Annabelle Lopez Ochoa is a prolific, award-winning, and sought-after choreographer that has created more than 100 works for 79 dance companies around the world. A versatile choreographer, Lopez Ochoa creates regularly within the dance field but also for theatre, opera, and musical theatre. Her wide-ranging body of work includes short conceptual pieces, full-length narratives, and dance films.

The Colombian-Belgian Lopez Ochoa completed her dance education at the Royal Ballet School of Antwerp. After a 12-year long career in several European dance companies, such as Djazzex and Scapino Ballet, where she danced as a soloist for seven years, Annabelle decided in 2003 to focus solely on choreography. That same year she is hailed as the “rising star of the Dutch dance scene” (NRC).

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa is one of the very few female choreographers who excels in narrative ballet. She has created numerous full-length works, including:

• Callas, La Divina (2023 – Ballet Municipal de Santiago de Chile)

• Delmira (2023 – Houston Ballet)

• Coco Chanel, the life of a fashion icon (2023 – Hong Kong Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Queensland Ballet)

• Doña Perón (2022 – Ballet Hispánico)

• Frida (2020 – Dutch National Ballet)

• The Little Prince (2019 – BalletX)

• Vendetta, a mafia story (2018 – Les Grands Ballets Canadiens)

• Red Riding Hood (2017 – Ballet Black)

• Broken Wings (2016 – English National Ballet)

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