Ruben Olmo

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Rubén Olmo Leal (born February 15, 1980 in Seville ) is a Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer . Since September 2019 he has been director of the Ballet Nacional de España .

Life

Education and early career

At the age of 9, Rubén Olmo entered the Conservatorio de Danza in Seville to take classes in Spanish and classical dance. He received extensive training and learned from first-class masters, including Manolo Marín , Manolete , El Güito , Mario Maya , José Granero , Javier Latorre , Antonio Canales , Teresa Nieto , Rosa Naranjo and Aída Gómez . In 1994 he took part in the first choreography workshop of the Compañía Andaluza de Danza under the direction of Javier Barón .

In 1997 he was accepted into Aída Gomez 'Compañía de Danza Española and danced as a solo dancer in Estamos solos . A year later he danced at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in El barberillo de Lavapiés to the choreography by Ramón Oller . In 1998 he moved to the Ballet Nacional de España . There he danced in the play Luz de alma by Javier Latorre in the role of principal dancer. In La Celestina he danced the role of Calixto to the choreography by Ramón Oller and directed by Adolfo Marsillach . Further productions of the Ballet Nacional, in which he took part as first solo dancer, included Poeta by Javier Latorre, Carmen in the choreography of José Antonio , Oripando by Israel Galván , Grito by Antonio Canales and Ritmos by Alberto Lorca .

In 2002 he left the Ballet Nacional. As a dancer and tutor he took part in Eva Yerbabuena's production La voz del silencio . He then danced in Ramón Oller's company, Metros . In its version by Carmen Rubén Olmo danced the role of Escamillo. He also took part in the Dalí performance at Metros . In 2003 he began his career as a choreographer with a performance at the Certamen de Danza Española y Flamenco in Madrid: With Érase una vez que era he won third prize. In 2004 he took part in Javier Latorre's choreography Los Tarantos , directed by Emilio Hernández, as a solo dancer and repetitor. A year later he joined Rafael Amargo's company . There he worked as the first solo dancer, repetitor and assistant to the choreographic direction in the productions Poeta en Nueva York , El amor brujo , DQ Pasajero en tránsito and Enramblao .

Choreographer and leader

In 2006, now with his own company, he presented Belmonte, da danza hecha toreo in Madrid . The piece pays homage to the torero Juan Belmonte . It tells the story of his life from the time he was 14 to his retirement from the arena in 1935 and his suicide in 1962. The play focuses on Belmonte's friendly rivalry with Joselito . Rubén Olmo portrayed Belmonte's grief over the death of his friend in the arena in a farruca . In addition to such moments of tragedy, the piece is also rich in festive and humorous moments. This is reflected in an abundance of scenes and musical styles: flamenco strophes, oriental melodies, baroque music , variety - couplets alternate in a colorful sequence.

In 2007 Rubén Olmo created a piece for children with Pinocchio . At the same time, it pays homage to his own father, who, like Antonio in the story, was a master carpenter . Although it is aimed at children, it does not stick to the surface, but rather

"Nos habla de las consecuencias de nuestros actos, de lo inapelable de las decisionses tomadas, de la responsabilidad y el precio de la libertad de elección."

"Tells us about the consequences of our actions, about the irrevocability of decisions made, about responsibility and the price of freedom of choice."

- Rubén Olmo Rubén Olmo quote-es

For the dance staging, Rubén Olmo modified the original text by Carlo Collodi together with David Tejedor and Orial Subirana . The fairy appears in the plural; in one scene the fairies transform into a choir of classical Greek theater . Vixen and tomcat are each occupied twice. Rubén Olmo himself danced the main role of Pinocchio. Like Belmonte , Pinocchio is also characterized by a wealth of musical and dance forms.

In addition to these works for his own company, Rubén Olmo also worked with Aída Gómez and created choreographies for her performance Permíteme bailarte . He supported Antonio Najarro with choreographies for his performance Jazzing flamenco .

