Ballet Flamenco Jose Porcel November 2nd

 
                       Ballet Flamenco Jose Porcel
                       Gypsy Fire
                       Lyndon Institute - Lyndonville
                       Wednesday, November 2nd
                       7:00 PM

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Passionate, Festive and Dramatic!

International flamenco star José Porcel’s dances are passionate, spontaneous, festive, and dramatic. His six musicians and eight dancers exude grace, sensuality, agility, and fury. 

Porcel was born in Sevilla, and at the age of thirteen began dancing Andalucian folkloric dances and flamenco in cultural centers in Valencia. He began his dance studies at 16 with the master Martín Vargas. He moved to Madrid and continued his studies with Paco Romero, Isabel Quintero, Cristóbal Reyes, Pedro Azorín and José Granero. 

In 1989 he made his professional debut with the Ballet de Valencia, directed by Martín Vargas, and was promoted to soloist in the company the following year. In 1991 Mr. Porcel choreographed his first flamenco work, Te traigo al sur, Miguel, under the direction of the flamencologist Federico Torres, in the Teatro Principal in Alicante.

In 1992 José Porcel directed and performed in his first flamenco company, in the Expo de Sevilla. 

In 1993, he took part in a tour of America with Clara Romana’s company, in the work Carmina Burana. In 1994 he was invited to join the Ballet Nacional de España, where he interpreted works including Medea, Ritmos, Bolero de Ravel, El Sombrero de tres picos, Danza y tronio, Los Tarantos, Fantasia Galaica, Grito, Poeta and many flamenco ballets. 

In 1997 he brought his performance entitled Entrañas flamencas to the flamenco festival of the Palacio de la Música in Valencia. 



Within the Ballet Nacional, Porcel worked with masters including José Granero, Victoria Eugenia, Juanjo Linares, Currillo, Manolo Marín, Javier de la Torre, Antonio Canales, Pedro Azorín. As soloist with the company he danced in Los Tarantos as Picaos, Medea as the man of Medea, and Grito as Soleá (flamenco). As premier dancer in the Ballet Nacional de España he interpreted Farruca (flamenco) and Danza y tronío.
 
In December 1999, Mr. Porcel danced as soloist in the company of Rafael Aguilar, interpreting the Torero in Carmen during a major tour of Germany and Switzerland.

In 2000, he danced as soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, under the direction of maestro Héctor Zaraspe. In this same year he was contracted as the first dancer in the Compañía Española de Antonio Márquez, performing on tour around the world and at the Ópera de París for over 20 sold-out performances, followed by a critically acclaimed tour of the United States during the 2001-2002 season. The Company scored a sensational success with its first coast-to-coast tour of North America in the 2008-2009 season and returns to the United States and Canada in the 2011-2012 season in their thrilling new program Gypsy Fire.


                                                                                            “Astonishing.”
                                                                                  – Charleston City Paper

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