I graduated in 1994 with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art, producing conceptual video, sound and performance. I continued developing conceptual work in design, and worked extensively in education but my main artistic output for the past two decades has been as a flamenco dancer and choreographer. My practice has evolved around the dichotomies of…
Jesus Olmedo was born in the colourful Arganzuela quarter of Madrid in December, 1985. One of three children from a working class family, his precocious talent and innate love for Spanish dance led him to commence studies at the Madrid dance conservatoire when just eight years of age. When he was ten, Jesus was selected…
Lola Rueda is a well known personality in the London flamenco scene, which she has been a part of for more than a decade. She was born in Girona into a family of andalucian flamenco traditionalists. At 10 years of age she began training in dance, and by the early 90s she was combining her…
Juani studied flamenco at an early age in Madrid and then Sevilla, before returning to the UK to continue her career. In her professional career, Juani Garcia has worked with the Paco Mundo Company in Madrid, Mallorca, Malaga and Portugal. She has since performed worldwide and extensively throughout the UK. As a choreographer, performer and…
Juan Ramirez has been a professional flamenco guitarist since 1974 and formed his first dance group ‘El Cuadro Flamenco’, in April of that year. They performed his first full-time engagement with a six month summer season on the island of Jersey in that year. Since then, from 1977 he formed the renowned dance company and…
Juani Garcia(Lead Dancer and Choreographer) Juan Ramirez (Guitarist and Founder) Lola Rueda(Singer and Dancer) Jesus Olmedo(Dancer) Juan Carlos Otero(Dancer) Carmen Igarza(Dancer) Manuel Malena(Singer)
