soloists and Duets.
Her work has been selected to participate in Gateway to the Americas Performing Arts Encounter, in Mexico and New York City, the Mexico Now Festival in New York City, and the ISPA (International Society for the Performing Arts) annual conference in New York.
She has been invited as a performer, teacher and member of the jury at the Bienal de Danza del Mercosur in Brazil, among others.
She has collaborated with artists such as: Mariella Greill, Geraldine Cardiel, Nadia Lartigue, Alan Danielson , Miguel Angel Palmeros , Ester Lopezllera, Marcos Rossi and Henrique Rodovalho.
In 2006 she receives the Best Interpreter Award and Finalist Choreographer at the Premio Miguel Covarrubias. (International Contemporary Choreography Contest). Finalist at the XXIV INBA-UAM Contemporary Choreography Competition in 2003 .
Recipient of two editions of the FONCA National Fund for Culture and the Arts grant as an interpreter of contemporary dance (2007-2008 and 2004-2005) and the DANCEWEB EUROPE scholarship 2006.
Creator and Director of PIAA (International Program for Artistic Advancement), which has invited artists such as David Zambrano, Akira Kasai, Andrew Harwood, Johanne Madore, Pierre Przysiesniak to teach in Mexico.
