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On February he arranged two nights with his company on the London Roundhouse, in Camden, as a warm up gig before his upcoming world tour.
On May 14, premiered at the Beacon Theatre in New York (USA) his seventh work: “Cale” (Gypsy). The work was a fusion of the best moments of all his aforementioned creations and was dedicated to his mother. With this work he traveled to Mexico, Spain, Greece and the United Arab Emirates among others places around the world.
In September he performed at the majestic Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens (Greece). Built in the fourth century BC, it’s the first Olympic Stadium in history and Joaquín is the only dancer in history to have performed in such place.
Later that year he received “The Lunas Award” at the National Auditorium D.F (Mexico), for his work “Calé” as the best alternative show of
In the Spanish government granted him with the “The Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts” given by the then Prince of Asturias (Felipe de Borbón, the actual King of Spain) in recognition of his twenty years caree.
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JOAQUÍN CORTÉS
Born in Córdoba in within a gypsy family. He moved to Madrid and started his dance studies. When He was only twelve years old was already in a program on TVE. He started in the Spanish National Ballet at the age of fifteen and He was soon promoted to soloist.
After leaving the National Ballet he participated in various shows alongside outstanding figures such as Maya Plisetskaya, Silvie Guillem and Peter Schauffuss.
In , after a performance at the Champs Elysées Theatre in Paris, he created his own company: Joaquín Cortés Ballet Flamenco. He premiered his first show called “Cibayí” in Madrid, in the Albeniz Theatre.
In He was invited to perform at the Universal Expo in Lisbon.
In January he moved to New York he started his collaboration with the renowned choreographer Debbie Allen, with whom he participates on the ceremony of the 71st Annual Academy Awards in the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion in L.A. He participates also in Jennifer Lopez video “Gypsy”.
In April, He created in Spain The Foundation Gitana Joaquín Cortés for diffusion, dissemi
Born in Córdoba, he later moved to Madrid. There he started to study dance at the age of When he was 15 years old, he joined the 'Ballet Nacional de España' (Spanish National Ballet) and reached the soloist category. With this company he travelled all over the world and acted in theatres like the Metropolitan Opera House in New York and the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow. After leaving the 'Ballet Nacional', he participated in a series of shows together with stars like Maya Plisetskaya, Silvie Guillem, and Peter Schauffuß, and collaborated with different companies and shows as a guest star or choreographer. Among these works were the choreography of 'Carmen' in Verona, his participation in the 'Tokyo Summer Flamenco Festival', several shows at the New York Lincoln Center and his participation in the edition of 'Don Quijote' together with the 'Caracas Ballet'. In , after a performance at the Champs Elysées Theatre in Paris, he created his own ballet company: 'Joaquín Cortés Ballet Flamenco'. With his first show with this new company, 'Cibayí' was also presented in Japan, France, Italy, Venezuela and the USA. Pe
TRAPPED in a gilded ghetto of his own devising, Joaquín Cortés has opted for fame over artistry. Once best known as a fabulous flamenco dancer, he has now become part of the international celebrity circuit, B list.
Cortés, born in Córdoba in , has been a professional dancer since he was For nearly a decade now he’s been headlining his own shows on tours around the globe. His previous production, Live, which ran for three years, was so floutingly egocentric that it approached parody. The new show, Mi Soledad, which had its premiere in Mexico City in May, seems to be an attempt to get back to basics, to soften the glare of celebrity.
Well at least that’s what the programme notes indicate. They describe the solitude of his performance as “a journey to his most personal emotions . . . These are the moments when we choose to be alone with ourselves, to stand away from the hullabaloo of daily life, in order to find ourselves and converse with our inner selves.”
The problem is that all these cutbacks prove to be no more than a half-way house, and still blown out of all proportion. The black stage raised at one end of the Albert Hall is flanked by a pair of those giant screens
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