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Joaquin Ruiz
Begins his career with companies such as
Ballet of the Teatro de la Zarzuela, Compañía Luisillo, Rafael de Córdoba, Ballet Antología,
Ballet Siluetas de José Antonio, Ballet Maria Rosa, Rafael Aguilar, Compañía Mario Maya, Trío
Fantasía
Teaching
As a teacher of Flamenco he has given classes and workshops in Italy (Rome, Turin, Milan);
Germany (Munich, Hamburg, Feiburg, Manheim, Ulm, Regensburg, Nuremberg); Australia
(Adelaide); USA (Santa Fe, New York City); Japan (Kobe, Tokyo, Osaka); South Africa (Cape
Town); Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Salvador de Bahia, Brasilia); Mexico (Mexico City, Queretaro).
In Spain, he has taught Master Classes in Madrid at the Ballet Nacional de España, the Reaal
Conservatorio Superior de Danza, and the Escuela de Arte flamenco “Amor de Dios”
Choreography
As a choreographer he has contributed pieces to Compañía Rafael Aguilar, Ibérica de Danza,
Cia. Blanca del Rey, Cia. Flamencos en Route, Cia. Paco Peña; for Flamenco dancers such
as Inmaculada Ortega, Rafael Amargo, Javier Barón, Miguel Ángel Espino, and for the
Real Conservatorio Superior de Danza de Madrid
Directing
Director for Danza y Arte Flamenco (Tokyo); Misa Flamenca (South Africa); Color y Ritmo
(Canada); Entre Nosotros (Miami); A Compás (Seoul); Tiempos de Silencio (New York);
Okuni (Kyoto); Carmen (Nagoya, Japan)
His Dance Companies
Flamenco y Mediterráneo, La Plaza, Mar de Tierras, Fastos, Siesta, Reencuentros,
Manantiales, Aguassafia, Nos ponemos flamencos, Caravana
Festivals
Edinburgh Festival, Arts Festival of Hong Kong, Jacob’s Pillow, Festival de Otoño
(Madrid), Jerusalem Festival, Euromediterranean Festival- Midem (France), Womad
(Australia), Jaipur Literature & Arts Festival (India), Singapore Festival of Arts)
as an Invited Artist with
Carmen Linares, Paco Peña, Serranito, Carmen Cortés, Raúl, Blanca del Rey, María
Benítez, Flamencos en Route, la Tati, Luisillo, Radio Tarifa, Carlos Núñez, Pablo Ribén
Maldonado
Participates in Grand Events such as
PMusikfestpiele Saer, with Paco de Lucía, Teresa Berganza
Philarmonie de Munich, with Monsterrat Caballé, José Carreras
La Noche Blanca del Flamenco in Córdoba, with Estrella Morente, Tomatito
In Theaters
Teatro de la Zarzuela, Teatro Albéniz and Teatro Español (Madrid)
Teatro Argentina, Teatro Bellini (Italy)
Royal Albert Hall, The Barbican Center, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Sadler’s Wells (London)
Philarmonie (Munich)
Concertgebouw (Amsterdam)
Auditorio de Belem (Lisbon)
Joyce Theather (New York)
Stellar Performances
Main role in Torero, based on Federico García Lorca’s piece “Muerte y llanto de la muerte de
Ignacio Sánchez Mejía”, directed by Master Ciro (Festival of Jerusalem)
One of Los 5 bailaores, with Joaquin Cortés and Antonio Canales (Zambra, Madrid)
50th Anniversary of UNESCO (Paris)
Día Internacional de la Danza Madrid, with the Ballet Nacional de España, Víctor Ullate
Frankfurt Ballet
Gala de Estrellas, with artists such a s Lucía Lacarra (tearo Gallare, Pamplona)
Also performing with
Enrique Morente, José Mercé, VIcente Amigo, Diego el Cigala, Miguel Poveda
Tablaos Flamencos
Corral de la Morería, Corral de la Pacheca, La Venta del Gato, Villa Rosa, Casapatas,
Tablao Zambra, Las Carboneras, Las Tablas