Sisco Gomez

Francisco Javier Gomez-Aspron, known professionally as Sisco Gomez, is an English dancer and choreographer. He was awarded the Best New Choreographer award at the UK satellite version of The Carnival: Choreographer's Ball in 2005.

Career

Sisco Gomez was born in 1985, and has five half siblings: Aurora, Antonio, Francisco, Evangelina and Rosalinda, and is of Colombians in [the United Kingdom|Afro-Colombian] heritage. His father also called Francisco Gomez-Aspron who originates from Seville, Spain, was a draughtsman at the Seville shipyard and moved to England around 1954; his mother is from Cali, Colombia. Following in the footsteps of his mother, Sisco became a dancer. At school in Westminster he studied Musical theatre, Jazz and Tap. He also went to the Sylvia [Young Theatre School] and Pineapple Performing Arts School. At 16, Gomez joined the hip-hop company Culture Shock Dance Troupe - United Kingdom. He then studied Jazz and Hip-hop in the United States and also in a variety of European countries.