Laura Vargas

Corps of Ballet

Birthdate

2000

Place of birth

Granada

Formation

Graduated in Spanish Dance from the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Mariemma (Madrid, Spain) (2014, 2018) and studied at the Centro Andaluz de Danza (Sevilla) (2018, 2019).

In the BNE

She joined the BNE corps of ballet in 2019, under the directorship of Rubén Olmo.

Start dance studies

She started at Fanitas flamenco school when she was 3 years old (dance school in her neighbourhood) and was accepted at the Conservatorio Profesional de Danza de Granada Reina Sofía at the age of 8 and at the same time trained with Oscar Quero and Adrián Sánchez in Granada.

Favorite work at BNE

De lo flamenco. Homenaje a Mario Maya is her favourite Ballet Nacional de España show; also, Medea is a favourite but has not had the pleasure of performing it.

Multimedia

Foto De lo flamenco (copy Miguel Lorenzo y Mikel Ponce_LesArts)

Foto Invocación bolera (copy Jesús Robisco)

Foto De lo flamenco (copy Javier Enrique Fernández)

Foto Invocación bolera (copy Javier Enrique Fernández)

FOTO-Estampas flamencas-Laura Vargas-BNE-Copy-Carlos Sánchez

Foto De lo flamenco. Invocación (copy María Alperi)

Foto Estampas Flamencas. Centenario Antonio Ruiz Soler (copy Pablo Guidali)

Foto De lo flamenco. Homenaje a Mario Maya (copy Jesús Robisco)

Articles

Invocación opens the dance program at Valencia’s Palau de Les Arts

20/04/2022

From April 21st to 24th, 2022, the Ballet Nacional de España, directed by Rubén Olmo, will open the dance season at Valencia’s Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía with a global vision of almost all styles of Spanish dance. 'Invocación', a quadruple program premiered in 2020, consists of choreographies by Rubén Olmo and Antonio Najarro, and includes a tribute to Mario Maya, one of the pioneers of flamenco theatre in Andalusia. The Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, conducted by Manuel Busto, together with the BNE’s flamenco musicians and cantaores, will accompany the company’s more than 40 dancers live.

The 26th Festival de Jerez opens by remembering Antonio Ruiz Soler

10/02/2022

Centenary Antonio Ruiz Soler will open the 26th edition of the Festival de Jerez on February 17th. Ballet Nacional de España will be accompanied by the Orquesta Bética de Cámara, conducted by Manuel Coves, and soprano Maribel Ortega.