Colectivo Glovo | Colectivo

THE COLLECTIVE

Colectivo Glovo was born in 2016 under the direction of Esther Latorre (Spain) and Hugo Pereira (Portugal), generating a creative space where both performers and choreographers develop their most imaginative side together.

They work in the creation of the stage for theatres, streets and non-conventional spaces, as well as cultural managers, since one of their main objectives as a company is to increase the scope of the dynamics of the body.

Glovo admits its passion for the language of movement and pursues the research of new scenic expressions starting from the body itself without established limits.

It has toured different countries such as Spain, Portugal, Italy, Mexico or Costa Rica, it was part of the circuit Red Acieloabierto 2020 and 2023, Danza a Escena 2021 and 2023, of the catalogue of recommendation Programa.cat 2023 of Catalonia, PLATEA, RAEE - Red Aragonesa de Espacios Escénicos, La Cultura Contraataca, was in different state performing arts fairs, it has received several supports for the creation of the Centro Coreográfico Galego and collaborates with the fashion company Adolfo Domínguez since 2018.

They have received awards such as 1st Prize at the International Choreography Competition Burgos & NY 2019, Audience Award at the International Choreography Competition Sólodos ENDANZA 2016, GATADANS Award and LAS NOCHES DEL PATRIMONIO Award at the DZM Competition in Cáceres in 2022, OFFICIAL PRIZE CORPOMOBILE, Teatro Selvatico Award and The Loft Project Award at the CORPOMOBILE Creation Contest 2022 in Rome, as well as special mentions at the Corto In Danza 2019 festival in Cagliari and at La Espiral Contemporánea 2019 in Santander.

In parallel to this creative facet, Glovo co-directed the Cartografía en Movemento festival between 2021-2023 and currently directs the artistic residency and research programme Atopémonos Bailando, both in Lugo.

ESTHER

LATORRE

Galician by birth, she completed her career by graduating in contemporary dance at the Professional Dance Conservatory of Lugo, being part of the first promotion of professionals in contemporary dance in Galicia, also graduating in Physical
Education Teaching in the same city. She was awarded the Prize for excellence as a contemporary dance performer.

Since then, she has worked with companies in Spain and Portugal, notably with the company Maduixa Teatre as a performer in the piece "Mulïer", winner of the Max Award for Best Street Performance, the Moritz Millor Estrena de Carrer Award 2016, the Umore Azoka Award 2017 (Basque Country) and the Valencian
Performing Arts Award from the IVC in 2018, as well as in several co-productions with the Centro Coreográfico Galego.

She was also awarded first prize at the Delmar Choreography Competition (Valencia), winner of the award for Best Contemporary Dance Performer at the 11th Gerard Collins Dance Competition and was a scholarship student at the Anton Bruckner Privat universität für Musik, Tanz und Schauspiel in Linz, Austria.
She was also awarded the DanceWEB Scholarship at the Impulstanz in Vienna, Austria at the 35th Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid.

Since 2016 she is co-director of the Glovo Collective with Hugo Pereira and teaches dance and movement workshops at different levels, having taught in countries such as Spain, Italy, Portugal and Mexico.

HUGO

PEREIRA

Born in Porto, she began her training at the JOBRA Dance Conservatory. She received various dance training with teachers such as Akram Khan Dance Company, Sagi Gross (Gross Dance Company, NEDERLANDS), Shirley Esseboom (NEDERLANDS), Víctor Hugo Pontes (Nome Proprio, PORTUGAL), Inês Negrão (PORTUGAL), Bruno Alexandre (PORTUGAL), Carmela García
(Otradanza, SPAIN), Julia Weh (GERMANY), Romulus Neagu (PORTUGAL), Daniel Abreu (SPAIN), Diego Anido (SPAIN).... He was part of the Companhia de Dança do Norte in the 2015-2016 production "Barulhos Nossos" and participated in several national and international festivals of creation.

He is also a graduate in Specialisation in Performing Arts Production and Management from the Institute of Cultural and Artistic Management of the European University Miguel de Cervantes. He is currently focused on the co- direction of Colectivo Glovo, participating in national and international festivals and having been awarded with the First Prize in the International Choreographic Contest of Burgos & New York - Dancing with stones or the Audience Award in the Iberoamerican Contest Sólodos Endanza, among others. He was also awarded the Barcelona International Dance Exchange (BIDE) Scholarship at the 35th Madrid Choreography Competition. He currently collaborates actively with the fashion company Adolfo Domínguez.