Erick Aguirre is a choreographer based in Austria. Originally from Morelos, Mexico meets his love for dancing with salsa, obsessed with movement, he discovers his love for classical ballet and start his training in La Escuela de Bellas Artes Toluca, after one year training he starts his Bachelor in classical dance in La Escuela Superior de Música y Danza de Monterrey, one of the best ballet schools in Mexico. Then he moves to Canada to complement his training the next three years at Victoria Academy of Ballet.

Erick moves to Vancouver and starts working with Coastal City Ballet choreographing his first professional piece for the company “Louder Voices”. After one year he gets a contract offer by San Jose Dance Theatre in California, USA where he choreographs “Untitled N.1” After some time in the company, he decides to start working mostly as a freelancer in companies like Peninsula Ballet Theatre and Opera San Jose.

He decides then to move to Austria to study a Masters in Movement Research in the Anton Bruckner University, working as well as a guest artist in different theaters around Austria.

 Erick has been involved in the creation of five new pieces in the last two years presenting his works on stages like Brucknerhaus Linz, Ars Electronica Festival and Mapping Festival Geneva His creativity fundamentally thrives to express the essence of the human experience through art and movement.