Ana María Stekelman

Ana María Stekelman is one of Argentina’s leading choreographers and is the founder of the Tangokinesis dance troupe.

She was a founder member of the San Martin Theatre Contemporary Ballet and was Artistic Director of the company between 1977 and 1981 and again between 1988 and 1990.

She was the only Argentine choreographer invited to close the Festival of Avignon in the Coeur d'honneur del Palais des Papes in 1999.

Stekelman continues to work in Buenos Aires, and regularly tours Europe and the Americas with Tangokinesis.

Prizes, awards and nominations Stekelman was born in Buenos Aires into a family of Russian-Jewish origin.