Ligia Torijano
Cultural manager.
Director of the Dance Company La Cuna del Swing de Ligia Torijano with 28 years of uninterrupted work.
Popular Dance Teacher with emphasis on Swing and Criollo Bolero.
National Prize of Culture 2010.
Promoter of the Creole Swing Decree as Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Named in 2019 as Master of the World by the Ministry of Culture and Youth in CR, Embassy of Costa Rica in South Korea and by the Committee the Masters the World 2019 based in South Korea.
Professor of Swing and Creole Bolero for the University of Costa Rica, for the Dance students of the National University, Costa Rica Technological Institute, Dancers of the National Dance Company for the show "Nobody takes away the dance from me", School of Dance University of Michigan and TV Azteca Argos School.
Creole Swing and Bolero workshops for different groups at festivals such as the University of Michigan, Santander University in Bucaramanga Colombia, in Bogotá Colombia, Lima Peru, El Salvador, Mexico City, South Korea, Germany, Spain and Cuba among others.
With his Dance Company shows at the Melico Salazar Popular Theater, Dance Theater, National Auditorium in the Children's Museum, Parque la Libertad Auditorium, Cartago Amphitheater, and the maximum Coliseum the “National Theater”.
At present, he is dedicated to working with children from different groups in order to preserve Swing for the next generations.
Director of the Dance Company La Cuna del Swing de Ligia Torijano with 28 years of uninterrupted work.
Popular Dance Teacher with emphasis on Swing and Criollo Bolero.
National Prize of Culture 2010.
Promoter of the Creole Swing Decree as Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Named in 2019 as Master of the World by the Ministry of Culture and Youth in CR, Embassy of Costa Rica in South Korea and by the Committee the Masters the World 2019 based in South Korea.
Professor of Swing and Creole Bolero for the University of Costa Rica, for the Dance students of the National University, Costa Rica Technological Institute, Dancers of the National Dance Company for the show "Nobody takes away the dance from me", School of Dance University of Michigan and TV Azteca Argos School.
Creole Swing and Bolero workshops for different groups at festivals such as the University of Michigan, Santander University in Bucaramanga Colombia, in Bogotá Colombia, Lima Peru, El Salvador, Mexico City, South Korea, Germany, Spain and Cuba among others.
With his Dance Company shows at the Melico Salazar Popular Theater, Dance Theater, National Auditorium in the Children's Museum, Parque la Libertad Auditorium, Cartago Amphitheater, and the maximum Coliseum the “National Theater”.
At present, he is dedicated to working with children from different groups in order to preserve Swing for the next generations.
