Joel Suárez Gómez
Joel Suárez Gómez was born in Holguín, Cuba in 1988. At the age of 9 years, he started studies in the Escuela Elemental de Ballet »Alejo Carpentier« and graduated as a dancer in the Escuela Nacional de Ballet de La Habana in the disciplines of classical ballet, cuban modern technique and cuban folklore. Since February 2013, he has been living and working in Berlin, where he has developed personal projects, collaborations and practices and started a family, while continuing his engagement with Sasha Waltz & Guests and other artistic relationships.
Interdisciplinary collaboration, new performative practices, analysis, community and friendship are the keywords that define his work. He strives for spaces and practices that are decentralised, autonomous, sustainable and non-invasive in their mechanisms and discourses.
