With more than 20 years of experience, Irene Rodríguez has been a Teacher, Rehearsal Teacher and Choreographer of Spanish Dance and Flamenco Style for prestigious dance institutions, including the National Ballet of Cuba, the National Ballet School and the National Spanish Dance School of Cuba.
She has also been director of the Flamenco and Spanish Dance Program at the world-renowned School at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in the US and has taught many Master Classes internationally at Universities and renowned dance centers such as Juilliard School, Florida International University (FIU), University of South Florida (USF), West Valley College, University of the Arts of Cuba; among others.
In 2013 in Cuba, she created her own Professional Academy of Spanish and Flamenco Dance and a Vocational School of Dance directing, teaching and choreographing for the Academy including the organization of various Summer Programs and Master Classes. Because of the academic results the Academy was selected to be the representative of the *Escuela de Flamenco de Andalucía* in Cuba, which she directed for several years.
As a choreographer, she has won several international awards such as the First Prize in the VIII Ibero-American Choreography Contest CIC’ 2012; among others, having many works commissioned by Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and the Los Angeles Opera; among others. All of her works have been critically acclaimed and have received important and very positive international reviews from publications such as the New York Times and others.
Her work as a choreographer includes multiple titles performed by the Kansas City Ballet, the Spanish Ballet of Cuba, the Irene Rodríguez Company, the Next Generation Ballet, the National Academy of Spanish Dance, the National School of Ballet of Cuba, the Professional Academy of Spanish Dances and the National Company of Lyric Art of Cuba; among others.