Rafael Valdivieso
Started Dancing at the age of 15 years old in the Royal Swedish Ballet School 1995-98. Danced since in Ballet Jörgen Canada 1998-99, Le Jeune Ballet International de Rosella Hightower 1999-2001, Mannheim Ballet 2001-04, Darmstadts Stattstheater 2004-06, Landestheater Linz 2006-08, Theater Fürth 2008-09, Theater Erfurt 2005,09,10,11, Felina Theater Mannheim 2010, National Theater Mannheim 2010-11.
Danced Ballets and worked with Philippe Talard, Preljocaje, Thierry Malandain, George Balanchine, Kevin O'day, McMillan, Dominique Dumais, Pieter De Reuter, Jean Renshaw, Rosamund Gillmore, Luches Huddelston Jr, Marc McLain, Jochen Ulrich, Mei Hong Lin and more.
Started choreographing 2008 and made ballets in Linz, Prag, Tokyo, Mannheim...
Participated in the 23. International Competition for Choreographers Hannover, And works as trainer / Choreograph for the dance group Suspence in Lampertheim Germany.
Currently he is working with Annette Weber, dancing the role of Jason in the story of Medea in his own choreography. He is preparing a new piece in Zeit Raum Exit in Mannheim called "Part 1"
DANCE Searching project
offer the possibility of intense creative work in the group of maximum 10 participants. After seven-day 3,5h work a piece is presented on stage for wide public. It is a challenge for teacher and for the participants to seek and find the courage, creativity, desire and joy to the common artistic experience. My style is a mix of release, floorwork, lines, soft and very moving and very technical movements.