Ricardo López of Madrid, Spain has performed throughout Spain, North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America with many of Spain’s most celebrated artists, including Antonio Canales, María Pagés, Rafaela Carrasco, Rafael Amargo, Rafael Aguilar, Manuel Liñan, Marcos Flores, Angel Rojas, Carlos Rodriguez, Rocio Molina, Olga Pericet, Concha Jareño, and Daniel Doña. He has danced in the finest tablaos in Madrid such as Casa Patas, El Corral de la Pacheca, El Corral de la Moreria, and Café Chinitas. and in prestigious festivals throughout Europe and abroad including the Festival de Jerez, Madrid en Danza, USA Flamenco Festival, and the New World Flamenco Festival.
In 1997 Ricardo joined Rafael Aguilar’s company performing as a company dancer and as a soloist. In 2002 he began dancing with Rafael Amargo where he shared the stage with artists such as Montse Cortéz and Rafaela Carrasco. He then went on to dance with the Compañia María Pagés in 2003.
In 2002 he began dancing as a soloist for the Nuevo Ballet Español of Madrid. In March 2004 he danced in the prestigious Festival de Jerez in Romeo y Julieta. In 2006 he toured in the USA Flamenco Festival dancing in Flamenco Directo. In addition to choreographing and directing for the company, he assumed the role as first dancer for Angel Rojas and Carlos Rodriguez.
Ricardo choreographed for the Madrid based company Macadanza with Concha Jareño and Gemma Morado for the 2008 production, Jazz Flamenco. In 2009 he shared the stage with Lola Greco, Alejandro Granados and Amador Rojas in Miguel Narros's production of Fedra to the music of Enrique Morente and choreography of Javier Latorre performing in such important theatre festivals such as the International Festivals of Merida, Almagro, and Peralada in Spain and Napoli Danza and the 2009 Biennial of Venice, Italy.
Ricardo is currently a soloist with Compañia Rafaela Carrasco which he has been with since 2004 performing in such productions as La Música del Cuerpo and Una Mirada al Flamenco sharing the stage with Manuel Liñan and Marcos Flores. In August 2006 he danced with Carrasco in the New World Flamenco Festival and again in 2007 in the USA Flamenco Festival. He joined her in in 2007 in Del Amor y Otras Cosas in Madrid, and In 2008 he performed in the Bienal de Sevilla with Carrasco in Vamos al Tiroteo along with Pedro Cordoba, Jose Maldonado, and David Coria. They will perform at the 2010 London Flamenco Festival and the 2010 Festival de Jerez.
Not only is Ricardo a exceptional dancer, but he is a gifted teacher as well. Following are comments from past students:
“He is the best! In my 15 years of flamenco workshops -I feel more inspired by Ricardo than anyone I have EVER taken a workshop from.”
“It was one of the best workshops I have ever done.”
“He's such a good and generous teacher, and I loved the style and choreography.”
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RICARDO LóPEZ
“The most riveting moment of the evening came at the beginning of 'Playas del Alma.´ A phalanx of dancers stomped a repeated series of rhythmic patterns as a backdrop for a dynamite solo by Ricardo López. Graceful, charismatic, but completely devoid of the kind of dramatic angst some of the other dancers pasted on, López maintained an elegant carriage as he unfurled spectacular footwork accented by sharply angled kicks. It was a simple idea, powerfully executed and rhythmically thrilling.”
Karen Campbell
The Boston Globe
“As for López, his elegance was commanding and his technique matched the visual impact, whether his taconeo was resounding like an automatic, his dime-placed tours broken by lighting accents to the side, or a promenade preceding pitos or palmas. The tautness of his delivery took care of the snootiness frequently seen in the flamenco artist, and permitted him to register how much he enjoyed dancing. López is a visitor one likes to see return.”
Renee Renouf Hall
Ballet.co
