Ballet Flamenco Juan de Juan – 'Torero' de Antonio Canales

Young flamenco dancer Juan de Juan is taking over from his maestro Antonio
Canales in the work “Torero”, a dramatic flamenco musical
in which two related disciplines are integrated: bullfighting and flamenco
dance, both with a common artistic language.

On stage the show creates the most intimate moments of the bullfighter:
his passion, elegance and devotion, and his fear during the ritual of
nobility, art, blood and sand.

“Torero” premiered with great acclaim at Montreal’s
Place d’Arts Theater in 1993 under the direction of Antonio Canales
who also starred. Later, the show began a long tour of Canada’s
most important cities and in 1994 was presented in Spain for the first
time, at the Teatro de Madrid where it was on the bill for 25 days.

Since its premiere Antonio Canales’ Ballet Flamenco has performed
“Torero” over 700 hundred times, both in Spain and in numerous
international festivals.

In the 1995 edition of the Emmy awards, Spanish television’s production
of “Torero” was nominated in the category of “Best artistic
presentation”, and was semifinalist. That same year Antonio Canales
was awarded the Premio Nacional de Danza and in 1996, the show’s
choreography won the silver medal of the FIPA in Biarritz.

The presentation of Torero by Juan de Juan’s Ballet Flamenco will
be complemented by the premiere of a work called “Al Sur”
making a well-rounded show with two well-differentiated parts. In the
first, the audience is taken back to the most primitive essence of this
art, starting with the voice of the human body’s rhythmic beating,
and in the second flamenco guitar harmonies and percussive elements are
introduced leading to a complete portrait of flamenco.

Shows: Tuesday to Thursday 9:30pm; Fridays 10:00pm; Saturdays 7:30pm
and 10:00pm; Sundays 7.30pm. Tickets: from 20 to 30 €

Juan de Juan
BIOGRAPHY

Juan de Juan was born in 1979 in Seville, the land of great flamenco
artists. He studied at the Real Conservatorio de Sevilla and later on
with maestros Ramón Barrull, Manolo Marín, Juana Amaya,
Juan Ramírez, Ciro, Manolete y Antonio Canales.

At 16 he joined the company of Antonio Canales, filling a variety of
roles until finally becoming first dancer and guest artist of the Antonio
Canales Ballet Flamenco, performing in such works as: “Torero”,
“Raíz”, “Romancero Gitano”, “Bernarda”,
“Gitano”, “Fuerza Latina”, “Prometeo”,
“Bailaor”, “Cenicienta”, “Minotauro”
and “Tierra y Fuego”, in each case as soloist or partner of
Canales.

He has danced throughout Spain and in the most important venues of the
world such as: “City Center” in New York, “Teatro Nacional”
in Costa Rica, “Teatro Bellas Artes” in México, “Teatro
Teresa Carreño” in Venezuela, “Teatro Nacional”
in Brasilia, “Teatro Champs Elysées” in París,
“Teatro Nacional” in Milán , “Teatro de la Opera”
in Polonia , “Teatro Bunkamura Orchard Hall” in Tokyo, “Teatro
Sadler’s Wells” in Londres, “Festival Spoleto”
in the U.S.A., “Festival de Atenas”, “Festival del Cairo”,
“Festival de las Artes in Hong Kong”…

In 2001 he debuted as soloist with his musical group for two weeks at
the Teatro Príncipe in Madrid followed by two weeks at the Teatro
Juventut in L’Hospitalet, Barcelona receiving great popular and
critical acclaim.

In February 2002 he went with his group to Alicante with a new show,
“Anda-Luz”, a work which has been presented in 50 Spanish
cities.

Despite his youth, in 2003 he received awards for professional achievement
at the flamenco festivals Potaje Gitano de Utrera, and the Gazpacho Andaluz
de Morón de la Frontera.

In 2004 he created his own company on a grand scale called the Ballet
Flamenco Juan de Juan, and the world debut took place at the Tenerife
Auditorium on April 24th and 25th, later going to Madrid for one month
at the Teatro Alcázar with the choreography “Torero”
that was nominated for an Emmy in 1995.