Edgar Zendejas

Who is Edgar Zendejas?

Edgar Zendejas hails from Mexico City, where he began his training at the Estudio Professional de Danza de Ema Pulido. His passion for dance soon led him to the United States, where he became a member of the International Ballet Company of USIU. Prior to joining Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal in 1993, Zendejas lived in Chicago, where he was a dancer in both Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and the Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago.

Zendejas was promoted to Apprentice Choreographer of Les Ballets Jazz of Montreal, following several successes with his choreography, namely the professional competition ENCORE in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, where he won both the public prize and the jury prize for his work. His choreographic works have also been commissioned throughout Mexico and the United States, most notably from Jacob's Pillow, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, DanceWorks Chicago, Luna Negra Dance Theater and Ballet de Monterrey. Edgar Zendejas was announced as a winner of the eleventh annual National Choreographic Competition 2010 from Hubbard Street 2, the second company of the internationally acclaimed Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as well as a finalist of the Milwaukee Ballet’s fourth international choreographic competition, Genesis in 2011.