From 2011 to 2013 Rubén Olmo led the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía as the successor to Cristina Hoyos . In 2012, at the Jerez Festival , he brought his work Metáfora to the stage with this company . In doing so, he opened the ensemble's repertoire, which until then had concentrated exclusively on flamenco. The first part actually focused on classical flamenco; the alegrías in this section refer specifically to Matilde Coral and the Sevillian style. In the second part, however, the escuela bolera and classical dance came into play. Rubén Olmo was able to win Pastora Galván and Rocío Molina as invited artists . Rubén Olmo had Agustín Diassera and Jesús Cayuela re-compose the music, which in the flamenco theater often draws on well-known composers such as Enrique Granados , Manuel de Falla and Isaac Albéniz .

With his second work for the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía , Rubén Olmo took up the tragic story of a bullfighter again in 2012: the writer and bullfighter Ignacio Sánchez Mejías died in 1934 when he ventured into the arena again after a long break from fighting. In the poem Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías , the poet Federico García Lorca dealt with his grief over the death of his friend, the torero. Together with Antonio Canales as a guest star, Rubén Olmo staged the story of the friendship between the poet and the torero. He was based on Lorca's poem, the title of which he also chose as the title of his production.

In 2013 he directed the Encuentro Internacional de Coreografía y Danza in Jerez, primarily a gathering of professionals from the dance scene, but also with some performances for the audience.

At the Jerez Festival in 2016, he performed his work Arquitectura de luz y sombras in the courtyard of the archaeological museum .

In 2018 he presented Horas contigo at the Flamenco Madrid Festival . The piece spans a wide range of Celtic dances, accompanied by the bagpipes , through the sonatas by Padre Soler and the music by Erik Satie, right up to contemporary dance and flamenco. Rubén Olmo shared artistic direction with Israel Galván, whose personal style is expressed in the avant-garde parts of the performance. In the same year, together with the dancer Eduardo Leal, the pianist Alejandro Cruz, the guitarist Pitín hijo, the percussionist Chupete and the singer José Luis García, he staged a musical and dance evening entitled Altano .

At the Seville Biennale in the same year he appeared in Rafaela Carrasco's performance El salón de baile .

At the Jerez Festival in 2019, Rubén Olmo performed Horas contigo again . On the same occasion he also supported Úrsula López with choreographies for her production Naturalmente Flamenco . Again this year he took up a drama from the bullfight: In 2010 the bullfighter José Tomás was taken by the horns of the bull Navegante and seriously injured in the arena in Aguascalientes, Mexico . José Tomás processed this experience in his book Diálogo con Navegante , which he wrote together with Mario Vargas Llosa . For the Malaga Festival , Rubén Olmo, in collaboration with Antonio Canales, staged the fictional dialogue between the torero and the bull.

Head of the Ballet Nacional

In the same year Rubén Olmo was nominated as the new director of the Ballet Nacional de España. In September 2019 he succeeded the previous director Antonio Najarro .

The first production under his direction, Invocación bolera , is scheduled for the beginning of March 2020 as the final performance of the Jerez Festival. One piece from this suite, Jauleña , is a choreography by Rubén Olmo himself, with which he won the 2019 Critics' Prize at the Jerez Festival. The second piece, Eterna Iberia , is a choreography by Antonio Najarro. The third part, De lo flamenco , is intended as a tribute to Mario Maya , who died in 2008 .

Teaching

In 2005 Rubén Olmo supported the participants in Operación Triunfo with body language training . He has been teaching Spanish dance at the Centro Andaluz de Danza for more than 10 years .

He occasionally gave courses at major festivals:

  • Flamenco course for professional dancers of other genres at the Flamenco Festival in London 2013, together with Olga Pericet .

Awards

  • 2008 Premio Pilar López of the City of Madrid for Pinocchio .
  • 2010 Giraldillo at the Seville Biennale for the best choreography.
  • 2015 Premio Nacional de Danza .
  • 2019 Critique Prize at the Jerez Festival.

