MARÍA PAGÉS
NATIONAL DANCE AWARD 2002, creation
NATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHY AWARD ADE 1996
4 GIRALDILLOS AWARDS, BIENNALE OF ARTE FLAMENCO for best company, best creation, best direction and critics’
award
LEONID MASSINE AWARD IN ITALY 2004
VI EDITION OF THE FLAMENCO AWARDS 2005 for best artist and creator(Italia)
VI Premios Flamenco Hoy 2005 (intérprete / espectáculo)
CULTURA VIVA AWARD 2006 (Dance)
María Pagés holds a privileged place in the dance world. The so-called by many “dancer with endless arms” is enjoying her best creative moment and such is demonstrated in her latest show: Sevilla.
She is internationally renowned for her personal esthetic concept of the art of flamenco. Coming from basic classical flamenco style, her pieces confront flamenco with other art forms, opening new horizons and creating a new road into the future of modern flamenco dance.
Flamenco is a clear example of how unifying cultures, race and religions, one can create a common echo of shared feelings.
Using the fundamental codes of flamenco style and researching within and beyond, María Pagés crosses a diversity of cultures with a strong personal conviction that all cultural exchanges provide a better understanding of human beings.
Her latest show is backed by Mikhail Baryshnikov, who has invited Maria to dance at the Baryshnikov Arts Center – BAC – and to develop a very interesting creative project.
She started her professional career as a member of the Antonio Gades Company. Her movie collaborations included ‘Carmen’, ‘El Amor Brujo’ and ‘Flamenco’ by Carlos Saura.
In 1990 she established the MARÍA PAGÉS COMPANY and since then she has created and produced, among others: Sol y sombra (1990), De la luna al viento (1994), El perro andaluz. Burlerías (1996), La tirana (1998), Flamenco Republic (2001), Ilusiones FM for the Spanish National Ballet (2002), Canciones, antes de una guerra / Songs, Before a War (2004), Sevilla (2006).
During those years María Pagés and her company have been present at the best and most prestigious stages around the world: in the USA, England, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Singapore, China, Taiwan, Israel, Egypt, Russia, Mexico, Honduras, Spain...
María Pagés is currently an active member of the Board of the Cultural Council of Madrid.
