Ray Roa Alonso is a contemporary dance artist who has used his work to explore themes of social connections, fluid realities, queerness, and representation. Ray is known for his strong non-linear artistic interpretation which embodies subtle provocations using movement and visual imagery. His work is evoked from personal stories emanating from colourful lived memories as a Filipino ‘balikbayan’ to surface stories of (trans-)formed identities in order to confront the audience with the affects of subtle discrimination, queer acceptance, and topical social discourse. His work is centered around his use of art to spark conversations about important social issues and his commitment to representation and social justice.

Originating from the Philippines, Ray began his training with the HND dance at Newcastle College and completed his degree at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. He went on to gain a post graduate at London Contemporary Dance School and Danish National School of Performing Arts dance partnership course DK.  He has worked for Athena Valha, Fruake Requardt, Royal Opera House, GoteborgOperans productions, Darkin Ensemble, Carol Brown Dances, Jurac Korec, Virtual Motion, Low Key Productions, Khamlane Halsackda, MYKA, Art Of Spectra SWE, WWZ Movie directed by Mark Foster and number of years with balletLOrent, Carte Blanche/ BalletLOrent In Liv Lorent’s “ La nuit inTime” , Lucy Suggate and Ingri Fiksdal . Ray is also a founding member of P-Noise collective based in Copenhagen where he's curated and showcased both dance, performance art works from emerging artist based in the Philippines, UK and the Nordic Countries. Ray has collaborated with other independent artists and dance companies, most recently as the choreographer for Danish based dance company MYKA, composer Cristian Vogel, and designer Henrik Vibskov in the production of Regnbuen at the Statens Museum for Kunst.