Francis Viñolo is ESAEM professor of Modern Jazz. Current choreographer and artistic director of the prime time programs “La Voz” and “La Voz Kids” as well as numerous artists such as Vanesa Martín, Pastora Soler, India Martínez, Alejandro Sanz.
Professional Experience:
After a long career as an outstanding dancer, Francis began to be requested to work as a choreographer, being his responsibility increasing, until today, where he is already one of the most important and sought after choreographers in this country.
At the age of 20 he started as assistant choreographer for the musical ‘El Diluvio que Viene’, shortly after also for the A-3 program ‘Sorpresa Sorpresa’, where he was already working on his first choreographies.
At the age of twenty he is already a consolidated choreographer and is in charge of a large cast of dancers, as demonstrated in the different programs he has choreographed such as:
Gala de la Hispanidad 2001, Contest ‘Pasapalabra’ (2 seasons), A-3 Gala ‘Lo más de la Fiesta’ and many more.
In the last decade he has been called upon as stage director and choreographer by many artists of the national and international music scene, an activity to which he continues to dedicate himself at present.
CARLOS BAUTE: staging, choreography, tours, promotions and numerous video clips of the artist (including this latest hit ‘Colgando en tus Manos’) from 2001 to the present, both inside and outside our country.
PATRICIA MANTEROLA: TV promotion, videoclip and tours in Spain, Europe and America.
LAURA MILLER: TV promotion and concerts in Spain.
PASTORA SOLER: stage direction, choreography and video clips since 2001 to date.
PAULINA RUBIO: choreographer in television promotions in 2002 and 2003 in Spain.
SHALIM: TV promotions in Spain during 2004 and 2005.
PAPA LEVANTE: choreographed the different videoclips, tours and promotions of all his discography.
RAUL: choreographic montage of his concert in the 2003 tour.
MERCHE: choreography, video clips and stage direction in her concerts and televisions from 2004 to 2010.
ANA TORROJA: choreographic montage in the tour ‘Fragile’ in 2003 and the awaited tour of ‘La fuerza del destino’ by Mecano in 2006, with the videoclip of the same.
ALEJANDRO SANZ: staging of the backing singers on the 2004 world tour.
SERGIO RIVERO: staging and choreography in his 2006 tour.
DAVID BISBAL: choreography in the Latin American tour of ‘Corazón Latino’ 2004, choreographer of the video clip ‘Bulería’, world tour of ‘Bulería Tour’ 2005-06, choreographer of the gala presentation ‘Premonición Tour’ broadcasted on TVE and choreography of the video clip ‘Torre de Babel’.
NIÑA PASTORI Y ROJAS: choreographic direction of the videoclip ‘Llorandole Debajo del Agua’ 2009.
CAMILO SESTO: choreographic montage for his concert and DVD in 2010.
CHENOA: choreographic direction of the music video ‘Buenas Noticias’ 2010.
INDIA MARTÍNEZ: choreographic montage for the single ‘Luna Nueva’ 2011.
ANTONIO ROMERO: choreographic direction of his tour ‘Evolution’ 2011/2012.
DISNEY CHANNEL: choreographic direction of several music videos:
CAMP ROCK 3 for SPAIN and PORTUGAL 2009.
ANA MENA 2010.
SHINE 2011.
POP4YOU (TRY IT) 2011.
CHRISTMAS 2011.
‘LA GIRA’, Disney Channel series: choreographic direction of the second season of the series.
MALDITA NEREA: Collaboration in the videoclip ‘En el mundo genial de las cosas que dices’.
MARINA D’OR: Choreographic direction of the 2012 promotional video, starring the singer MERCHE with more than 200 children and 23 professional acrobat dancers.
EUROVISION 2012: Direction of the staging of the performance of PASTORA SOLER in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, as well as the choreographic direction of the video clip of the song.
LA JOSA: Choreographic direction of the videoclip ‘Extraña’, song included in the album ‘De Noche’ of this famous Mexican artist.
LA VOZ’ 1st edition: Stage direction and choreography of all the performances of the program in its first edition.
LA VOZ’ 2nd edition: Scenic and choreographic direction of all the performances of the program in its second edition.
PASTORA SOLER: Artistic direction and staging of the ‘Gira Conóceme 2014′.
LA VOZ KIDS’: Stage direction and choreography of all the performances of the program.
Currently, Francis continues to be active and fully involved in the world of dance, combining his travels and professional work with teaching.
Training:
Francis began to be interested in the world of dance from a very young age, with only nine years old he started taking modern dance classes with the Zoom Ballet, after two years he entered the Royal Conservatory of Dance, highlighting especially in classical ballet.
His training and studies continue at The Royal Company Dance of London (A.I.S.T.D.), it is precisely here at the Royal Company where Francis, little by little, is being formed as a dancer during his stay there. In addition, with very good results, since, the Honor’s Degree will be very present throughout his career.
She specializes in the modalities of Classical Ballet, Modern Ballet and Taps Taps Taps (tap dance).
After a few years, at the age of sixteen, he joined the contemporary company Danzateatro, standing out as prima ballerina.
After discovering that dancing was not just a hobby, Francis continues his training, combining his studies with his first steps in the world of television and does not cease in his efforts to travel to the best schools in the world, repeatedly visiting Los Angeles and New York.
As a teacher:
Throughout my career I have realized that there are many teachers who spend half of the class and a little more on warm-ups, stretching and other exercises that can be perfectly eliminated in a course of a few days.
I think in the short term what you are looking for is to dance and learn different styles with different teachers.
I propose in my classes something that I have searched for and found in Los Angeles, one hour classes in which we have time to warm up and move on to what we like the most: Dancing.
Choreographic laboratory adapted to different levels, current choreographies capable of transmitting and reflecting our own feelings.
I am an advocate of technical fusion with different styles whether it is Hip Hop, Classic Jazz or commercial dances. In short “transmit” which is the word I always use when I want to get something out of a dancer.
I also like to emphasize in my classes something essential for me, to make learning and teaching enjoyable, productive and above all artistic.
