Marta Otazu holds a degree in Dance Pedagogy and earned the Premio Extraordinario Final de Carrera from the Conservatorio Superior de Danza María de Ávila, as well as a master’s degree in Cultural Project Management from Fundación Contemporánea, where she received the Premio al Mejor Proyecto de la Promoción (2019–2020). Marta Otazu combines production direction for dance performances with teaching.

After more than 20 years working as a performer alongside renowned choreographers such as Javier Latorre, Cristobal Reyes, Carlos Rodríguez, Aída Gómez, Nuria Castejón, and Joaquín Cortés, among others, she transitioned into production and company management within a sector she knows deeply. Since founding her own company, La Figuranta, she has overseen the production of numerous performances presented at major venues and festivals including Los Teatros del Canal, Festival de l`Herencia de Barcelona, Festival de Jerez, Festival Madrid en Danza, Festival de Bezieres, and Flamenco Festival de Londres, among others, achieving more than ten world premieres.

She also directs a Spanish dance and flamenco training center under the same brand, an educational space with over 70 students enrolled in its regular programs. The center organizes professional workshops, talks, and live performances as part of the series “Las Noches de la Tora”. In recent years, she has been invited as a speaker at YPO 2023 for top-level executive women, as well as at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad de Navarra, and Universidad de Málaga.

In addition, she leads team-building activities based on the values of dance and regularly collaborates with the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Mariemma on student recruitment, visibility initiatives, and the promotion of Danza Española.

In 2023, she began working with Jesús Carmona and served for over a year as head of production for his company, Danzaor Carmona.