Jorge Crecis

Author of the book: Designing Presence: Entering Towards Vivencia Featured in the book: Fifty Contemporary Choreographers Jorge’s work is renowned for merging the athleticism and excitement of sports with the compelling visuals of an art installation. He is passionate about showing off the dancers as resiliently virtuosic individuals that together form a strong and compact team. Jorge holds a degree in Sport Sciences, a Ph.D by Goldsmiths University and a Masters in Elite Athletes Coaching. He studied contemporary dance at the Royal Conservatory of Madrid and, after working as a professional dancer for different companies throughout Europe, he became a full-time lecturer at London Contemporary Dance School (The Place) for four years. Currently, Jorge is an award-winning choreographer whose work has been performed in the main theatres around the world: from the prestigious New York City Centre (USA) to the avant-garde 798 District in Beijing (China) or Sadlers Wells and the Royal Opera House in London (UK). Over the last years, he has been commissioned by companies such as Scottish Dance Theatre (UK), Beijing 9 Contemporary Dance Theatre (China), and Acosta Danza (Cuba), among others. His work has been described as: “irrepressible good fun” (The Guardian), “perfect” (The Independent) or “a Sudoku brought to life” (Londondance.com). His latest creation for the company directed by Carlos Acosta has been awarded as the best dance piece presented in Cuba in 2017. In 2014 Jorge co-founded min tala, a Pan-Arab dance company that uses contemporary dance as a peacekeeping, personal and professional development tool in areas of conflict in the Middle East. He also served as Artistic Director for Aerowaves Festival in Burgos in 2011. For the last 20 years, and based in Sport Sciences, Neurophysiology, Anthropology and Phenomenology, he has been working to crack the secret of how to train peak performance presence. Based upon his synthesis of sport and dance movement patterns, Jorge created Towards Vivencia, a cutting-edge methodology that replicates non-ordinary states of consciousness through accessible but effective body routines. He often leads workshops and coaches companies such as Akram Khan, DV8, Punchdrunk and Rambert as well as professional athletes, music and film personalities. Due to his outstanding work in dance research, he has been appointed as a Visiting Fellow at the University of Derby. Previous works's reel: https://vimeo.com/showcase/2792060