Sara Nieto

Education Department and Talent Management

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Birthdate

1984

Place of birth

Madrid

Formation

She began her dance studies at the age of three and, during her childhood, continued her learning in various schools. She had the opportunity to learn with teachers such as Pedro Azorín, Racero, and Betty before entering the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Mariemma. Alongside her artistic career, she pursued a Bachelor's degree in Pedagogy at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, which she balanced with her professional activity as a dancer.

In the BNE

She joined the Ballet Nacional de España in September 2006, under the direction of José Antonio. In 2024, she ended her stage performance career and began a new professional stage linked to pedagogy within the institution. During this stage, she developed the project for the creation of the Department of Pedagogy and Talent Management of the Ballet Nacional de España, the proposal for which was formalized in September 2025. She currently heads the department, giving continuity and structure to various pedagogical initiatives that had been developing within the BNE and centralizing them into a specific area, while promoting new projects linked to labor, social, and inclusive pedagogy.

Career highlights

Learning with teacher Betty marked a turning point in her artistic career, as she discovered through danza estilizada a style with which she feels especially identified.

In 2005, she joined Aída Gómez's company, participating in Carmen.

Under the direction of José Antonio, she performs various soloist roles.

Other information

She has concurrently developed a career linked to teaching and pedagogy, giving training courses and classes.
She collaborates with the Centro de Psicología y Movimiento, where she participates in "Familias que inspiran", an initiative aimed at mothers and fathers of professional dancers.
She has also participated as a jury member in dance contests and competitions, as well as in choreographic projects.

Favorite work at BNE

Ritmos by Alberto Lorca; Dualia by Rojas y Rodríguez; Café de chinitas by José Antonio, and Bolero by Granero.

Awards

Castellón 2005: grants from the Ballet Nacional de España and Nuevo Ballet Español plus an Audience Award.

Multimedia

Foto De lo flamenco (copy Javier Enrique Fernández)

Foto Invocación bolera (copy María Alperi)

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

Foto Invocación bolera (copy Miguel Lorenzo y Mikel Ponce_LesArts)

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

Articles

Invocación comes to Torrejón de Ardoz this weekend

25/03/2022

On March 25th and 26th, the Ballet Nacional de España will offer a global vision of the stylistic diversity of Spanish dance at the Teatro José Mª Rodero in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid. More than 40 dancers and the Ballet Nacional de España’s flamenco ensemble of musicians and cantaores will perform the quadruple program 'Invocación'. “It is a very complete program in which audiences can enjoy flamenco full of life and strength on stage, a ballet of the purest stylized dance, and one of the few recent choreographies in the escuela bolera style,” says Rubén Olmo, director of the Ballet Nacional de España.

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.

Invocación, a global vision of Spanish dance at Expo Dubai 2020

18/01/2022

The richness of the different styles of Spanish dance will travel to the United Arab Emirates through 'Invocación¡, the program we will perform on February 2nd, Spain Day, on the Jubilee Stage at the Expo 2020 Dubai site. Our director, Rubén Olmo, will also perform the solo 'Jauleña' in Al Wasl Plaza. The Ballet Nacional de España thus joins the wide-ranging cultural program organized by the Spain Pavilion and Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) to promote Spanish culture and Spain's image abroad as part of this international event, which runs until March 31st, 2022.