Alvaro Restrepo, Founder of “The School of the Body” in Cartagena, Colombia
Updated on December 23, 2025 by Meg Pier
Interested in dance? Social justice? Meet Colombian dancer & choreographer Alvaro Restrepo who founded El Colegio del Cuerpo in Cartagena.
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Alvaro is wise and so generous. He and El Colegio inspire those who are dancers as well as the lucky people who watch them perform. They were artists in residence at Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center—and they danced and spread joy. Thank you for this interview.
Irene, thank you for you lovely comment! This interview is one of my favorites! Alvaro is indeed generous–there is so much to learn from his personal story and he tells it from the heart with so many insights!