About
A major figure of the contemporary art scene
Blanca Li, Franco-Spanish choreographer, dancer, actress, and filmmaker, is a major figure on the contemporary artistic scene.
In 2019, she was elected to the French Académie des Beaux-Arts.
From 2019 to late 2025, she directed the Teatros del Canal of the Community of Madrid, before being appointed president of Le Parc et la Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris, leading one of France's foremost cultural institutions.
"Habit Vert" créé par Chanel pour Blanca Li
Born in Granada (Spain)
Born in Granada, she joined the Spanish national gymnastics team at the age of 12, then moved to New York at 17 to study modern dance with Martha Graham for 5 years. There she discovered hip-hop and other cultures that would shape her dance style. After a stint in Madrid, where she also studied flamenco, she founded her contemporary dance company in Paris in 1992, going on to create more than 20 shows that have toured worldwide, drawing a large and devoted following.
Activity
Blanca Li has choreographed and directed numerous ballets, operas, and musicals, including Les Indes Galantes at the Paris Opéra, Shéhérazade for the Paris Opéra Ballet, Don Giovanni at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Treemonisha at the Théâtre du Châtelet, El Quijote del Plata for the Ballet Nacional Sodre of Uruguay, as well as more recently Pulcinella for the Ballet Nacional de España and Notre Sacre (The Rite of Spring) for the Philharmonie de Paris.
She has also directed three feature films (Le Défi, Pas à Pas, and Elektromathematrix), as well as numerous short films, commercials, and music videos.
In the worlds of film, music, and fashion, she has been chosen as choreographer by prestigious names such as Pedro Almodóvar, Jean-Jacques Annaud, and Michel Gondry, as well as by Daft Punk, Paul McCartney, Beyoncé, Blur, and Coldplay. She has also worked in fashion for Jean Paul Gaultier, Azzedine Alaïa, CHANEL, Stella McCartney, and more recently Christian Louboutin and Elie Saab.
She is a Knight of the French Légion d'Honneur, a Commander of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and has received the Gold Medal of Fine Arts in Spain.
"For me, dance is a universal language with no borders or limits in form or style," she says.
Currently on tour with the Compagnie Blanca Li:
Le Bal de Paris de Blanca Li, created in 2021 at the Théâtre national de Chaillot, which won the Lion Award for Best VR Experience at the 78th Venice Film Festival. This live virtual reality show allows audiences to interact with real dancers in a fantastical virtual world.
The Nutcracker, created in February 2022 for the Festival Suresnes Cités Danse, a hip-hop and refreshing take on Tchaikovsky's classic for 8 dancers, blending breakdance, popping, and Hispanic influences.
Dido and Aeneas, created in 2023 for Les Arts Florissants at the Teatros del Canal in Madrid, has been touring in its ballet version since 2024.
The Shadow, created in May 2025 at IRCAM, a unique mixed reality show for 10 dancers and a percussionist, subsequently presented in competition at the Venice Film Festival.
In 1998, she opened her own dance studios in Paris (Calentito studios). The fusion of disciplines and genres is frequent in her creations, as well as a very Latin sense of humor (Alarme, Stress, Salomé).
Macadam Macadam, a hip-hop choreographic performance, opened the Suresnes Cités Danses Festival in 1999. From Avignon to the USA, by way of the Opéra-Comique in Paris, this show became the benchmark of the genre and received the 2007 Globe de Cristal award in the Best Opera/Ballet category…
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