About Diego Piñón
Diego Piñón was born in Mexico city in 1957.
He deepened his Mexican roots when, in
1975, he entered training with Mexican teachers
of Energetic Movement. In 1979 he completed
studies in the social sciences and began
dancing at the Centro Superior de Coreografia
in Mexico. He continued his body exploration
through the study of therapies, including
Bioenergetics, Core Energetics, and Gestalt.
In Mexico, he studied contemporary dance in the
Graham, Limon, and Horton methods, and
theater techniques, especially Ritual Theater,
and trained with teachers of theater companies such
as the Odin Theater, the Roy Hart Theater, and
Teatro Tascabile. He also learned the contemporary
movement and therapy techniques of Release,
Alexander and Klein.
Butoh, a Japanese style of Ritual Dance. Among his teachers are the renowned Butoh masters Natsu
Nakajima, Kazuo Ohno, Yoshito Ohno, Min Tanaka, Hisako Horikawa and
Mitsuyo Uesugui.
Photo
Luis Malibron
In 1993 Diego was invited to participate with the Japanese Butoh dance group Byakko-Sha in the dance "Hibari to Nejaka". In 1994 he was invited to an artistic Encounter in Japan with the Butoh dance group Maijuku, directed by Min Tanaka, dancing in the piece "The ancient woman". He also presented his first Butoh Ritual Dance piece "Zacuala," in Kyoto.
In April 2000, Diego was invited to perform his own work in collaboration with McCaleb Dance of San Diego. July through September of 2000, supported by the Japan foundation, Diego returned to Japan to develop a dance work with the guidance of Kazou and Yoshito Ohno.
Currently, throughout Mexico, Europe, and North America, Diego choreographs, performs, and teaches actors, dancers, therapists and the general public in Butoh Ritual Mexicano Dance.