Hugo López, Mónica Iglesias, Paloma Fantova

Dancers

Hugo Lopez

Hugo López was born in Córdoba in 1989. The dancer began his training at the Conservatorio Profesional de Danza and with his sister Encarna López. Hugo decides to perfect his training at the Andalusian Centre of Dance in Seville for two years and under the knowledge of flamenco professionals such as Ana María Bueno, Juanjo Linares or Trinidad Sevillano among others. From an early age Hugo López demonstrated his passion for dance and, at the age of 10 and 11, he reached the semi-final of a television show. As the years went by, the dancer continued training and began to dance professionally. At the age of 19 he would win the prize for best show at the Festival de Jerez with "Flamenco XXI: Ópera, Café y Puro" with the company Nani Paños and Rafael Estévez. Among other awards, Hugo López won the Desplante de Baile award at the Festival Internacional de Cante de Las Minas in 2018.

Mónica Iglesias

Mónica Iglesias is a dancer born in Madrid and living in Seville. With extensive training, she studied dance at the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Mariemma in Madrid and perfected her technique with teachers such as Andrés Marín, Manuela Carrasco, Eva Yerbabuena and Rubén Olmo. In 2018 Mónica Iglesias was awarded the First Prize and Trophy "Desplante" at the Festival de Cante de las Minas. The bailaora began her professional career under the direction of Rafael Estévez and Nani Paños under the direction of the filmmaker Carlos Saura for the show "Flamenco Hoy", represented on many stages throughout the international geography as the City Center of New York. Mónica Iglesias has toured great tablaos in Spain such as Tablao Flamenco Cordobes as well as the most representative national and international festivals sharing the stage with artists such as Patricia Guerrero, Pastora Galván, Chano Domínguez, Rocío Molina or Antonio Canales among others.

Paloma Fantova

Paloma Fantova began his career in flamenco professionally with only 4 years with his father, Manuel Fantova. Of gipsy ethnicity, Manuel transmitted to him his passion for flamenco and instilled in him his roots at the same time that he pulled out zapateaos with the chords of his guitar. She made her first appearance on television at the age of 6 and a year later Antonio Canales has her as principal dancer and in the work Bailaor y Raíz (Dancer and Root). Paloma has visited the most important theatres in the world, such as the City Center, Plymouth and SimphonySpace in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington, ChampsElysses and Chayllot in Paris, Sadler´s Wells and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London Theatre of the opera of Craz and Cairo, the Maestranza of Seville, Palau of the music of Valencia, etc.

She has also performed in festivals such as Festival de la Unión (2007), Bienal de Sevilla (2012), Festival de Danza de Guayaquil (Ecuador) - Zona Escena (2013).