Ana Agraz

Corps of Ballet

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Birthdate

1981

Place of birth

Benidorm (Alicante)

Formation

Master in Performing Arts from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid. Degree in Spanish Dance, specialising in Choreography and Dance Performing Techniques; 5th year of Classical Dance from the Conservatorio Profesional de Danza José Espadero in Alicante. Conservatorio Profesional José Pérez Barceló in Benidorm. Royal Academy of Dance in Benidorm; Escuela Karen Taft in Madrid. Took classes at the Centro de Arte Flamenco y Danza Española Amor de Dios with Paco Romero, María Magdalena, Timo Lozano, Belen Fernández, Belen Maya, Rafaela Carrasco, Antonio, Manuel y Cristóbal Reyes, Carmela Greco, and La China. Courses in contemporary dance with Chevy Muraday, Antonio Ruz, Lorena Nogal and Marcos Morau (La Veronal); and flamenco courses with Juana Amaya, Mara Rey, Antonio Canales, Matilde Coral, Manuela Carrasco, Carmen la Talegona, José Maya, David Paniagua, Belén López, Marcos Flores, Manuel Liñán and Manuel Campallo, among others.

In the BNE

2019, under the directorship of Rubén Olmo.

Career highlights

She began her career at the flamenco tablao El Corral de la Pacheca and as Principal Dancer with Nuevo Ballet Español, directed by Carlos Rodríguez and Miguel Rojas. She has since worked with the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía; Flamenco Hoy, directed by Carlos Saura; and the companies of Rafael Amargo, Joaquín Cortés, Carlota Santana, Antonio Najarro, Rubén Olmo, Carlos Chamorro, Jesús Carmona, Patricia Guerrero, Rafael Estévez and Nani Paños, as well as Dancem Espectáculos, directed by Esther Carrasco. She has performed Principal Dancer roles in Rango, with Rafael Aguilar’s company; Tauromagia, with the Mercedes Ruiz Company; and Esencia y bendita, under the direction of Rojas & Rodríguez. She has also taken part in several zarzuelas premiered at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, performed at the Oman Percussion Festival, and danced at the Madrid tablaos El Corral de la Morería, directed by Blanca del Rey, and Las Tablas. With the Ballet Nacional de España, she has performed soloist roles in Antonio Najarro’s Eterna Iberia and Antonio Ruiz Soler’s Fantasía galaica, and as Principal Dancer in Miguel Ángel Corbacho’s Zorongo.

Our own creations

Sinestesia, with guitarist and composer Daniel Jurado, Auditorio de Benidorm, Benidorm, March 2023.
Madre Tierra, Teatro Villa Romana de l’Albir, L’Alfàs del Pi, 2021.
Luzam, Abril en Danza Festival, Teatro Principal de Alicante, 2021.
Danza para tres voces (with Rubén Puertas), directed by José Barrios, Auditorio Mutua Madrileña, Madrid, 2016.

Other information

Throughout her teaching career, she has taught flamenco and stylised dance courses at the Conservatorio Profesional José Espadero in Alicante, the Asociación de Profesores de Danza Española (APDE), the Escuela Municipal de Danza Antonio Canales, the Centro de Arte Flamenco y Danza Española Amor de Dios and the Fundación Casa Patas. She has also taught at International Dance School Flamenco Alicante, World Dance Fair Alicante, Estudio de Danza Maite Añón and Liverpool de Flamenco.

She has also given masterclasses at the dance studios of Rosa Martínez, Pilar Segura, Paqui Mora, Laura Daganzo, Mirasierra, Alma de la Riva, Lucero, La Corrala de la Danza, Central de Pole, Daphne Flamenco and Pasión.