PERFORMING ARTS
2013 - BIG DRAW&THE OLYMPIC PARK (London) Dance,architecture, music participatory event
- BUILD YOUR WORLDS Artistic Direction, Choreography.
Southwark Council Commission
2012 - “Gamelan Architecture” Choreography Trayectos Festival Zaragoza, Spain/Cultural Olympiad UK.
2011- “THE TROLL’S GROTTO” set and costumes design for Little Troll theatre co. London.
2010 – “Mausoleum” Site-specific dance project at the Dulwich Gallery Museum’s Mausoleum.
-“Dancing Landscapes”(Big Dance 2010) Site-specific project in Crystal Palace Park
- “LAUDERDANCE HOUSE” (Big Dance 2010) Site-specific dance project in Lauderdale House
2009 Delicatessen (Set design for the CDA dance production.
Blank Canvas: Dance residency Firkin Crane, Ireland
2008 Trayectos Zaragoza:
City Centre Square, Zaragoza Spain
2008 Trayectos Huesca: CDAN (Centre fot Art and
Nature, Huesca Spain
Festival Valderrobres Danza Contemporanea.
(A one week community dance proyect.)
2007 –Creatures in the City of Den Bosch Festival. (Performance) Hertogenvosch, Holland 2007 –Creatures in the City of Den Bosch Festival. (Performance) Hertogenvosch, Holland
- KEBULLAKOLORES, Madrid Dance Marathon 2007. Madrid, Spain
2006- “SI EL TIEMPO NO(S) LO IMPIDE” S Festival, Huesca, Spain. International co-production The Exploration Corporation + ABC Danza
- SWITCH Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno. Performance and workshops based on Femke Van Gent’s exhibition.
- KEBULLAKOLORES! Opening number of the Madrid Dance Maraton 2006.
- “Stillness &Movement”: Galleri/Carmarthen.Performance &workshops based on Femke Van Gent and Sue Fielding’s visual art
- “QX Evol”.Brighton Fringe Festival/Nightingale Theatre. Launch of “The Exploration Corporation” (Unlimited)
- Bodyparts Festival, Royal Scottish Accademy of Art, Edimburgh.
2005- “Drawn to Dance” Dance performance at the Hayward Gallery. Site specific piece inspired by the work of Rebecca Horn and the building’s layout.
-“Qx”, premiere Brighton Festival. Interactive, movement based show inspired by Don Quixote’s character.
- Movement and Drawing workshops for Rebecca Horn’s exhibition at the Hayward Gallery
2004 -Co-Artistic Director of SIX THOUSAND CHAIRS (Curator*) Three days Contemporary Art event, at Crystal Palace Park, London (site-specific installations &performances).
-THE BIG MATCH Football based performance
-PASTORAL Site-specific performance. Concept and Direction
2003 -DANCE and MUSIC PERFORMANCE Project at the Orchard Lodge Remand Centre- London
- LETTERS FROM SIBERIA An Interactive Community Promenade Performance around the ruins of a castle with the
people of Paide (Estonia). Inspired on the letters written by those who were sent to Siberia by Stalin.
- A THIN LINE INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE (Still touring)
Created, Directed and Performed by Carlos Cortes: Space Invaders (Fierce Internat. Performance Festival),
Coventry. UK Time & Space Intern. Performance fest. Paide, Estonia. The Big Stage Cardiff, UK. ARTIC Festival de
Arte Contemp. Zaragoza Spain.Candem People's Theatre,London, UK. 54º N Art Festival Hull UK.2002-3
Nightingale Theatre (Brighton) International Festival Community and Performance, Rhode Island USA. En La
Frontera Art Festival. Zaragoza, Spain
2002 THREE POEMS (BALLET) SET AND COSTUMES DESIGN Chopin/Derek Deane Ballet de Zaragoza Spain
ARABIAN NIGHTS SET AND COSTUMES DESIGN Dominic Cook Isleworth Actors Co London-UK
2000 CANTERBURY TALES SET AND COSTUMES DESIGN Chaucer/ Isleworth Public Hall Isleworth Actors co.London
PROJECT 4/STAGE WIMBLEDON. SITE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE WSA Theatre. London UK
PROJECT 4/STAGE ZARAGOZA SITE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE ARTIC Arts Festival Zaragoza Spain
LATE FROST DIRECTION South London Theatre. London UK
1999 AFTER BABEL DEVISED PERFORMANCE Experimental Group Project. Wimbledon School of Art Theatre. London
1998 SHAKRAS (Ballet) SET DESIGN B. Bartok/ P. Mohovich. Balletto di Toscana. Florence Italy
1996 ODAS (Ballet) SET DESIGN H. Purcell/ P. Mohovich Compañia de Paolo Mohovich. Zaragoza -Spain
1995 EL DESPERTAR DE FLORA (Ballet) SET DESIGN R. Drigo/ M. Galindo Ballet de Zaragoza. Zaragoza Spain
1988-90 PROFESSIONAL DANCER Sol Dance Company, Tenerife, Spain.