Who is Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

Meet the Choreographer of Broken Wings

Choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s critically acclaimed mini masterpiece Broken Wings will take the stage as part of Broken Love. This work, originally commissioned by Tamara Rojo at the English National Ballet, explores the life and art of the celebrated Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo. Audiences will remember Lopez Ochoa for her original work Guernica and its accompanying short film, an imaginative piece inspired by Picasso created for our 2018 Unbound Festival.

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa // © Gregory Miller Photography, LLC

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa is a versatile choreographer who has created works for more than 50 dance companies worldwide. The Colombian-Belgian Lopez Ochoa trained at Royal Ballet School of Flanders in Belgium and danced for 12 years, including as a soloist at Scapino Ballet, before shifting to choreography.

Isabella DeVivo and John-Paul Simoens in an excerpt from Lopez Ochoa's Broken Wings // © Chris Hardy — Isabella DeVivo and John-Paul Simoens in an excerpt from Lopez Ochoa’s Broken Wings // © Chris Hardy

Lopez Ochoa has choreographed for Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Hispanico, Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Cincinnati Ballet, Compañia Nacional de Danza, Dutch National Ballet, English National Ballet, Finnish National Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, New York City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Scottish Ballet, and The Washington Ballet. Among many accolades, her Broken Wings was named one of 2016’s best premieres by Dance Europe; Sombrerisimo received Cuba’s Villanueva Award in 2015; A Streetcar Named Desire won the Best Choreography (Classical) award from Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards in 2012; and Replay won first prize at the Choreographers Competition in Bornem, Belgium, in 2002. Guernica was her first work for SF Ballet for 2018’s Unbound festival.