Mario Bermúdez, artistic director, choreographer, and dancer of Marcat Dance, is a prolific and multi-award-winning artist from Jaén who has developed his own language through movement, characterized by its dynamic physicality and emotional intensity. His acclaimed works are performed by his own company Marcat Dance as well as other leading dance companies around the world, including the National Dance Company of Spain, the National Dance Company of Wales, Hung Dance Taiwan and Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, among others.

Since Bermúdez settled in Spain, he has been awarded with pieces created for Marcat Dance at the Spanish Academy  Talía Awards (2024), MAX Awards (2023), Lorca Awards (2025, 2023, 2022, 2021), and PAD Awards (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019).   In 2023, Mario received the Critical Eye Award from the National Radio of Spain.

Prior to Marcat Dance, Mario was a company member of Tel Aviv based Batsheva Dance Company (2012-2016). With Batsheva he performed work by Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal, Hofesh Shechter, and Roy Assaf, and danced in prestigious theaters around the world including the Opera National de Paris (Paris, France), Brooklyn Academy of Music (Brooklyn, NY), and The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, D.C.). From 2010-2012 Mario was based in New York City and danced with Andrea Miller’s Gallim Dance and Jennifer Muller/The Works. His training began at age 20 when he studied at Centro Andaluz de Danza in Sevilla, Spain from 2008-2010.

Awards and Mentions

¨Best Dance Show¨ ¨Best Choreography¨and ¨Best Male Dancer¨ Premios Lorca 2025

¨Best Choreography¨ Spanish Academy Awards, Premios Talía 2024

¨Critical Eye Award for Contemporary Dance¨ Radio Nacional de España 2023

¨Best Male Dancer¨ Premios MAX 2023

¨Best Dance Show¨ Premios Escenarios de Sevilla 2023

¨Best Show¨ and ¨Best Choreography¨ Premios Lorca (2023)

¨Best Dancer¨and ¨Best Show¨ Premios Lorca (2022)

¨Best Choreography¨ Premios PAD (2021)

¨Best Choreography¨ Premios PAD (2020)

¨Best Choreography of 2018/2019¨ Escenarios de Sevilla (2019)

¨Young Artist Award of Jaen¨ Andalusia (2018)

“25 To Watch” in Dance Magazine USA (2017)

“Best Dancer Award” Certamen Coreografico Distrito de Tetuan, Madrid Spain (2017)