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María Juncal
María Juncal (2013)
Born	ca. 1981 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Occupation	flamenco dancer

María Juncal (b. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, ca. 1981) is a Spanish flamenco dancer who has toured in Belgium, Canada, China, Cuba, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, the U.S., and Venezuela. She has participated in different shows such as Jarocho under the direction of Richard O'Neal, assistant director of Riverdance, and has collaborated as a choreographer with Spain's women's national artistic gymnastics team, 2012. In addition to receiving the Excelencias Cuba Award 2018 2018 for her work in developing Cuban flamenco art, and winning the Antonio Gades National Award of Flamenco Dance, she was voted the best flamenco dancer at the Festival Del Cante De Las Minas.

Biography

María Juncal was born into a family with flamenco roots, the Borrull family.

Juncal's family members involved in flamenco history include her grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, aunts, and uncles. A painting (La Algeria) of an aunt (Aunt Julia) in mid-dance is held in Madrid’s Museo del Prado. Miguel Borull, Julia Borull, Concha Borull, Isabel Borull, and Mercedes Borull (La Gitana Blanca) are family members.

Juncal began her career studying ballet and classical Spanish dance in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, where she was a student of Miguel Navarro, Rosalina Ripoll, and her great-aunt, Trini Borrull. Later, Juncal continued her studies at the Centro de Arte Flamenco y Danza Española Amor de Dios in Madrid. Among the teachers who trained her were Cristóbal Reyes, La Tati, El Güito, Manolete, Ciro, and Merche Esmeralda in flamenco; Nadine Boisaubert and Dagmara Brown in ballet; and Trini Borrull and Rosalina Ripoll in classical Spanish dance.

Juncal has been in charge of the artistic and general direction of different shows that she performs with her company, such as: "La gitana Blanca", "Azabache y miel", "Murmullos y Geranios", "Instantes", "Destemplao", "La Hora de los Milagros", "Tercera Llamada junto al Gran maestro Ciro", and "Quimera".

In 2011, she made a documentary entitled Flamenco de raíz, which was nominated for five Goya Awards.

Event participation

Juncal has participated in several international dance events such as:

Awards and honours

References

1. Breña, Carmen Morán (19 November 2022). "María Juncal: "Es una heroicidad bailar flamenco en México"". El País México (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2023.
2. "9th Festival Cumbre Flamenca in Los Angeles". Vida Flamenca. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
3. "An Excelencias Cuba Award 2018 Goes to Maria Juncal | Arte por Excelencias". www.arteporexcelencias.com. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
4. ^ "MARIA JUNCAL". Vida Flamenca. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
5. "Maria Juncal Compania Flamenca - Dance from Spain". dancefromspain.feced.org (in European Spanish). Federación Estatal de Compañías y Empresas de Danza. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
6. ^ Fischel, Marion (14 August 2018). "The legendary Maria Juncal dances in Tel Aviv". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
7. "María Juncal". Flamenco Barcelona en Tablao Flamenco Cordobes (in European Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2023.
8. «Proyección. Documentales». Ayuntamiento de Almería.
9. "Válgame Dios qué alegría tiene esta gente, qué fatigas tengo yo. Flamenco de raíz » Premios Goya 2023". www.premiosgoya.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2023.

• 1981 births
• Living people
• People from Las Palmas
• Spanish flamenco dancers
• 21st-century Spanish dancers
• Spanish female dancers