Omar Carrum (Mexico) was born in Mexico City.  In 1992 he became a founding member of the internationally touring dance company, Delfos Danza Contemporánea, where he continues his career as a dancer and choreographer today. He has been a featured performer in over sixty works of dance, theater, and opera, working with an international roster of choreographers performing in some of the world’s most prestigious theaters and festivals for dance.   In 2000 he received the award as the Best Male Dancer at the 21st Annual INBA-UAM National Choreographic Competition. As a dancer, he has been the recipient of several FONCA grants (National Fund for Culture and Art in Mexico) including Interpreter in 1995 and 2001, Young Creator in 2003 and Outstanding Dancer from 2009 to 2011 and from the FOECA (State Fund for Culture and Art in Mexico) the grant for Artistic Development in 2001 and Experienced Creator in 2003 and 2007. In 2002 he received the First Prize at the 23rd annual INBA-UAM National Choreographic Competition.   In 1998 he helped to create, along with Claudia Lavista and Victor Ruiz (Artistic Directors of Delfos), La Escuela Profesional de Danza de Mazatlán, which has emerged as one of the leading dance conservatories in Mexico and Latin America. He has been a faculty member teaching modern dance, jazz, choreography, yoga, and nutrition since the school’s inception. In 2007 he became the school’s Academic Director. His choreography has been presented at major international venues for dance, including the Joyce Theater in New York City, the Ponec Theater in Prague, and Café de la Danse in Paris, among other international dance festivals and venues in Mexico, the United States, Brazil, South Africa, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Portugal, South Korea, Italy, France, Singapore, Peru, Spain, Czech Republic, Japan, Greece, and Canada. In 2007 he was invited as an International Guest Artist at the 25th Anniversary of the Bates Dance Festival.  In 2009 he became the first Mexican choreographer to receive the Guggenheim fellowship and he is currently working on his own project: Armoire for hate, fragility and uncertainty