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PALOMA AND RAQUEL GÓMEZ - CHICAGO FLAMENCO FESTIVAL 2015

From the age of three she started a life devoted to dance in all its forms and studied at several renowned schools as the National Spanish Ballet School and Maria de Ávila Dance School in Madrid.

Through her extensive formative years, she is taught by outstanding masters of dance including: Lola de Avila (Classical Ballet), José Antonio (current director of the National Ballet of Spain) with whom she will later share the stage as lead dancer, Azary Plisetsky (Classical Ballet), Jorge Esquivel (Classical Ballet), Victoria Eugenia "Beti" (Classical Spanish Dance), Paco Romero (Classical Spanish Dance), Goyo Montero (Jazz Dance), Carl París (Modern and Contemporary Dance) and Pedro Azorín (Spanish Folklore).
Shes a graduate with the highest qualification for the Royal Professional Conservatory of Dance "Mariemma" at Madrid in Classical Spanish Dance, Escuela Bolera and Flamenco speciality.

At the age of 17 she becomes a member of the National Ballet of Spain where she will stay for four and a half years.
Always as lead dancer, she will later partake, amongst others, in companies such as 'José Antonio and the Spanish Ballets' under direction of José Antonio and the 'New Ballet of Spain' under direction of Angel Rojas and Carlos Rodríguez, where she's also costume designer of some of this companys productions and assistant artistic director. With them she will dance in some of the most prestigious theatres around the world. In 2000 she found her own dance company and directs two shows: 'De Lunares' and 'De Tapas' touring at national and international level both as dancer, director and choreographer.

In recent years, and in all the above roles, she has twice represented Spain in the Caracas International Dance Stars Festival (Venezuela). She has also choreographed a version of 'Carmen' for the International Taiwan Artists Association, one of the most influential arts production companies in Asia. She has also recently taken part for the third time as guest dancer in the Chicago Spanish Dance Festival organized by the Northeastearn Illinois University of Chicago , where she also impart classes of Classical Spanish dance, Spanish Folklore and Flamenco.

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