He has already brought the illustrious stalls of the iconic Palais Garnier to its feet as lead dancer and now he intends to do so as director of the company. Since his nomination last October as director of the Paris Opera Ballet, José Carlos Martínez (Cartagena, 1969) has witnessed how his peaceful routine as a freelance choreographer takes a back seat to an agglomeration of meetings, rehearsals and performances that bury his schedule under a frenzy of appointments and commitments. “My days are very intense… As soon as I finish this interview, I am rushing off to a meeting and on Saturday I am going to South Korea, where we are dancing Giselle for a week,“ the exdirector of the Spanish National Dance Company tells White Paper By. Evolution, drive and a harmonious spirit are some of
