Olga Pericet received a bachelor´s degree in
Spanish Dance and Flamenco in Córdoba, where
she was born. She later moved to Sevilla to train under
Matilde Coral, Monolo Marín and La Toná.
She also studied in Madrid with José Granero,
Cristóbal Reyes, and Milagros Mengíbar,
among others. In 1998, after dancing for three years
in reknowned tablaos, she joined the Compañía
Rafael Amargo.
In 2001, she danced the principal role in the company´s
primier of Poet in New York. In 2002, she was a guest
artist at the Havana Dance Festival with Julio Bocca,
Tamara Rojo, and the National Ballet of Cuba. That same
year, she joined the Compañía Rafaela
Carrasco.
In 2003, she worked with Daniel Doña, Manuel
Liñán, and Marco Flores to create the
Company ESS3 Movement, and co-directed the production
A Million Emotions, sharing the stage with Dorantes,
Montse Cortés, Lienz Chang, Maite Bajo, and Miguel
Ángel Berna in the Madrid Palace Conference at
the Millenium Festival and at the Palau de la Música.
She danced the prinipal role in the show El Amor Brujo
with the Compañía Rafael Amargo which
showed in the Quincena Donostiarra and received good
reviews. She was also named the Outstanding Ballerina
in Dance Valencia 2003.
In 2004, Pericet primiered as a choreographer and the
principal dancer with Edith Salazar in the show Bolero,
cartas de amor y desamor, with text by Espido Freire
and performances by Lucía Bosé, Terele
Pávez, Antonio Sanjuán, and Loles León.
This show also received outstanding reviews from the
press. Pericet collaborated with the New Spanish Ballet
for the plays Land and Romeo and Juliet (Juliet). She
received first place awards for Choreography and Music
at the 13th Madrid Spanish Dance and Flamenco Choreography
Competition for the piece Suite en Cámara Negra,
which was composed by José Luis Montón
and Fernando de la Rua. Pericet is the founder and co-director
of the Manuel Liñan and Olga Pericet Dance Company
which primiered Cámara Negra with great public
success. She has performed as a guest artist with Miguel
Ángel Berna's Zaragoza Resident Company and danced
for the company Arrieritos in the show The Thirteen
Roses.
In 2006, Pericet entered the show Chanta la mui in
the London Flamenco Festival with Marco Flores and Manuel
Liñán.
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