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He began studying dance
in Madrid in 1977 and two years later he
joined the Mubra School in Brussels. In 1981
he became the principal dancer in Maurice
Béjart's XX Century Ballet in which he took
part in such dances as "La Consagración
de La Primavera", "Bhakti",
"Siete danzas griegas" (Seven greek
dances) and "Petrushka". In 1986 he
made his debut as a choreographer, created
such dances as "Juego de damas",
"Petrovsky's Pas-de-deux",
"Angotan" and "Juego"
which were performed for the first time by
companies such as the XX Century Ballet, the
Mudra and the Nice Opera. In 1987 he was
awarded a prize in Madrid's First
Choreography competition.
A year later he formed
the group "Foros de Danza" with
which he presented the show
"Kaledira" in Madrid. In Segovia he
performed for the first time the ballet
"Romance". In 1989 he joined
Lindsay Kemp's company where he performed the
lead parts in "Flowers" and
"Alice". In the same year he was
awarded the Eduardo Moragas National
Choreography prize.
In 1990 he created
"Romance Amargo" with Joaquín
Cortés for the Madrid Dance Festival and he
choreographed "Rondena" for Lola
Greco. The following year he joined the
National Dance Company under which acted as
the principal guest dancer.
For the Ballet Regina de
Murda he created "The sheltering
sky" based on the novel by Paul Bowles,
with the participation of Antonio Marques,
Joaquín Cortés and Julia Olmedo among
others. With these last two dancers and Lola
Greco he created "De amor y muerte"
('Of love and death') which was presented in
the Teatro Albeniz in Madrid.
In 1993 he took part in
the macroshow "Los divinos" which
was transmitted from the PLaza Mayor in
Madrid to over fifty-five countries along
with Paco de Luda, Julio Bocca, Joaquín
Cortés and Eric Vu-An among others. Later on
he collaborated with Carmen Cortes' company
in her show "Amor brujo" which
travelled all Spain.
Last year he created
"Orpheo" for the Teatro Nuovo de
Turin company and he presented for the first
time his choreography "La Escala".
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