Carlos Carvento

Carlos Carvento (b. 1995), known simply as Carvento or , is a Spanish dancer, classical and contemporary dance choreographer, and drag artist. His artistic aesthetic and activism are based on reclaiming Andalusian popular traditions and reappropriating symbols like the , , or for his political militancy within the LGBTIQ+ movement.

Career In 2019, he was at the center of a controversy after the social media platform Instagram censored one of his posts in which he appeared wearing a mantilla, in a video walking through the Great Mosque of Granada while asserting the right of "queers" to live Holy Week just like anyone else.

In June 2022, he served as the opening speaker of the LGBT pride of Córdoba, reading a manifesto alongside various LGBT associations of the city and performing that same day. That same year, he premiered his project : valuing the queer movement, which began as a final degree project in 2018 at the Madrid Higher Conservatory of Dance.

He is part of the Andalusian drag collective , founded in 2018 and which includes or has included prominent artists of the Spanish scene such as Rosario Molina, , Belial, Pakita, and Samantha Hudson. In 2021, , in collaboration with the Lolailo collective, brought the aesthetics of the copla diva and Andalusian folklore to Madrid with a performance at the Museo Reina Sofía.

Personal life Carlos is non-binary.