Eva Martinez is a performing arts curator, dramaturge and leadership coach, most recently Artistic Programmer and Head of Artist Development at Sadler’s Wells (2013-2020) where she curated a distinctive programme introducing new names and perspectives to the the-atre, supporting a new generation of dance artists often undervalued. She is French of Spanish heritage and has lived in the UK for the past 20 years. She was Dance and Per-formance programmer at Southbank Centre, London and worked at Dance4 (Nottingham, now FABRIC) and Trinity Laban, London earlier in her career. She is a sought-after collab-orator within an extended international network and is known for her inclusive, facilitative approach, championing experimentation, equity and social justice.

Notable collaborations include dramaturgy for Siobhan Davies, Candoco Dance Company Astrid Boons (Netherlands/Belgium), Alexandra Waierstall (Cyprus/Germany) and the UK Akshay Sharma , Ella Mesma and Akeim Toussaint Buck. She curated the Reckonings triple bill at Sadler’s Wells (2018) launching on the large scale Botis Seva (Far From the Norm), Alesandra Seutin (Vocab Dance) and Jules Cunningham; she curated Boris Charmatz at Tate Modern and at Sadler’s Wells for the first time, as well as initiated the partnership with Indian Classical festival Darbar & Akram Khan amongst many other new development for the theatre. And she co-directed Sadler’s Wells Summer University with Jonathan Burrows, piloting the current Rose Choreographic School.

Eva is a certified Relational Dynamics coach since 2012 and certified as an ICF coach with One of Many for women/female identifying leaders in 2021. She is a Clore Leadership Fel-low (2011/12), the chair of Pagrav Dance Company (Urja Desai Thakore) and a Trustee for FABRIC in the Midlands. Her working language is English and is she is fluent in Spanish and French. Preferred pronouns are she/her.

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