Danz Trad

Born in Mexico City, Carlos Ramirez-Araujo began dancing at the age of six. After several years, he began to specialize in Mexican dances and traditions. He took courses of different choreographers from different disciplines. At the age of 16, Ramirez-Araujo began to dance professionally with the Ballet Folklorico Nacional de Mexico. At the same time, Ramirez-Araujo began his training in classical ballet and modern dance at the school of Ballet Folklorico de Mexico de Amalia Hernandez as well as the Ballet Teatro del Espacio directed by Gladiola Orozco and Ballet Independiente under the direction of Magnolia Flores.

In Mexico, Ramirez-Araujo worked professionally in different productions and dance companies as dancer, choreographer, costume designer, set design and technical assistance. In the United States, Ramirez-Araujo has had the privilege of dancing in dance companies such as Dance Wisconsin (Nutcraker Production), Call for Peace Dance & Drums Company as dancer, Madison Children's Theater as choreographer, and Kanopy Dance Company as dancer and choreographer. Ramirez-Araujo also participated as a guest artist in other companies, such as Tania Tandias Flamenco Dance company and Madison Opera. Ramirez-Araujo also had the honor of working with renowned choreographers and directors such as Martin Lofsnes Director of 360 Dance Company (Martha Graham Dance Company former principal dancer) and Amit Lahav Director of Gecko Theater company (physical theater in England).

As director and choreographer of DanzTrad, Ramirez-Araujo aims to reach all the different publics to present and promote the fusion of the culture, music and traditions of Mexico through the dance, to foment the interest of the young towards the dance and to preserve the roots of the folklore from Mexico.