Jesús Carmona Moreno

Winner Trofeo Desplante, Cante de las Minas 2012

Jesús Carmona Moreno
Winner Trofeo Desplante, Dance trophy, August 2012
Madrid
Age 26

Jesús Carmona Moreno was born in Barcelona in 1985 and began training as a dancer aged 7, in "La Macarena y el Niño de Morón."
In 2004 he was licensed in Flamenco dance and Danza Española by the Barcelona Instituto del Teatro y Danza, and was awarded the prize of best dancer in the XX Certamen de Danza Española y Flamenco of Madrid in 2011.

He also won the third prize  for choreography in the 2001 Nou Barris competition..

His professional debut was in the Zorilla Theatre with the Orquesta de Tatro Liceu de Barcelona aged 16.

From this moment on he began his professional career participating in various dance companies including the Nuevo Ballet español, Carmen Torres, "El Guito", Esther Carrasco, Antonio Canales, Rafael Amargo, "La Truco" and Mónica Fernández.

In 2006 he presented his spectacular, "El Silencio de la Luna" the silence of the moon, and in that same year became part of the Ballet Nacional de España, as part of the dance chorus, and one year later became the principal dancer of the company.

In 2010 he participated in the tour as an invited artist in the Asian tour of Rojas y Rodriguez and with the Ballet Nacional de España in " Corazón de Piedra Verde, " ( heart of Green stone.)

On August 11th 2012 he gained the Trofeo Desplante at the Cante de las Minas in La Unión.

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