María Pagés

María Pagés is a modern Spanish dancer and choreographer, considered the paramount representative of flamenco vanguard. Internationally renowned for her personal aesthetic concept of this dance, she has proved to be a pioneer in the understanding of this art as in evolution, contemporary and alive, making her a leading innovator of modern flamenco. She founded her own dance company in 1990, now based in Madrid, Spain while performing worldwide. In 2014 she was awarded with the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (Spain) by the Spanish State through the Ministry of Culture.