Sara Arévalo

Corps of Ballet

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Web page: http://sara-arevalo.com

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Birthdate

1989

Place of birth

Madrid

Formation

Conservatorio de Danza Carmen Amaya, Centro Andaluz de Danza and Conservatorio Superior de Danza María de Ávila in Madrid, specialising in Spanish dance.

In the BNE

2013 under the directorship of Antonio Najarro.

Career highlights

Within the Ballet Nacional de España, she has performed prominent roles such as Cantiñas de Córdoba (Principal Dancer), Concierto de Aranjuez (soloist), Ifigenia (soloist), Eterna Iberia (Principal Dancer and soloist), La Mejorana in La Lupi’s Tangos (soloist), and Capricho español (Principal Dancer).

She has worked with the companies of Joaquín Cortés, Estévez & Paños, Enclave Español and the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía, and has been a member of the Ballet Nacional de España since 2013.

She was Choreographic Director of the Franco-Bulgarian production Manuel de Falla L’éternel, premiered in Paris, and has taken part in Dance Stars Galas directed by José Carlos Martínez, current Director of the Paris Opera Ballet.

Sara is currently focused on expressing her own vision of dance through a range of personal projects. Her most recent artistic and choreographic work has been developed through two creative residencies: at the Centro Coreográfico La Gomera and, more recently, through a research residency at Teatros del Canal in Madrid.

Our own creations

Si pienso en lo sutil Teatro principal in Castellón 2009.
Agua Teatro La Vaguada in Madrid 2010.
Don aire 2013 Almería (with Iván Amaya).
A título personal Ballet Nacional’s home 2017.
A media mirada Teatro Conde Duque in Madrid 2018.
A zapato, zapatilla Sala Tribueñe in Madrid 2019.
Exuvia, Teatro Fernán Gómez, 2021.

Other information

“If there is something that really nourishes me as a dancer is teaching. I have not often been on the other side as I am now focused on my development as performer but whenever I’m asked (even though I find it intimidating) I accept. My teaching experience includes a workshop in Miami, which was part of the teaching series at the Flamenco Festival, a flamenco workshop in Shanghai and Boston. And the oddest one, as it adapted to the new circumstances, was in Spanish Dance and online, included in an Almería’s Junta de Andalucía programme.

Choreographic stay at the Centro Coreográfico in La Gomera, 2021.

Start dance studies

At the Academia de Danza Liceo Bougor in Getafe, aged 9

Favorite work at BNE

Ritmos by Alberto Lorca; Concierto de Aranjuez by Pilar López, and Danza y Tronío by Mariemma.

Awards

Second Prize for Choreography at the Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid 2021. First Prize for Spanish Dance Choreography and Performance at the Certamen Internacional de Almería 2009.

Multimedia

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

Foto De lo flamenco (copy Javier Enrique Fernández)

FOTO-ETERNA IBERIA-BNE-COPY-JAVIER FERGO

Foto Fantasía galaica. Centenario Antonio Ruiz Soler (copy Pablo Guidali)

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

Articles

We’re celebrating Flamenco Day

28/11/2019

Ever since UNESCO declared flamenco an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity at a conference held in Nairobi (Kenya) in 2010, International Flamenco Day has been celebrated around the world on 16th November. At the Ballet Nacional de España, we commemorate it every day, but in 2019 we did so to the rhythm of the ‘alboreá’ from the ballet Electra, which we performed that day in Murcia.