A courageous, imaginative flamenco dancer with exquisite sensitivity… She knows how to give a personal touch to every dance she choreographs, every show she designs. A quintessential artist of the Sevillian school, she doesn't like to simply repeat the past. Dances of yesterday, but renewed and revived for today. She creates works that explore contemporary dance, circus, theater, humor, cabaret… This blend of disciplines has become the hallmark of Choni Cía. Flamenca.
A restless, eclectic creator… Asunción Pérez “Choni” was born in Seville. A graduate of the Seville Higher Conservatory of Music and Dance, she has a long professional career as a soloist and as part of the artistic ensemble of important companies such as those of Mario Maya and Eva Yerbabuena, among others, performing in numerous national and international theaters and festivals.
After winning the Giraldillo for "Most Innovative Show" at the XIV Flamenco Biennial with "Malgama, Circontemporáneo y compás" (2005) and the Giraldillo for "Revelation" at the XV Flamenco Biennial with "Tejidos al Tiempo" (2008), Choni Cía. Flamenca established itself as one of the leading companies in the avant-garde of contemporary flamenco. However, it is with "La Gloria de mi mare" (2010), which garnered numerous awards, and "Compás de Espera" (2015) that the company continues to demonstrate the versatility that characterizes this unique group.
A versatile choreographer, she likes to bet on new evolutionary ingredients, new interpretive formulas and exquisite stage parameters, and she knows how to surround herself with all those who are committed to renewed approaches where disparate forms can coexist, creating risky choreographies of overwhelming beauty and plasticity.
His artistic pursuit has been recognized with — Giraldillo for "Most Innovative Show" (2006), Giraldillo "Revelation" at the XV Flamenco Biennial (2008), Best Show and Best Male Performance at the Seville Stage Awards (2011), Andalusian Theatre Awards (2014) for Best Actor and Best Lighting, nominations for the 2014 Max Awards for the Performing Arts for Best Dance Show and Best Female Dance Performer, Circus Show Award at the 2014 III Andalusian Theatre Awards, 2016 Lorca Awards for Musical Authorship, 2017 Lorca Awards for Best Show and Best Female Flamenco Dance Performer — and with the applause of the public and critics: A dance and a futuristic aesthetic conception (LA FLAMENCA MAGAZINE), The choreographies are daring and of overwhelming beauty and plasticity (ANDALUCÍA NEWS), Choni dazzles when she begins to dance without music, and she does so with mastery of her body (ABC), a dancer with the soul of music…poetry in her body… diverse, penetrating, innovative, sharp and master of silences (EL MUNDO), A small jewel of theatrical flamenco (DEFLAMENCO.COM)
Awards
- 2017 Lorca Award for Best Show with «Compás de Espera»
- 2017 Lorca Award for Best Female Flamenco Dance Performer for «Compás de Espera»
- 2016 Lorca Prize for Musical Authorship with «Reencuentro»
- 2014 Andalusian Theatre Award for Circus Show with «Malgama 1.1»
- 2014 Max Awards Nomination for Best Dance Performance with «La Gloria de mi mare»
- 2014 Max Awards Nomination for Best Female Performer for «La Gloria de mi mare»
- 2014 Andalusian Theatre Award for Best Actor with «La Gloria de mi mare»
- 2014 Andalusian Theatre Award for Best Lighting with «La Gloria de mi mare»
- 2011 Best Show at Wednesday Theatre with «La Gloria de mi mare»
- 2011 Seville Stage Awards for Best Theatre Show with «La Gloria de mi mare»
- 2011 Seville Stage Awards for Best Male Performance for «La Gloria de mi mare»
- 2008 Best Show at the Southern Theatre Fair with «Tejidos al Tiempo»
- 2008 Giraldillo «Revelation» at the XV Seville Flamenco Biennial with «Tejidos al Tiempo»
- 2006 Giraldillo for the "most innovative show" at the XIV Flamenco Biennial with "Malgama, circontemporáneo y compás"
