THE COLLECTIVE
Colectivo Glovo was founded in 2016 under the direction of Esther Latorre (Spain) and Hugo Pereira (Portugal), creating a space for artistic development where both, as performers and choreographers, jointly explore their most imaginative side.
They work on stage creation for theaters, street performances, and unconventional spaces. In addition to their role as creators, they also play an active role as cultural managers, as one of their main objectives as a company is to expand the reach of body dynamics in contemporary society.
Glovo expresses its passion for the language of movement and pursues the research of new stage expressions, starting from the body itself without predefined limits. Their work is fueled by experimentation, the fusion with other artistic disciplines, and the search for genuine communication with the audience.
The company has toured in various countries, including Spain, Portugal, Italy, Mexico, Costa Rica, and South Korea. It has been part of the Red Acieloabierto circuit in 2020 and 2023, Danza a Escena in 2021, 2023, and 2025, the recommended catalog Programa.cat 2023 and 2025 in Catalonia, as well as PLATEA, RAEE – the Aragonese Network of Performing Spaces, La Cultura Contraataca, and various national performing arts fairs. Additionally, it has received several creation grants from the Galician Choreographic Center and has collaborated with the fashion brand Adolfo Domínguez since 2018 in the design of costumes for its productions.
Our connection to Portugal has been a constant since the company's inception, through co-productions with other Portuguese companies and institutions, tours in the country, and a broad network of collaborations that continue to grow and strengthen year after year.
Colectivo Glovo has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the 1st Prize at the Burgos & NY International Choreographic Competition 2019, the Audience Award at the Sólodos ENDANZA International Choreographic Competition 2016, the GATADANS Award and the LAS NOCHES DEL PATRIMONIO Award at the DZM Competition in Cáceres in 2022. It has also won the OFFICIAL PRIZE CORPOMOBILE, the Teatro Selvatico Award, and The Loft Project Award at the CORPOMOBILE 2022 creation competition in Rome, as well as special mentions at the Corto In Danza festival 2019 in Cagliari and La Espiral Contemporánea 2019 in Santander.
Alongside its creative work, between 2021 and 2023, Glovo co-directed the festival Cartografía en Movemento and currently directs the artistic residency and research program Atopémonos Bailando, both based in Lugo. Furthermore, it continues its international expansion, strengthening its presence in contemporary dance markets and festivals, and exploring new ways to promote dance in the current context.
ESTHER
LATORRE
Galician by birth, she completed her career by graduating in contemporary dance at the Professional Dance Conservatory of Lugo, being part of the first promotion of professionals in contemporary dance in Galicia, also graduating in Physical
Education Teaching in the same city. She was awarded the Prize for excellence as a contemporary dance performer.
Since then, she has worked with companies in Spain and Portugal, notably with the company Maduixa Teatre as a performer in the piece "Mulïer", winner of the Max Award for Best Street Performance, the Moritz Millor Estrena de Carrer Award 2016, the Umore Azoka Award 2017 (Basque Country) and the Valencian
Performing Arts Award from the IVC in 2018, as well as in several co-productions with the Centro Coreográfico Galego.
She was also awarded first prize at the Delmar Choreography Competition (Valencia), winner of the award for Best Contemporary Dance Performer at the 11th Gerard Collins Dance Competition and was a scholarship student at the Anton Bruckner Privat universität für Musik, Tanz und Schauspiel in Linz, Austria.
She was also awarded the DanceWEB Scholarship at the Impulstanz in Vienna, Austria at the 35th Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid.
Since 2016 she is co-director of the Glovo Collective with Hugo Pereira and teaches dance and movement workshops at different levels, having taught in countries such as Spain, Italy, Portugal and Mexico.
HUGO
PEREIRA
Born in Porto, she began her training at the JOBRA Dance Conservatory. She received various dance training with teachers such as Akram Khan Dance Company, Sagi Gross (Gross Dance Company, NEDERLANDS), Shirley Esseboom (NEDERLANDS), Víctor Hugo Pontes (Nome Proprio, PORTUGAL), Inês Negrão (PORTUGAL), Bruno Alexandre (PORTUGAL), Carmela García
(Otradanza, SPAIN), Julia Weh (GERMANY), Romulus Neagu (PORTUGAL), Daniel Abreu (SPAIN), Diego Anido (SPAIN).... He was part of the Companhia de Dança do Norte in the 2015-2016 production "Barulhos Nossos" and participated in several national and international festivals of creation.
He is also a graduate in Specialisation in Performing Arts Production and Management from the Institute of Cultural and Artistic Management of the European University Miguel de Cervantes. He is currently focused on the co- direction of Colectivo Glovo, participating in national and international festivals and having been awarded with the First Prize in the International Choreographic Contest of Burgos & New York - Dancing with stones or the Audience Award in the Iberoamerican Contest Sólodos Endanza, among others. He was also awarded the Barcelona International Dance Exchange (BIDE) Scholarship at the 35th Madrid Choreography Competition. He currently collaborates actively with the fashion company Adolfo Domínguez.