Li, Blanca

(January 12, 1964, Granada, Spain-)

   A Spanish choreographer, she trained in New York with Martha Graham. In 1993, she founded her own ballet company. She made her film debut as an actress (1993 Kika, Pedro Almodovar, Spain) and collaborated as a choreographer on several films (1995 Gazon maudit / UK: Bushwacked / USA: French Twist, also actor, Josiane Balasko; 1997 Nettoyage à Sec / USA: Dry Cleaning, Anne Fontaine, France / Spain; 1999 Plunkett & Macleane, Jake Scott, UK / Czech Republic; Quasi­modo d'El Paris, also actor, Patrick Timsit; 2004 La Con-fiance règne, Etienne Chatiliez; 2005 El calentito, Chus Gutiérrez, Spain) and TV movies (1997 The Odyssey / Die Abenteuer des Odyssezus / Homer's Odyssey, Andreï Konchalovsky, USA / Germany / UK / Italy / Greece; 2003 Guillaume Tell, François Roussillon; 2004 Les Indes galantes, Thomas Grimm). Other credits (as actress): 1994 Pigalle (Karim Dridi); 1995 Cinématon (short, as herself, Gérard Courant); 1997 Mira hacia atrâs (short, Pedro Paz, Spain); 1998 Insomnia (Chus Gutiér-rez, Spain); 2002 La Chatte andalouse (short, Gérald Hustache-Mathieu); 2003 Le Grand Plongeoir (TV mini-series, Tristan Carné, Nicolas and Bruno, Guy Saguez); 2009 Le Code a changé (Danièle Thompson).

 Filmography

1998 ◘ Angoisse (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)

2002 ◘ Le Défi (also co-screenwriter, choreographer, actor; shot in 2000-2001)

        ◘ Un Après-Midi (video short; also choreogra­pher, actor)

        ◘ Sandance (video short; also choreographer, actor)

 Television Filmography

2005 ◘ Al Andalus (short; also choreographer, actor)