Nuria Pomares is a dancer. She was born in

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and studied

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and Classical

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at the Royal High School of Dance. Her professional debut was at

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in 1991. She has danced at the

Teatro de la Zarzuela The Teatro de la Zarzuela is a theatre in Madrid, Spain. The theatre is today mainly devoted to zarzuela (the Spanish traditional musical theatre genre), as well as operetta and recitals. History The theatre was designed by architect Jerónimo ...

in Madrid and the

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. She was a soloist with Jose Antonio y los Ballets Españoles for one year and danced with

Joaquín Cortés Joaquín Pedraja Reyes (known professionally as Joaquín Cortés; born 22 February 1969) is a Spanish classically trained ballet and flamenco dancer. Biography Joaquin Cortés is a Spanish flamenco dancer. A native of Córdoba, Spain, Córdoba, ...

in ''Pasión Gitana'' for 4 years. Since 2002, she has danced in the

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

'' La vida breve'' by

Manuel de Falla Manuel de Falla y Matheu (, 23 November 187614 November 1946) was an Andalusian Spanish composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados, he was one of Spain's most important musicians of the first hal ...

under the direction of

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (born Rafael Frühbeck; 15 September 1933 – 11 June 2014) was a Spanish conductor and composer. Frühbeck was born in Burgos, Spain to a family of German ancestry. He first took up conducting while on military serv ...

throughout the

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and

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, including with the

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, the

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, the

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, th
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
and the

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, ''ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit ha-Yisra'elit'') is an Israeli symphony orchestra based in Tel Aviv. Its principal concert venue ...

. Nuria Pomares directs her own school of dance, which she founded in 1983. She has danced in the Washington National Opera,

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(2009) in From my latin soul. She was a special guest of the

in the Annual Gala 75th season (2010) opera Carmen under the direction of

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External links

Nuria Pomares - WEB site''Danse Espagnole'' (Video clip)
from ''La vida breve'' of Manuel de Falla, performed by dancer Nuria Pomares and the

with

conducting, in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

, June 6, 2009
Nuria Pomeras - WEB page of the New York Philharmonic
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