Carlos Ramírez-Araujo

Born in Mexico City, Carlos began dancing at the age of six at the Ballet Folklorico Vicente Guerrero school run by Marcial Cortez under the tutelage of Professor Jose Ramon Mendoza. After several years, he began to specialize in Mexican dances and traditions. He took courses of different choreographers like Lino Ortega, Antonio Baeza, Aaron Nolasco, Ana Maria Garza, Rafael Zamarripa, among others. At the age of 16, Mr. Ramirez-Araujo began to dance professionally with the "Ballet Folklorico Nacional de Mexico". At the same time, Carlos began his training in classical ballet and modern dance at the school of "Ballet Folklorico de Mexico de Amalia Hernandez" as well as the "Ballet Teatro del Espacio" directed by Gladiola Orozco and "Ballet Independiente" under the direction of Magnolia Flores. In Mexico Carlos has worked professionally in different productions and dance companies as dancer, choreographer, costume designer, set design and technical assistance. In the United States, Mr. Ramirez-Araujo has had the privilege of dancing in dance companies such as Dance Wisconsin (Nutcracker Production) Call for Peace Dance & Drums Company as dancer, Madison Children's Theater as Choreographer and Kanopy Dance Company as Dancer and Choreographer. Carlos also participated as a guest artist in other companies such as Tania Tandias Flamenco Dance company and Madison Opera. Carlos also had the honor of working with renowned choreographers and directors such as Martin Løfsnes Director of 360 Dance Company (Martha Graham Dance Company former principal dancer) and Amit Lahav Director of Gecko Theater company (physical theater in England).