The Madrid choreographer does not think about retiring from the stage and premieres a new work, '1953', the year she was born. Carmen Werner has been dancing for five decades and at 70 years old, she remains a tireless interpreter.

"I only stopped once [in 2017] because I fell off a roof I had climbed to talk to the masons. I broke both calcaneus [heel bones] and was in a wheelchair for six months," she says.