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Blanca del Rey was born in Córdoba (Andalucia, Spain). Being six years old and a clear vocation in flamenco dancing, starts winning various prizes and starts with great success at the Gran Teatro de Cordoba. Her dance is based on flamenco guitar and singing, with a huge capability to transform music into movement.

Soon she enters into Madrid stages, achieving great success at Corral de la Moreria, the leading Spanish tablao where all top flamenco artists forged their careers. Her marriage with Manuel del Rey and the incipient maternity forced her to a temporary retirement.

As soon as her children grew up, she begins eventual performances at Corral de la Moreria, as well as a tour in main Japanese theaters. Her participation at the Spanish TV programme "La Danza" is the starting point of her return to stage.

Together with Ciro, a well-known Spanish choreographer, appears her most outstanding performances, "las alegrías", "la caña" and her personal "guajira". But, what really emerges as a never-seen-before masterpiece is the unique "Soleá del Mantón".

During two years, she takes part in a national radio programme (Radio Exterior de España) as the main flamenco researcher, as well as participates in various documentaries about her life and work, recording her choreografies in TV programmes worldwide.

She founded Ballet Flamenco Blanca del Rey, a company devoted to developing performances based on a continuous choreograpphy creation and evolution about diverse theatrically-oriented flamenco rhythms.

At this moment, she obtains numerous grants and excellent reviews, hence, becoming one of our best Spanish flamenco representatives thoughout the world.

More information www.blancadelrey.com

She was born in Jerez de la Frontera where she started her dancing career altogether with her brother, Domingo Ortega. Amongst the most remarkable performances of her career should be mentioned the Universal Exhibition of Taejon (Korea), the International Dance Festival of Todi (Italy), the Arriaga Theater of Bilbao and the Joyce Theater in New York. At present she directs her own company Aroma Flamenco and participates as invited artist at the concerts of the famous flamenco singer José Meneses and of great musicians such as Jorge Pardo, Enrique de Melchor and Victor Monge "Serranito". Her dance, defiant, harmonic and loaded with charm, is an entire luxury on stage.

He began studying Classical Spanish and Flamenco dances at the age of ten. In 1997 he participated with the companies of Clara Ramona and Joaquín Grilo. He also joined the El Güito Company. In 1999 he performed with the Carmen Cortés Company in “Salomé”. In 2000 he danced with the Companies “El Güito” and Manolete in the XI Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla. In 2003 he performed for the King and Queen of Spain. In 2004 he performed during six months in “El Flamenco” tablao in Tokio along with Mari Paz Lucena in the show “Puro Gallardo.” With Mario Cortes’ company he toured throughout Holland as a solo performer. In 2006 he returned to Holland and Germany with the show “Espectáculo de Granada”.