Laura Santamaría

A flamenco dancer with extensive training in classical, modern, and jazz ballet, as well as dramatic arts, specializing in flamenco. Her training began under the tutelage of Ángela Santamaría (her mother's academy, a graduate of the Murcia Higher Conservatory of Dance). She received a scholarship to study for a year at the Cristina Heeren Foundation and since then has enriched her skills by taking courses with numerous artists, including Manuela Ríos, Rosario Toledo, Adela Campallo, Carmen Ledesma, Milagros Mengíbar and Rafael Campallo. She has also studied with Andrés Peña, Alicia Márquez, Pilar Ortega, Juan Ogalla, Manuel Betanzos, Andrés Peña, Francis Nuñez (ballet, bolero, stylized dance), Pastora Galván, Carmela Greco, La Tani, Mari Paz Lucena, Joaquin Grilo, Pepa Montes, Juana Amaya, Jairo Barrul, Mercedes Ruiz, Matilde Coral, Eva Yerbabuena, Rafaela Carrasco, Israel Galván, Belén Maya, El Guito, Javier Latorre, and participated in a Jota masterclass with Javier (a dancer with the Spanish National Ballet)