Born in Córdoba, Argentina, Gabriela Carrizo began dancing at the age of ten in a multi-disciplinary school, which at the time was the only school to offer a contemporary dance group for children and teens. Directed by Norma Raimondi, the institute became the Córdoba University Ballet, for which Gabriela danced for several years and where she created her first choreographies.
At the age of 19, she left Argentina for Europe and collaborated with some leading figures in contemporary dance including Caroline Marcadé, Alain Platel (La Tristeza Complice and Iets op Bach), Koen Augustijnen and Needcompany. During these years, she never stopped working on her own choreographies. She created the solo E tutto sarà d’ombra e di caline and Bartime in collaboration with Einat Tuchman and Lisi Estaras, and choreographed Alain Platel’s opera Wolf.
Gabriela Carrizo has also explored film, playing the leading role in Kid by Fien Troch (2012). In 2013, she premiered The Missing Door for the Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT 1) at The Hague, followed by The Land in 2015 at the Residenztheater in Munich. In 2018, with Franck Chartier, she adapted 32 Rue Vandenbranden for the Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon, which opened the Lyon Dance Biennale.
In 2022 she created La Ruta for NDT 1 and continued to develop La Visita, the first in situ piece by Peeping Tom. In April 2024, La Ruta won Best New Dance Production at the prestigious Olivier Awards in London, the company’s second victory at this event.
