Gustavo Ramirez Sansano

Gustavo Ramírez Sansano was born in San Fulgencio,Spain, and studied at the Instituto del Teatro of Barcelona with Josetta Garcia, Karemia Moreno,Guillermina Coll and José María Escudero. Ramírez has danced with Ballet Joven de Alicante, Ballet Contemporáneo de Barcelona, Ballet de la Comunidad de Madrid, Nederlands Dans Theater II and Hubbard Street Dance Company. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including first prize for choreography at the 1997 Ricardo Moragas Barcelona Competition, first price at the  Dom Perignon choreographic competition Hamburg, best choreography and best show at Las Artes Escénicas de la Comunidad Valenciana 2. He has been commissioned works by Hamburg Ballet (Germany), Ballet Met (USA), Ballet Carmen Roche (Spain), Passerelles (Belgium), Abc Dance Company (Austria), IT Dansa (Spain), Ballet de Teatres (Spain), Patas Arriba (Spain), Nederlands Dans Theater 2 (Holland), Dominic Walsh DanceTheater (USA). Ramírez was chosen by the magazine Por La Danza for its 15th anniversary as one of the fifteen choreographers to consider.  He currently serves as the artistic director of TITOYAYA Dance Project in Valencia.
 
Ramírez created 3 works for Luna Negra: Vamos a Contra Mentiras (Let's Tell Tall Tales), Luna de Miel (2004), and Flabbergast (2002).

"[In Flabbergast] Sansano mixes hints of salsa, conga lines and all manner of theatrical motifs in a work beautifully in command of its own singular, weird and delightful musical logic."
- Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune