Aïda Colmenero Dïaz is a creator, choreographer, actress, visual artist, mentor, and performing arts curator born in Madrid, of Galician descent.

She is regarded as a leading artist in Spain thanks to her avant-garde career, which has led her to explore remote regions of the world and engage in unique creative processes, crossing borders and offering a complex and alternative reflection on identity and cultural heritage through a strong gender perspective.

In 2021, Aïda made history as the first Spanish creator to receive the prestigious Pina Bausch Fellowship for her outstanding choreographic work. Within the framework of this award, she created the piece Kolochi Baw, a work reflecting on the sacrifices linked to the construction processes behind humanity’s great architectural achievements, premiered in Spain at Mercat de les Flors. In 2023, Aïda made history once again in two ways: she was invited to premiere the work at the Pina Bausch Zentrum and to undertake an artistic residency at Lichtburg, the historic space where Pina Bausch created most of her repertoire.

Awarded at the Bienal de Mujeres en las Artes Visuales 2024 with a special mention from the Fundación Enaire, Aïda is known for her distinctive approach to artistic creation and direction, especially in the field of contemporary choreographic creation. Her work is also marked by her multidisciplinary creative capacity and her innovative character within the contemporary artistic landscape. Through her practice, she seeks to connect minds, build geographical and cultural bridges, and recover historical memory.

She has presented her work in numerous regions around the world and has engaged in highly innovative creative processes. Her artistic projects have been showcased internationally at venues and festivals including Mercat de les Flors, Teatros del Canal, Festival Grec, Fabrik Potsdam, Théâtre Paris-Villette, San Francisco Dance Film Festival, Bienal de Danza de Cali, Teatro Daniel Sorano, and Auditorio de Tenerife, among others.

She is the founder, artistic director, and choreographer of She Poems, a continental project through which, from 2013 to the present, she has collaborated with 40 women from 14 countries to create photographic series, 20 dance short films, and several choreographic works including 2nd November, the fear remover (2014), Lifetime Dust VII (2016), Qué importa el abismo (2016), Tell Him (2016), El Canto (2016), Templo (2018), and Khoes Conquers (2019).

In 2019, she received a commission from the Ministry of Culture of Colombia in collaboration with Acción Cultural Española to create Yala (2019), a work for the Colombian Contemporary Dance Company in Cali featuring 16 dancers.

In 2021, she received a double nomination at the Premios MAX de las Artes Escénicas for her pieces Qué importa el abismo and Lifetime Dust VII. In 2022, she was invited by the Suzanne Dellal Centre to participate as a mentor alongside other international choreographers.

Over the past decade, Aïda Colmenero Dïaz has regularly collaborated as an artistic mentor in creative processes, dramaturgy, staging, technical direction, and performance for numerous national and international performing arts and music projects. She has also provided consultancy and advisory services for institutions, choreographic centers, universities, and festivals worldwide, while teaching at several internationally renowned institutions.

Alongside her artistic practice as a creator, Aïda actively contributes to the educational field by conceptualizing, directing, and advising initiatives aimed at introducing new methodologies within performing arts pedagogy. These include the thought conference Meeting Grounds (2021), co-curated with Àngels Margarit in collaboration with the European Dancehouse Network, as well as the four editions of the professional training programme Creation, Thought, Body, held annually at Graner Center for Dance and Performance, among others.