Maria Torres is a world-renowned director-choreographer with an extensive career that transcends theatrical and commercial industries. Torres’ Puerto Rican, Dominican, Cuban heritage inspires her artistry and led to the cultivation and creation of the “Latin Jazz” dance technique, taught and performed worldwide. Throughout her career, she has been deeply committed to a broad range of new and diverse projects that spans from theater to television and film including On Your Feet, B’way, and National Tour Six-time nominated Broadway Swing!, Lucille Lortel and Carbonell nominee of the Off-Bway’s Four Guys Named Jose, Award-winning The Donkey Show (A.R.T.), BB productions’ Latin Heat, Off-Broadway musical Celia: The Life & Times of Celia Cruz, Mambo Kings, Skin of Our Teeth (Public Theater), Ann Hampton Callaway’s Swing Time, Center Theater Group 50th-anniversary revival of Luis Valdes’ Zoot Suit, 5th Avenue theater’ Man of La Mancha, Clio Award-winning shows DJ Live and Rock En Espanol, The international Tour of Award-winning recording artist Don Omar “King of Kings”, Disney’s Golden Mickeys, “Best of Both Worlds, The Drama League Musical Celebration”, Films Dance With Me, Disney’s Enchanted, El Cantante starring Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, John Leguizamo’s film “Fugly’’, TV’s So You Think You Can Dance (US/ Canada), AMC TV hit Turn Washington’s Spies, Amazon’s ”’ The Tick”, CBS “Evil”, Showtime’s Run The World. Proud Member of SDC and the League of Professional Theatre Women.