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Trained in photography, movement, and theater in Valencia, Barcelona, and New York, Marcos Morau (Valencia, 1982) creates imaginative worlds and landscapes with a clear and contemporary vision. In 2023, he was named Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture and voted Choreographer of the Year by the prestigious German magazine Tanz. Morau continues his artistic development with a remarkable career as a choreographer and director. Marcos Morau (Valencia, 1982) fantasifulde verdener og landskaber med et klart og nutidigt blik. I 2023 blev han udnævnt til Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters af det franske kulturministerium og kåret som Årets bedste koreograf af det prestigefyldte tyske magasin Tanz. Morau fortsætter sin kunstneriske udvikling med en enestående karriere som koreograf og iscenesætter.

Since 2004 he has directed La Veronal, which has become one of the most prominent dance companies on the European scene, and in 2013 received the National Dance Prize awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Culture." Den Nationale Dansepris fra det spanske kulturministerium.

La Veronal, praised by international critics and winner of numerous awards, has shown its shows in the best theatres and festivals in more than thirty countries: the Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris, the Biennale di Venezia, the Festival d'Avignon, Tanz Im August in Berlin, Festival RomaEuropa, SIDance Festival in Seoul, Sadler's Wells in London or Danse Danse Montreal, among many others.

In addition to his continuous work with La Veronal, Marcos Morau is a guest artist in several companies and theatres around the world where he develops new creations, always halfway between performing arts and dance: Nederlands Dans Theater, Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, the Royal Danish Ballet or the Royal Ballet of Flanders, among many others. Since 2023, he has been an associate artist at the Staatsballet Berlin, a company linked to the Deutsche Oper, the Komische Oper and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden.

The future of Morau and La Veronal pursues the search for new formats and languages where opera, dance and physical theatre dialogue closer than ever, seeking new ways of expressing and communicating in our present time, always turbulent and changing.