Joaquín Cortés

Born in Córdoba, he later moved to Madrid. There he started to study dance at the age of 12. When he was 15 years old, he joined the 'Ballet Nacional de España' (Spanish National Ballet) and reached the soloist category. With this company he travelled all over the world and acted in theatres like the Metropolitan Opera House in New York and the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow. After leaving the 'Ballet Nacional', he participated in a series of shows together with stars like Maya Plisetskaya, Silvie Guillem, and Peter Schauffuß, and collaborated with different companies and shows as a guest star or choreographer. Among these works were the choreography of 'Carmen' in Verona, his participation in the 'Tokyo Summer Flamenco Festival', several shows at the New York Lincoln Center and his participation in the edition of 'Don Quijote' together with the 'Caracas Ballet'. In 1992, after a performance at the Champs Elysées Theatre in Paris, he created his own ballet company: 'Joaquín Cortés Ball