Tania Perez-Salas

Tania  Pérez-Salas was born in Mexico City. After studying dance for fifteen  years, she obtained significant recognition as a dancer and  choreographer in the Mexican dance scene. From that moment, she went on  to win numerous awards, such as: “Best Female Dancer” in the National  Dance Competition (1993); “Best Performance” and “Best Choreography”  from the Virginia Fabregas Award (1993); Mexico’s National and  Continental Prizes for Choreography (1994) and at the international San  Luis Potosí Festival, she was awarded (by the audience) “Best  Choreography” (1996).

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In  1994 she founded her own Company. Since then, she has been awarded  several grants as a dancer and choreographer from renowned Mexican  institutions and universities such as The National Fund for Culture and  Arts, National Council for Culture and Arts, the National Institute of  Fine Arts, the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Department of Interior  Affairs of Mexico City, the National Center of the Arts, and the  National University of Mexico. She was also grateful to have obtained  financial support from many private sponsors in order to set various  productions for her Company.

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In  1999 she took part in “The Generation Ñ Reunion” an international  conference of Hispanic Descent organized by the SGAE, in Barcelona,  Spain.

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In  2013 Ms. Pérez-Salas and her Company received the prestigious Lunas del  Auditorio Award in Mexico and in 2014 was named Pioneer Woman of the  National University of Mexico (UNAM) in recognition of her hard work and  achievements in dance.

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