Vero Cendoya Company
Vero Cendoya, born in Barcelona in 1976, combines her career as a performer, teacher, painter, illustrator and choreographer.
In 2008 she created her own dance-theater company, Cía. Vero Cendoya, which is characterized by the collaboration with artists from different disciplines such as theater, painting, transformism, music, poetry or soccer.
For 15 years Vero Cendoya and his team have been working firmly for the full inclusion of people with (dis)abilities in the professional scene and on national and international stages.
Their main purpose is to transform the public's and therefore society's view of people with (dis)abilities and to contribute to their visibility in the professional artistic world. Transforming the social imaginary regarding the “other”, and especially people with (dis)abilities, to contribute to generate a community with less “others” and more “us”.
In addition, its shows have a strong social commitment, either by inclusive casting, by its social denunciation themes or by its collaborations with vulnerable groups.
Bringing inclusive performing arts to major national and international stages are small successes achieved with the constant work of the Vero Cendoya Company, as can be seen in the case of BOGUMER premiered at the Mercat de les Flors in Barcelona and later presented at HAU 1 in Berlin, or with ÓRDAGO A LA GRANDE premiered at the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya.
But also, great successes of the company are taking dance to remote places such as the case of LA PARTIDA presented with volunteers from the slums of Argentina, or to the disadvantaged neighborhoods of El Salvador, where a remake of the show was performed with local dancers and soccer players, thus transforming the landscape through dance.