Adalberto Fernandez Torres

Adalberto Fernandez Torres

Contorsion

Amérique - Porto-Rico

Adalberto Fernandez Torres, contorsion, 28e promotion du Centre national des arts du cirque (Cnac) de Châlons-en-Champagne
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Adalberto Fernandez Torres, contorsion, 28e promotion du Centre national des arts du cirque (Cnac) de Châlons-en-Champagne
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Adalberto Fernandez Torres, contorsion, 28e promotion du Centre national des arts du cirque (Cnac) de Châlons-en-Champagne
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Adalberto Fernandez Torres, contorsion, 28e promotion du Centre national des arts du cirque (Cnac) de Châlons-en-Champagne
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Adalberto Fernandez Torres, contorsion, 28e promotion du Centre national des arts du cirque (Cnac) de Châlons-en-Champagne
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Adalberto Fernandez Torres, contorsion, 28e promotion du Centre national des arts du cirque (Cnac) de Châlons-en-Champagne
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Adalberto Fernandez Torres, contorsion, 28e promotion du Centre national des arts du cirque (Cnac) de Châlons-en-Champagne
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Adalberto Fernandez Torres, contorsion, 28e promotion du Centre national des arts du cirque (Cnac) de Châlons-en-Champagne
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Adalberto Fernandez Torres, contorsion, 28e promotion du Centre national des arts du cirque (Cnac) de Châlons-en-Champagne
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Adalberto Fernandez Torres, contorsion, 28e promotion du Centre national des arts du cirque (Cnac) de Châlons-en-Champagne
photo P Hardy
Adalberto Fernandez Torres, contorsion, 28e promotion du Centre national des arts du cirque (Cnac) de Châlons-en-Champagne
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Born on April 25, 1991, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a Caribbean island, he grew up with his mother, brothers, and grandparents.

He began his artistic career in theater and modeling at the age of 14. Two years later, he began studying dance (jazz, classical, and modern) at EBAB, the Bayamón School of Fine Arts. It was there that he discovered the circus arts, and in 2006 he began practicing them under the guidance of teacher Luis Oliva. His interest in contortion grew stronger and stronger. Lacking a teacher specialized in this discipline, he began teaching himself by imitating moves he discovered and “analyzed” in videos.

In 2007, he made his professional debut as a circus artist in Puerto Rico. He worked for seven years with various Puerto Rican and American theater, dance, and circus companies. During those years, he also worked as a rhythmic gymnastics coach in San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico.

His desire to grow as an artist led him in 2014 to France, to Châlons-en-Champagne, at the National Center for Circus Arts (CNAC), where he studied and developed his personal research on contortion and unique movements using various materials: sand, earth, etc.