Catarina Mora

Born in Berlin, studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, flamenco training with teachers such as Paco Fernandez, Loli Flores, Ciro and Susana. 1997 scholarship holder of the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg. As a dancer and choreographer in various opera houses and theatres in Europe, among others with Carlos Saura "Carmen" and USA. Dancer in flamenco companies such as "Flamencos en Route", "Danza Fuego" and others. 1995 founder and producer of the company "Catarina Mora Flamenca".

1999 co-founder of the "Production Centre Dance and Performance" (Santi, Mora, Milz, Frangenheim). Initiator of the Stuttgart Flamenco Festival since 2010.

Since 1992 teaching position for dance at the Drama School of the State University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart, 2001- 2011 teaching position for Spanish dance at the Palucca School Dresden. Since 2006 she has been teaching at the John Cranko Schule Stuttgart. From 2007-2018 teaching position for "spatial perception" at the University of Stuttgart, Institute for Performing and Design. Since 2011 teaching position for stage dance at the Opera School of the State University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart. Since 2019 teaching position for Spanish dance at the New Zealand School of Dance, Wellington. Workshops at home and abroad.
After "Träum nicht vom Blute des Mondes" at the tri-bühne,1995 Stuttgart, "Petenera" 1998 at the Staatstheater Stuttgart, "Don Juan" 2000, "Machismo" 2003, "A las 5 de la tarde" 2010, "Kain" 2012 and "Amigos" 2014 are her large-scale dance theatre productions at the Theaterhaus. Guest performances with her productions since 1996 throughout Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Japan and Estonia. Invitations to major festivals including tanzhaus nrw, Nancy, Chur, Tallin, Shanghai, Mumbai and New Zealand.