Began
studying dance at the age of seven, choosing the flamenco
speciality when she was 12 years old and making her professional
debut at the age of 14 with Mariquilla in the work “El
Sacromonte y Yo” which
was broadcast on several TV stations.
At the age of 15 she starred in the musical film “A
Thousand And One Nights”,
shot in Granada. From the time of the shoot, an exhibition
hall was dedicated to the film while the participants danced
live on stage.
From that moment, she worked in Flamenco Peñas and
Festivals in Andalucia with her group. At the age of 17 she
moved to Seville to join the Mario
Maya company, taking the leading
role during a tour of several countries in the works “El
Almagro, “Tres Movimientos Flamencos” and “El
Amor Brujo”.
She moved to Madrid and joined the companies of :
“El Güito”
making her debut at the Calderón Theatre in Madrid.
Manolete,
making her debut at the Teatro de la Villa, Madrid.
She performed at various theatres in Spain and around the
world with the following companies :
- XI Bienal of Flamenco in Seville with Manolete
and El Güito’s
companies
- Soloist with Manolete’s company at the Reina Victoria
Theatre in Granada
- Villamarta Theatre of Jerez with Manolete’s company
- Villamarta Theatre of Jerez with El Güito’s
company
- Flamenco Tablao Casa Patas,
with her own group
- Festival “Los Veranos de la Villa” in Madrid
- Isabel La Católica Theatre in Granada
- Grand Theatre of Córdoba
- London’s Royal Festival Hall with “Arte Flamenco”
and El Güito’s company
- The Caves at Nerja, Málaga
- As soloist in Manolete’s company’s work “Mi
Camino” at the Isabel La Católica Theatre,
Granada
- Festival de Cante y Baile of la Puebla de Cazalla
- The Villamarta Theatre in Jerez
- The Chatelet Theatre in Paris
- The Grand Theatres of Mexico, Athens, etc.
- Soloist in Juan Andrés
Maya’s production of
“Arte Flamenco” at London’s Royal Festival
Hall
- With her group at the Second Display of Young Talent in
Flamenco Dance in Granada (Corral de Carbon)
In 2001 she travelled to Osaka,
Japan with her group and taught in Osaka and Nagoya
She returned to Madrid to work in the Alfil theatre for a
month.
She took part in the Mont de Marsans Festival in France, along
with El Güito.
Participated in the tour of villages of the Madrid Community
as a soloist with El Güito
In 2003 she performed before the king and queen of Spain at
the Casa Patas tablao in Madrid, with Miguel Téllez
in the work “Puro Gayardó”
She began teaching at the Cátedra de Flamencología
in Granada in Mariquilla’s academy.
Following this, at El Carmen de Las Cuevas in Granada.
She has given intensive courses in Nice, New York, Berlin
and in Japan.
Currently she combines her performances with teaching at the
Conservatory Foundation of Casa
Patas, where she has been for three years.
She studied with Mariquilla, Maite Galán, Manolo Marín,
Ciro, Mario Maya, “El Güito”, Manolete and
Belén Maya.
