Aleix Martinez (1992), debut as choreographer was in 2012 with "Trencadis", a piece created for the Hamburg Shauspielhaus, for which he received the "Tanz" award in the "Young Talent" category. Since then, he has worked independently with numerous festivals, institutions and dance companies such as Sant Pere de Rodes Festival, Gong Festival , IT Dansa, Antoni Tàpies Foundation or The Hamburger Kunsthalle.
As a resident artist of the Hamburg Ballett, he works annually in the program "Junge Choreographen”.
In 2018 he founded "ManNera Dansa" with which develops new artistic projects, using movement to bring philosophical and artistic concepts closer to a plastic dimension through the interaction between different visual arts and artists. In 2019, he was commissioned to represent the Hamburg Ballet internationally in London, creating "Seelen Spiel" for International Draft Works at The Linbury Theater.
"Shakespeare Sonnets (2019), his first creation for the Hamburg Ballett, was premiered at the Hamburg State Opera, opening the 45th edition of the "Hamburger Ballett Tage" Festival.
In 2020, he began an artistic residency with the PoolHaus Blankenese Foundation, institution that hosted "Bunker" (2021), co-produced by the Antoni Tàpies Foundation (Barcelona), the Hamburger Kunsthalle and the PoolHaus Foundation. In 2022 he got appointed artistic director of Festival Franquesa , where he presented "POLS"(2022 ) and "PUR" ( 2023 ) with the collaborations of several Catalan Folk formations as l'Esbart Catala de Dansaires, the Falcons of Barcelona, l'Avalot Teatre or the Gegants of Santa Coloma of Gramenet.
As a dancer, he began his dance studies in his hometown of Barcelona, where he collaborate in various productions of the company of Sta. Coloma de Gramenet David Campos. In 2006, he moved to Marseille (France) to continue his artistic education combining it with others international institutions such as The Place, in London or Rosella Hightower (Cannes). In 2008, he continued his training at the Hamburg Ballet School, under the direction of John Neumeier, where later became a member of the Company, and since 2020 was named first soloist.
He has received several national and international prizes and recognitions, including the Prix de Lausanne 2008, the Positano Leonide Massine Prize 2008, the "Friends of Honor" prize awarded by the Casa de la Danza, Logroño or the Oberdorffer Price in 2014.
He has worked closely with the choreographer John Neumeier, creating several works especially for him, such as Anna Karenina (2017), Beethoven Project I (2019), Beethoven Project II (2021) or Dona Nobis Pacem (2022), among others, while working independently with various international choreographers including Thiago Bordin, Yuka Oishi and Marco Guido.