Marta Reig Torres was born
in Valencia, Spain. She is a choreographer, dancer and teacher. Since
1988 she has been living and working in The Netherlands. She has a Bachelor's degree in Choreography and Techniques in Dance Interpretation from the
Conservatorio Superior de Danza de Valencia, Spain.
She started dancing professionally at The
Dutch National Ballet (Het Nationale Ballet) at the age of seventeen. Following a 10-year career as a ballet dancer with The Dutch
National Ballet, she left the classical and structured past
in search of new challenges. Thereafter she became a modern dancer and
joined the Gulbenkian Ballet in Lisbon, Portugal. She returned to Holland as a
freelancer to dance with Leine & Roebana, Conny Janssen Danst and Nicole Beutler.
At present she is working as an independent choreographer. Her work has been produced by Korzo productions and co-produced by Dansateliers, DWA Danswerkplaats Amsterdam, CaDance Festival, De Doelen Rotterdam, Codarts and Meekers. It has been selected several times for the
Nederlandse DansDagen as one of the most outstanding choreographies of the dance
season in The Netherlands. And it has been chosen for the Serie Nieuwe Theatermakers, Dansclick and in Spain by
the "Red de Teatros Alternativos" with extended tours. She
also makes location projects and her pieces have travelled internationally to
different festivals and venues.
In 2012 she co-created Cloud & Danslab, a self-organized hub for independent artists in dance, performance and related arts.
She is a regular guest choreographer, teacher and coach at Codarts, University of the Arts and she is coaching the final year students at ArtEZ
Institute of the Arts in Arnhem. She also teaches at companies like Scapino Ballet and Conny Janssen Danst in Rotterdam.