Sara Jiménez
Dancer from Granada specialized in flamenco and Spanish dance. She has collaborated with Antonio Rey and has been part of important festivals and flamenco events around the world. Until 2018 she was part of the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía as a solo dancer under the direction of Rafael Estévez. She currently continues her work as a performer and creator and actively collaborates with choreographers Eduardo Guerrero, Daniel Doña, and Wang Ramirez.
She started dancing at the age of five. She began her studies at the age of ten at the Conservatorio Profesional de danza Reina Sofía in Spanish dance and flamenco. She received a scholarship from the Centro Andaluz de Danza in Seville under the direction of Blanca Li. At the end of her formative years in Seville she moved to Madrid and joined the company Estévez & Paños as a soloist dancer in the shows La Consagración, Bailables, El sombrero, Flamenco Hoy, this one under the direction of filmmaker Carlos Saura, touring the world.
She collaborates with Antonio Rey in the tour of his album Camino al Alma, Ankara International Flamenco Festival and Toulouse Flamenco Festival. He composes a suite with classical guitar works that he will take to the XXVIII Edition Clásicos en verano, XXVIII Festival Internacional Andrés Segovia Madrid. Special collaboration in the premiere of the show Yo, Mujer with dramaturgy by filmmaker Carlos Rico, Granada. Winner of the 1st prize for best choreography with Macarena López in the Choreographic Contest Distrito de Tetuán with the choreography Tápate Niña. International Ballet Gala in Maribor (Slovenia), Cádiz es flamenco, Patrimonio flamenco.
Presents at the Festival de Música y Danza de Granada the show Real de la Alhambra. After the success will be cited in various programs and international festivals among which include ,Duende Flamenco Festival in Toronto, Canada, Art Gallery, Paris. This same year and until 2018 she will be part of the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía as a soloist dancer under the direction of Rafael Estévez. She participates as a choreographer in that company for the creation of the show “Flamenco, tradition and avant-garde” Cantera Project.
She presents a new show with the dancer Alberto Sellés. Vía Bamba at the Isabel la Católica Theater, Granada Nomination for best female dance performer at the Performing Arts Awards, Premios Max2018 for the show “Aquel Silverio” Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía. Special collaboration in the show P’alante y p’atrás by Manuel Lombo, VI Bienal de arte flamenco de Málaga.
He has recently presented a new work in duet with the guitarist Pablo Giménez. VARIACIÓN atempo, a work that despite its short life has been acclaimed in Seville, Germany, Valladolid and New York. She won the first prize for choreography and the prize for outstanding dancer, among others, at the Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid with an excerpt of the work VARIACIÓN a tempo. She also won the first prize for choreography at the Certamen Coreográfico Distrito de Tetuán for the piece [ETC].
Currently she continues her work as a performer and creator and actively participates with choreographers Eduardo Guerrero, Daniel Doña, and Wang Ramirez.