Irene Olivares and Juan de la María receive awards from the Jerez Festival.

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The board of the Federation of PeñaFlamenco dancers from Jerez, along with the advisors and members of the jury composed of the dance teacher Anna Maria Lopez, the artist Gomez of Jerez, the journalist and culture critic Valeria Reyes and the director of the Jerez Festival, Carlos GranadosIn addition Villamarta Theatre y Found, decided to unanimously award the Best prize cante accompanying the XXIX Festival of Jerez to John Nunez Peña, known artistically as John of the Maria.

The singer from Jerez, born in 1989, has been awarded for his participation in this 29th edition of the Festival de Jerez together with the Manuel Liñán Company in the show Dead in loveJuan made his debut as a soloist at the Cultural Center Flamenco Don Antonio Chacón de Jerez, as did such great names in the flamenco such as Fernando Terremoto, his daughter María Terremoto, and Jesús Méndez, among other notable names. Juan de la María developed his artistic career primarily by accompanying Manuel Liñán in dance and also with the recently created show shaky, Miguel Angel Heredia y Alberto Selles, as well as other shows and companies such as Joaquin Grilo. His evolution and great impact are unquestionable. Throughout his career, he has participated in Tablao Los Gallos (Seville, 2018) and Tablao Garlochí (Tokyo – Japan 2019), and in the shows Loleando (Macarena Company of Jerez, 2021), Transitions (Fernando Jiménez Company, 2021), Festival of Flamenco de Loire (France, José Maya Company, 2021), Bulería Festival (Gemma Company Moneo, 2021), Company of María del Mar Moreno in 2021, the soul (Joaquín Grilo Company, 2021). She has also sung for Pepe Torres, Concha Vargas, and Farru, among others.

On the other hand, the revelation award belonging to the artists participating in the Cycle Peña en peña which is granted by this same Federation has also been unanimously awarded to the dancer Irene Olivares for his performance at the center Consulting Flamenco Mr. Antonio ChaconIrene is a dancer from Jerez de la Frontera, raised in one of the most flamencoFrom Jerez, La Asunción. From a very young age, Irene began participating in the numerous prestigious dance competitions organized in the province of Cádiz. Now, at the height of her personal and artistic maturity, she is the lead dancer in the guitarist's shows. santiago moreno Nobody is Innocent, The Cage, The Passions of Christ, Buried in Ashes, Women of Lime and cante with Maria del Mar Moreno y Medea by Pilar Távora. She has also performed on the renowned stages of the Lope de Vega in Seville and the Villamarta in Jerez. She is also notable for her important teaching work as a teacher of her own school in the French city of Bordeaux, where she teaches regularly.