Creator of an elegant style that delves into classicism without getting lost in the superfluous, Javier Barón (Alcalá de Guadaíra, 1963) is one of today’s most renowned flamenco bailaores. Winner of the National Dance Award for Performance in 2008, he has also developed his personal way of understanding dance through the many choreographies he has created for his own company, which he founded in 1997. For these reasons, Rubén Olmo has invited him to direct the restaging with the dancers of the Ballet Nacional de España of 'De mis soleares vengo', a dance por soleá de Alcalá with which he won the Giraldillo Award at the Seville Biennial in 1988.
