Soraya Clavijo, Premio Nacional de Flamenco por Bulerías
Carmen Amaya (Córdoba 2004). Her journey began
in Jerez de la Frontera in 1977, and at the age of thirteen
she took her first flamenco steps with Ana Maria López.
Belén Fernández planted within her the
love of classical ballet.
At the age of nineteen she moved to Sevilla, where
she began her artistic career in various flamenco clubs
while she continued to train under the tutelage of greats
the likes of Eva la Yerbabuena, Javier Latorre and Joaquín
Grilo, among others.
In 2001 Soraya´s artistic explosion was met
by the critical acclaim of the Flamenco Festival of
Mont de Marsan as well as her classification as candidate
for the Bulerías Premio Carmen Amaya 2001 award
in the Concurso Nacional de Córdoba. In 2002,
this success would take her to perform in the Festival
de la Unión with celebrated pianist, Diego ¨El
Churry¨ Amador.
During these years Soraya often frequented Japan,
where she gave flamenco dance courses and took part
in a number of various shows and performances.
Educated in Jerez´s school of flamenco, she
dances flamenco with a style that is difficult to compare
to others, though it has many influences. ¨I´m
not like anyone else. I´m not a radical purist.
All that is well done is well done , and I´m not
closed to anything as long as it is professional and
done carefully.¨
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