.Born in Legazpi Spain, Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola studied early music at the Conservatorio Superior de Musica de San Sebastian and countertenor at the Escuela de Canto del Orfeõn Donostiarra and Academie Voor Oude Muziek in Amsterdam. He has developed a career as a countertenor giving solo concerts and recitals and performing with many ensembles including Hespèrion XX, De Nederlandse Bachvereneging and Coblas. He first started dancing with Marcelo Evelin and has since worked with Pieter C. Scholten, Arthur Rosenfeld, Luc Dunberry and DV8 Physical Theatre amongst others. He has been involved in various award-winning films as a dancer, actor and choreographer. Since 1996 he works with Sasha Waltz and now choreographs and directs his own projects at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz in Berlin. Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola frequently teaches classes and workshops in Europe, Asia and USA.