Juan is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and researcher in contemporary dance. His work combines technical exploration, sensitive interpretation, and a critical perspective on the body as a political, affective, and poetic territory.

He trained at the Colombian Institute of Classical Ballet (Incolballet), where he also taught contemporary dance in 2019. He was part of the Colombian Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) under the direction of Cuban master Arlai González, who trained him in Cuban modern dance. There, he also deepened his skills in partnering and contact improvisation, and worked as a contemporary and contact dance teacher.

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Between 2011 and 2014, he studied ballet at the Valle en Danza School. Since 2012, he has been part of the interdisciplinary collective Corpoaire Danza y Género, where he trained alongside Francia Elena Mamian and Alexandra Castañeda. In Corpoaire, he actively participated in artistic creation processes exploring gender, race, and ethnic identities through dance and sociology. It was there that he created his first choreography, Testosterona (2015), a stage investigation on the construction of masculinity. He also took part in Ginandromorfo (2014), a piece that won a creation grant from the Ministry of Culture, and he taught contemporary and contact dance workshops.

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In 2012, he was part of the Carmen López Dance Lab at Universidad del Valle, where he studied and practiced traditional dances from Colombia’s Pacific region, deepening his understanding of Afro-Colombian cultural roots.

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His teaching work has also focused on diverse populations: in 2014, he taught contemporary dance to children with functional diversity at the Tobías Emanuel Institute in Cali.

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As a performer, he has worked with choreographers and companies from France, Cuba, Chile, and Spain, including Davy Brun (LAK, Cali’s International Dance Biennial 2017), Redha Bentefouir, Susana Pous Anadon, Julio César Iglesias Ungo, Jorge Abril Santander, Bernardo Orellana, and Aïda Colmeneros. He has represented Colombia in festivals such as Habana en Movimiento (Cuba), where he presented his piece Amarrados, and has been invited to stages in Suriname and various Colombian cities such as Bogotá, Manizales, Bucaramanga, and Cali.

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In 2022, he created the choreography Despertar for the Ballet Capital Foundation within the Young Choreographers Festival, directed by Julián Garay. That same year, he premiered Androginia (with Carolina Salinas) and Clímax (with Estefanía Castaño), exploring themes such as desire, androgyny, and collective ecstasy through movement.

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In New York, he received a scholarship to study at the Limón Institute in 2023, under the direction of Colombian choreographer Daniel Fetecua.

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In addition to his dance work, he is a member of Teatro Nephila, where he has participated as an actor, dancer, and choreographer in unconventional theatrical pieces. In Habitantes Temporales, a street performance, he portrayed a homeless man carrying a Virgin Mary as a symbol of the burden of religion. He also performed in La Vitrina, an immersive piece set in a brothel, where he played the role of a stripper.

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Juan stands out for his interpretive depth, physical and emotional commitment, and a sharp eye for the expressive potential of each body. As a choreographer, he creates surreal, provocative, and deeply human pieces. As a teacher, he understands dance as a process of bodily awareness and inner transformation, beyond technique.