Web links

References and comments

  1. ↑ a b c d e f José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume V. Signatura Ediciones de Andalucía, Sevilla 2010, ISBN 978-84-96210-88-2 , p. 261 .
  2. ↑ a b c José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume V, S. 262 .
  3. ↑ a b José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume V, S. 264 .
  4. ↑ a b José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume V, S. 265 .
  5. ↑ a b c José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume V, S. 267 .
  6. ↑ a b c José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume V, S. 266 .
  7. ^ A b Rubén Olmo. In: Danza.es. Retrieved May 16, 2019 (Spanish).
  8. ^ Margot Molina: El paso adelante de Rubén Olmo . In: El País . February 21, 2012, ISSN  1134-6582 ( elpais.com [accessed May 16, 2019]).
  9. ↑ Federico García Lorca: Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías. In: Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. Retrieved May 16, 2019 (Spanish).
  10. ^ Fermín Lobatón: Crítica | Una historia de amistad y muerte . In: El País . July 19, 2012, ISSN  1134-6582 (Spanish, elpais.com [accessed May 16, 2019]).
  11. ^ Fermín Lobatón: Jerez se cita de nuevo con el baile . In: El País . July 10, 2013, ISSN  1134-6582 (Spanish, elpais.com [accessed May 16, 2019]).
  12. ^ Margot Molina: Baile, cante y olor a pescado . In: El País . February 28, 2016, ISSN  1134-6582 (Spanish, elpais.com [accessed May 17, 2019]).
  13. ^ Teresa Fernández Herrera: Flamenco Madrid 2018: Rubén Olmo en "Horas contigo". In: Periodistas en Español. May 25, 2018, Retrieved May 16, 2019 (Spanish).
  14. ↑ Manuel Martín Martín: La alta técnica lleva a la impronta . In: El Mundo . November 30, 2018 (Spanish, elmundo.es [accessed May 16, 2019]).
  15. ↑ Manuel Martín Martín: Histórica lección de Rafaela Carrasco . In: El Mundo . September 27, 2018 (Spanish, elmundo.es [accessed May 17, 2019]).
  16. ↑ Silvia Cruz Lapeña: Rubén Olmo, flamenco that stops time. In: Revista DeFlamenco.com. March 7, 2019, accessed on May 16, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Manuel Martín Martín: Úrsula López, la heroína del BAF . In: El Mundo . March 1, 2019 (Spanish, elmundo.es [accessed May 16, 2019]).
  18. ^ José Tomás, Mario Vargas Llosa: Diálogo con Navegante . Fundación José Tomás, 2019.
  19. ↑ Regina Sotorrío: La cornada a José Tomás se baila por soleá. In: diariosur.es. April 2, 2019, Retrieved May 17, 2019 (Spanish).
  20. ^ Raquel Vidales: Rubén Olmo, new director of the Ballet Nacional de España . In: El País . April 1, 2019, ISSN  1134-6582 (Spanish, elpais.com [accessed May 16, 2019]).
  21. ^ Primera semana. Rubén Olmo director of the Ballet Nacional de España. (Video) In: Youtube. Ballet Nacional de España, accessed September 8, 2019 (Spanish).
  22. ^ Paco Sánchez Múgica: Rubén Olmo estrenará la primera producción del ESD based on direction for clausurar the 24 Festival de Jerez . In: lavozdelsur.es . Seville September 27, 2019 (Spanish, lavozdelsur.es [accessed October 8, 2019]).
  23. ↑ As of May 2019
  24. ^ Ruben Olmo. In: Centro Andaluz de Danza. Retrieved May 16, 2019 (Spanish).
  25. ^ Margot Molina: El Flamenco Festival de Londres apuesta por un modelo participativo . In: El País . February 20, 2013, ISSN  1134-6582 (Spanish, elpais.com [accessed May 17, 2019]).
  26. ↑ Toñi Caravaca: Aprende a bailar seguiriyas con un maestro del flamenco . In: El Mundo . July 4, 2015 (Spanish, elmundo.es [accessed May 16, 2019]).
  27. ↑ Bienal de Flamenco 2010. In: la Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla. Retrieved May 16, 2019 (Spanish).
  28. ^ Rubén Olmo y la Compañía La Intrusa, Premios Nacionales de Danza 2015 . In: El País . October 21, 2015, ISSN  1134-6582 (Spanish, elpais.com [accessed May 16, 2019]).
  29. ^ Rubén Olmo y La Intrusa, premios nacionales de Danza de 2015 . In: El Mundo . October 21, 2015 (Spanish, elmundo.es [accessed May 16, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Olmo, Rubén
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Olmo Leal, Rubén
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Seville