Biography
Born in Córdoba, Argentina, in 1970, Gabriela Carrizo began contemporary dance aged 10 in a multidisciplinary school (the only one back then to run a contemporary dance group for children and teenagers). Under Norma Raimondi’s direction, the school went on to become the Córdoba University Ballet, where Gabriela danced for two years and created her first pieces of choreography. She moved to Europe when she was 19, and over the years worked with Caroline Marcadé, Les Ballets C de la B (La Tristeza Complice, 1997, and Iets op Bach, 1998), Koen Augustijnen (Portrait intérieur, 1994) and Needcompany (Images of Affection, 2001). During this period, she never stopped working on her own pieces. She created the solo E tutto sará d’ombra e di caline; and Bartime, a collaboration with Einat Tuchman and Lisi Estaras. She also composed the choreography for the opera Wolf (2002) by Les Ballets C de la B. She played the lead role in Fien Troch’s film Kid (2012). In 2013, Gabriela created the short piece The missing door with the dancers of Nederlands Dans Theater – NDT 1; and The Door in 2015 with the actors of the Residenztheater in Munich. In 2018, she and Franck Chartier adapted the stageplay 31 rue Vandenbranden for the Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon. In 2022, she created La Ruta, her second piece for Nederlands Dans Theater. Gabriela Carrizo has been joint artistic director of Peeping Tom, alongside Franck Chartier, since they co-founded the company in 2000.