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ALBA BARRAL FERNáNDEZ

Photo: Jubal Battisti

Alba Barral Fernández was born in Lugo, Spain, in 1979. She trained in contemporary dance at Espazo de Danza Universitario in Santiago de Compostela and later moved to the Netherlands, where she graduated with a bachelor in dance fom ArteZ University of the Arts in Arnhem. During the following years she worked with the companies LeineRoebana and Suzy Blok, both based in Amsterdam.
In 2006 she moved to Barcelona and danced with SenzaTempo Teatrodanza (Inés Boza/Carles Mallol). She has been a member of Thomas Noone Dance (Barcelona) since 2008, dancing works by Thomas Noone, Roni Haver/Guy Weizman, Johannes Wieland and Jo Strömgren (this last one in collaboration with Swedish dance company Norrdans).  Since 2012 she has also been part of the project Camaralucida (Barcelona) under the direction of Lautaro Reyes. She is currently working as rehearsal director for Thomas Noone Dance and as an independent artist with La Veronal, Marcos Morau, with whom she tours internationally.
Parallel to her dance career, Alba became a certified Gyrotonic trainer in 2016.