Maria-Piedad

Choreographer, teacher and scholar graduated from the Cuban National Ballet School, the American Ballet Theater M. A. in ballet pedagogy and the Tisch School of the Arts' M. A. in Performance Studies. She has developed her artistic career in Ecuador, Cuba and USA. She also teaches character, pas de deux,  historical, classical repertoire, Latin-American, jazz/pop dance. Currently working as a choreographer and dance instructor. 

Her choreographies have been performed in Ecuador, El Salvador, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and USA. She staged the Jaime Pinto's complete ballets Don Quixote, The Nutcracker, Three Musketeers and Taming of the Shrew for the National Ballet of Ecuador where she was the rehearsal director and also a dancer.