Academic Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Choreography and Performance Techniques. Alicia Alonso University Institute of Dance, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, 2005.
Doctorate, Summa Cum Laude, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, June 2010.

Research Activity

2005 Research Award, Final Year Project “Self-Concept and Dance,” Outstanding. Alicia Alonso University Institute of Dance, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid.
Choreographic Creation Award and Performance Award, 2005, Alicia Alonso University Dance Institute, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid.
Member of the research group “Designs and Techniques for Research in Social Psychology” (approved by the Social Psychology Department Council on January 26, 2011), director Dr. Sergio Murgui, University of Valencia.

Courses and seminars taught

Teacher of “Content and didactic application of the Vaganova technique,” developed at the José Espadero Professional Dance Conservatory, Alicante (40 hours), June 2011. Endorsed by the Center for Training, Innovation, and Educational Resources of the Alicante Regional Ministry, Generalitat Valenciana. 
Professor of the course “Basic Introduction to Dance in Schools,” Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, University of Valencia, March 23 and 20, 2012.
Lecturer on the postgraduate course at the University of Valencia, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, entitled: “Functional Training for Older Adults” (Recreational Activity Module: Yoga and Dance), Valencia, February 2014.

Artistic and professional experience

Member of the Otra Danza Company, directed by Asun Noales, 2009-2014.
Dancer with the Galician Choreographic Center Company, directed by Mercedes Suarez, 2012.
Best Dancer 2010, Performing Arts Award from Teatres de la Generalitat Valencia, December 2010.
Member of the Neodans Company, directed by Maruxa Salas and Erick Patrick Jiménez, 2009-2011.
Dancer with the Galician Choreographic Center Company, leading role in the production “GISELIÑA,” by Cisco Aznar, A Coruña, 2008-2009.
Awarded “Outstanding Dancer” -XXI Madrid Choreography Competition-, scholarship for the American Dance Festival, Duke University, North Carolina, and for Talleres Melt, Movement Research, New York, 2007.
Member of the Galician Choreographic Center Company, directed by Maruxa Salas, A Coruña, 2006-2007.
Soloist with the Madrid Chamber Ballet, 2001-2006.

Publications and articles

García Garcia C. and Murgui S. (2010). Psychosocial aspects of physical and artistic activity in adolescents. Valencia: Palmero Ediciones. ISBN: 978-84-93-8436-1-8 (280 pages).
García Garcia C., Guzman Lujan J. Dance and Psychological Well-being, Valencia, Palmero Ediciones. I:S:B:N.: 978-84-938-5-6 (222 pages).
Fuentes M., García García, C. and García F. (2011). Educational Innovation for the Improvement of Students' Theoretical and Methodological Training. In Experiences of Teaching Innovation in Statistics, José Ma. Pavia et al. (ed.). University of Valencia. 
Murgui, S, García C., García, F., Self-concept in young dancers and non-practitioners: Confirmatory factorial analysis of the AF5 Scale  In the journal RPD (Journal of Sports Psychology, vol. 21 no. 2, pp. 263-269. July 2012, ISSN 1132-239X, Palma de Mallorca.
Guzman J., García C., Psychological well-being in dancers: A social cognitive analysis, International Journal of Medicine and Sciences of Physical Activity and Sport (In press).