Ángel Rojas Flamenco Dance Project to perform “Ser Baile. Capítulo 1 Triología. Geografía Flamenca del Pensamiento” (“Be Dance. Chapter 1 Flamenco Geography of Thought Trilogy”) at the 2022 Festival de Jerez, available on-demand on Third Row Live from Feb 28 – Mar 15. Click HERE to purchase tickets.
Flamenco dancer and choreographer Ángel Rojas was born in Madrid, 1974. He made his professional debut at 16 years old, touring with the Ballet Teatro Español de Luisillo and Rafael Aguilar’s Ballet Teatro Español, later joining the Ballet Español de Madrid under the direction of José Granero. In 1992, he joined the Ballet Flamenco Antonio Canales, participating in the show A ti, Carmen Amaya. Between 1992 and 1994 he participated in numerous prestigious galas as guest dancer in the Víctor Ullate Company and working on choreographies for the Compañía Teatro de la Danza and the Compañía de José Antonio y los Ballets Españoles, also performing as a soloist in the latter.
In 1995, Rojas co-founded the Nuevo Ballet Español with Carlos Rodríguez, which would be renamed Rojas & Rodríguez in 2008. Among the company’s most noteworthy productions are: Infierno, S.L. (1995), Canela y Fuego (1996), >Sangre Flamenca (1997), Flamenco Directo (1998), Gallo de Pelea (1999), Furia (2000), Romeo y Julieta (2003), Tierra (2004), En Carne Viva (2005), Alma (2006), Sangre (2008), Baile de Máscaras (2008), commissioned by the Autonomous Community of Madrid for the Bicentennial of the Spanish War of Independence, Cambio de Tercio (2009), Homenaje a los Clásicos (2012), Amor Brujo (2012), and Titanium (2013), which fused flamenco and urban dance.
Throughout his career, Ángel Rojas has received numerous awards. The most noteworthy include First Prize for Best Dancer at the National Choreography Competition, shared with Carlos Rodríguez (1994), the UP Dance Prize awarded to the Nuevo Ballet Español for Best Spanish Dance & Flamenco Company (2000), the Villa de Madrid Pilar López Prize for Best Dancer (2005), and the Medal of Arts from the Autonomous Community of Madrid with Carlos Rodríguez (2006).
Ángel Rojas has taught courses and workshops at numerous schools around the world. Since 2010 he has co-directed the Escuela de Danza Rojas y Rodríguez Ciudad de Móstoles with Carlos Rodríguez and worked as consultant on projects such as Flamenco del Sol in Orlando, where he assists with student training and educational planning.
As a guest choreographer, it is important to mention these productions: Dualia, created for the National Ballet of Spain in 2007; Don Juan, a Canadian musical created in 2004 and staged again in 2012; Pálpito, for the Ángel Corella Foundation, which premiered in New York in 2012; and Falla fuera de la caja, created for Chicago’s Ensemble Español in 2016.
In 2015, he was asked by the City of Madrid to direct the Festival Flamenco Madrid. He was named Artistic Director through 2018. In 2018, Ángel Rojas became the Artistic Director of the new Flamenco Madrid Theatre.
