Andrea Peña

Andrea Peña
Born1990 (age 35–36)
Bogotá, Colombia
OccupationsChoreographer, Designer
Years active2014 - present
Known forBogotá
6.58: Manifesto
Websitewww.andreapena.net

Andrea Peña (born 1990) is a Colombian choreographer and designer based in Montreal, Canada.[1] She is the founder and artistic director of Andrea Peña & Artists (AP&A), a multidisciplinary company established in Montreal in 2014.[2][3]

Early life and education

Peña was born in Bogotá, Colombia, in 1990.[1] She moved to Vancouver in 2002 and started working with Ballet BC in 2009, later moving to Montreal in 2013 to dance with Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal.[3]

At Concordia University, she completed a BFA in Design (2017) and a Master of Design (2023).[4]

Career

Peña founded Andrea Peña & Artists (AP&A) in Montreal in 2014. Her work integrates choreography and design, incorporating structured spatial and material elements into the choreographic work.[3]

In 2018, she received the Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award from the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.[5][6] The same year, Untitled I[7] received the prize for best choreography at the Hong Kong International Choreography Festival.[8]

Peña created 6.58: Manifesto in 2021, which was presented in Montreal and in Ottawa at the National Arts Centre.[9][10]The work was later showcased at Tanzmesse NRW Düsseldorf, as well as in Sweden and Paris in 2024..[11] Reviews highlighted its use of repetition and structured movement.[9][10][11] 6.58: Manifesto was later turned into a full length film for Theatre Freiburg.[12][13]

In 2023, Peña presented States of Transmutation at the Mattress Factory Museum, in Pittsburgh, USA which incorporated choreographic and design elements in a robotic installation on display from 2023-2024.[14][3]

She subsequently created the stage work Uaque, for the National Arts Centre,in Ottawa in collaboration with Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky and the National Arts Centre Orchestra, led by Orchestra director Alexander Shelly.[15][16]

Peña later created the stage work Replica,[3] which premiered in September 2024 at the Beruma Cultural Center in Sandvik, Norway,[17] and in 2025, she went on tour to Milan.[18][19]

In 2022, Peña was selected as the international winner of La Biennale di Venezia's call for new choreographic work by an artist under 35 with the project Bogotá.[2] Bogotá premiered at the 17th International Festival of Contemporary Dance at the Venice Biennale in 2023.[1][20] It was later presented at the PuSh Festival in Vancouver in January 2025.[21] In October 2025, the work was presented at Sadler's Wells East in London as part of the Dance Umbrella festival. Reviews noted the work’s layered structure,[22] spatial design,[23] and use of ensemble formations..[24][25]

Peña created commissioned works Sacra for Ballet BC in 2025, through the Emily Molnar Emerging Choreographer Award,[26] as well as Transmuted Symphony for Staatstheater Kassel.[27]

In 2026, Peña was named one of the ten laureates of the CHANEL Next Prize, receiving €100,000.[28][29][30]

Works

Stage works

  • Untitled I (2018)[31]
  • 6.58: Manifesto (2021)[9][10]
  • Bogotá (2023)[1]
  • States of Transmutation (2023)[32]
  • Replica (2024)[17]
  • Uaque (2024)[33]
  • Sacra (2025)[26]
  • Transmuted Symphony (2025)[27]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Andrea Peña & Artists – Bogotá". La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  2. 1 2 "The winners of the calls for new choreographies". La Biennale di Venezia. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Andrea Peña's research-driven choreography merges dance and design". Concordia University. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  4. ↑ "Andrea Peña". Concordia University. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "Andrea Peña receives 2018 Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award". Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  6. ↑ Ken, Steph Wong (2022-03-08). "InStudio: Crafting the Universe | Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity". www.banffcentre.ca. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
  7. ↑ "Watching is Not Seeing". The Dance Current. 2018-10-29. Retrieved 2026-03-02.
  8. ↑ "ANDREA PENA". HKICF. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
  9. 1 2 3 "Andrea Peña's 6.58: Manifesto Examines The Body As a Site Through Which Societies Create an Oppressive System". The Dance Current. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  10. 1 2 3 "6.58 : Manifesto : L'humanité frondeuse". Revue Jeu. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  11. 1 2 "« 6.58 : Manifesto » – La chorégraphe Andrea Pena, une entrée remarquée sur la scène parisienne". maze.fr. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  12. ↑ "à corps perdu" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "Biennale Danza 2023: Dance on Film". www.nowness.com. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
  14. ↑ "Andrea Peña: States of Transmutation". Mattress Factory. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  15. ↑ "MusicalAmerica - National Arts Centre to Launch 2024-2025 Season with New Edition of SPHERE Festival". www.musicalamerica.com. Retrieved 2026-03-02.
  16. ↑ Temple, Karen (2024-09-11). "Sphere Festival Opens With A Beautifully Intense Inter-discipline Performance - Ottawa Life Magazine". www.ottawalife.com. Retrieved 2026-03-02.
  17. 1 2 "Andrea Peña & Artists - REPLICA". Bærum Kulturhus. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  18. ↑ "MILANoLTRE Festival 2025 - Bodies In-Between 2025 - La danza e la moda - Elfo Puccini". www.elfo.org. Retrieved 2026-03-02.
  19. ↑ "La "Replique" come condizione abitativa originaria ed esistenziale | "Replica" di Andrea Peña & artists". Stratagemmi Prospettive Teatrali (in Italian). 2025-09-08. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
  20. ↑ "Andrea Peña Wins the Venice Biennale's Call for New Choreographic Work by an Artist Under the Age of 35". The Dance Current. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  21. ↑ "At PuSh Festival, Andrea Peña's BOGOTÁ redefines dance". Stir. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  22. ↑ "Dance review: Set in a stripped-down concrete jungle, BOGOTÁ explores colonial resistance". Stir. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  23. ↑ "Andrea Peña and Artists in Bogotá: densely layered but confrontational". Bachtrack. 4 October 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  24. ↑ "Bogotá, d'Andrea Peña : un vent de liberté queer souffle sur l'Arsenal de Venise". ResMusica. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  25. ↑ "Andrea Peña Artists: Bogotá review – writhing, sweaty contemporary dance at Sadler's Wells East". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  26. 1 2 "Dance review: Ballet BC conjures distinctive worlds at ZENITH". Stir. 8 March 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  27. 1 2 "Tanz_Kassel mit „Transmuted Symphony" von Andrea Peña". www.tanznetz.de (in German). 2026-01-22. Retrieved 2026-03-02.
  28. ↑ "Ten artists receive €100,000 as winners of Chanel Next Prize 2026". The Art Newspaper. 19 January 2026. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  29. ↑ "CHANEL Next Prize". CHANEL. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  30. ↑ "Chanel Next Prize 2026 : La chorégraphe Andrea Peña parmi les lauréats". La Presse. 26 January 2026. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  31. ↑ "▸ #DansEnvol et Série Danse 10 présentent UNTITLED I | Andrea Peña & Artists | jeu 5 nov 2020, 19 h 00| En ligne". nac-cna.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2026-03-02.
  32. ↑ "Andrea Peña: States of Transmutation - Announcements". e-flux. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
  33. ↑ "UAQUE | Andrea Peña, Edward Burtynsky & Alexander Shelley | Sep 10 - 11, 2024 | Southam Hall". nac-cna.ca. Retrieved 2026-03-02.
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