Work

Fornier Ortiz is an experienced dancer with classical ballet as background graduate from Incolballet in Colombia his home country. He has also done a Post-graduation in modern dance at the Folkwang Hochschule in Germany. During his career and diverse dance techniques he has developed strong contemporary skills, high technique and physical creativity. He is interested in Physicality in itself, based on anatomic possibilities of the spine such as twists and spirals.

After a long professional career he has worked with various internationally recognized choreographers in the field of contemporary dance in Colombia, Germany, The Netherlands and Finland such as: Ismael Ivo, Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio, Malou Airaudo, Gabriella Maiorino, Carmen Werner, Gabrielle Staiger, Satu Tuomisto, Morgan Nardi, Mark Sieczkarek, Ilona Pászthy,, Alvaro Restrepo, Ma. France Delouvin, Dominique Dupuy, Ivan Favier, and many others

Fornier Ortiz is currently living in Helsinki (Finland)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

He has been developing his own vocabulary interested in Physicality in itself based in anatomic possibilities of the spine such as twists and spirals which are very beneficial to dancers.

He has been as a guest teacher at various European professional Dance academies also has been invited to give workshops, professional training and master classes to several European dance festivals such as:

Tanzhause NRW (Germany)

De Theaterschool Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Henny Jurriens Fundation (Amsterdam)

Dansetraining Brabant, Danshuis Station Ziud,  Fontys Dance Academy (Tilburg/ Holland)

Open Look Festival (St.Petersburg/ Russia)

SEAD Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (Austria)

Turku Dansart, FullMoon Dance Festival, North Karelia College at Outukumpu (Finland)

Teatterikorkeakoulu, Zodiak Center for New Dance, Tanssille ry,  (Helsinki),

Estonian Dance Union, Notafe Dance Festival (Estonia)

Summer Dance School/ Vilnius (Lithuania)

Summer Dance School TSEKH (Moscow)

as well as Caliendanza Festival (Colombia);

Own Work:

A Ras (Germany ’05), Porque Yo ( Colombia ’06), Scarf Make Warriors (Germany ’07)

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