''Un Paso Adelante'' (''One Step Forward'') is a Spanish TV drama similar to the American 1980s TV series '' Fame''. It was originally broadcast on Spanish channel

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from 2002 to 2005. It has also been a huge success in Spanish-speaking countries (including Latin America), in Germany (where it was retitled ''Dance – Der Traum vom Ruhm''), Italy (where it was retitled ''Paso Adelante''),

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(where it was retitled ''Korak napred'') and in France (where it was retitled ''Un, Dos, Tres''). It began airing on Séries+ in Canada in 2011. Choreographers: Luka Yexi (seasons 1+2) Anna & Carlos Infante (seasons 3+4) Myriam Benedited (seasons 5+6)

Plot

The show focuses on the professors and the students of Carmen Arranz, one of the most prestigious art schools in Spain. The school is located in

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. The story follows Lola, Pedro, Rober, Jero, Ingrid, Silvia and Marta. They want to be successful singers, dancers and actors but they learn as they go along that the path to fame is not an easy one.

Cast list

Professors

* Lola Herrera as Carmen Arranz *

Beatriz Rico Beatriz Rico (born 25 February 1970, in Avilés, Asturias) is a Spanish actress. Biography Rico spent most of her childhood and adolescence in Gijón, having studied high school at the Jovellanos Institute. At 19, she moved to Madrid to study ...

as Diana de Miguel *

Natalia Millán Natalia Millán (born 27 November 1969) is a Spanish actress, dancer and singer. Life and career Born in Madrid on 27 November 1969, Millán began studying at the Taller de Escuelas Imaginarias (Escuela TAI) at age 16, receiving singing lessons, ...

as Adela Ramos * as Juan Taberner * as Cristóbal Soto * Toni Acosta as Jacinta "J.J." Jimenez * Jaime Blanch as Gaspar Ruiz *

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as Antonio Milá * as Horacio Alonso * Fanny Gautier as Alicia Jauregi * Esther Arroyo as Irene Miró * Juan Echanove as Mariano Cuéllar *

Marta Ribera Marta Ribera is a Spanish theatrical actress star born in 1971. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the Frank Wildhorn musical ''Jekyll & Hyde'' in the starring role of Lucy Harris and her most recent role as The Lady of the Lake in Mo ...

as Eva Ruiz * Satur Barrios as Cristina * Rocío Calvo as Claudia Romero * as Purificación "Puri" Lacarino

Students

Beatriz Luengo Beatriz Luengo González (born 23 December 1982) is a Spanish singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and entrepreneur based in Miami. She gained international recognition by portraying Lola Fernández in the Antena 3 series ''One Step Forward'' (S ...

as Dolores "Lola" Fernández * Miguel Ángel Muñoz as Roberto "Rober" Arenales * Pablo Puyol as Pedro Salvador * Mónica Cruz as Silvia Jauregui *

Silvia Marty Silvia Marty (born July 10, 1980; Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish actress, dancer, and singer. Silvia became famous for playing Ingrid Muñoz in the Spanish TV series ''Un paso adelante'', along with actors like Mónica Cruz, Beatriz ...

as Ingrid Munoz * Dafne Fernández as Marta Ramos *

Raúl Peña Raúl Peña (born March 21, 1977) is a Spanish stage and screen actor and singer known for appearing as Carmelo Leal in the long-running telenovela ''El secreto de Puente Viejo''. Biography Peña studied interpretation and has trained in severa ...

as Jeronimo "Jero" Juiz * Yotuel Romero as Pavel Rodriguez * as Erika Sanz * Arantxa Valdivia as Luisa Ruiz * Patricia Arizmendi as Sonia * Junior Miguez as Junior Miguez *

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as Benito "Beni" Lopez * as Josè * Ricardo Amador as Rafael "Rafa" Torres * as Cesar Martín

Others

* as Sebastián * Elisabeth Jordan as Tania * José Ángel Egido as Víctor Arenales * as Román Fernández * William Miller as Nacho Salinas

Main characters

Silvia Jáuregui ( Mónica Cruz) is the best female dancer at the school, besides being the director's niece. Her mother was a professional dancer and her father was a conductor. Therefore, she had the opportunity to tour the world with them when they were performing abroad. In the first episodes, she was quite snobbish and reserved. So she had difficulty in making friends. But, throughout the episodes, she became a close friend of Ingrid and Lola. She has had many lovers: Pedro, Rober (who eventually got her pregnant), Pavel, cocaine addict Alvaro, and Horacio (an ex-boyfriend of her aunt's). Dolores "Lola" Fernández (

) is a young woman who has devoted her entire life to dance and her family (her father and younger brother). She has a talent for singing but her real passion is dancing. Throughout the episodes, she has had many lovers: Jerónimo, Pavel (played by Orishas’ frontman Yotuel who is also

's partner in real life), and Pedro. Ingrid Muñoz (

) is an extroverted and optimistic young woman who idolises Aretha Franklin. She had a romance with Juan, one of her teachers. She broke up with him, however, after he got his colleague Diana pregnant. Pedro Salvador ( Pablo Puyol) is the son of an Asturian fisherman and he moved to

to learn how to dance. Actually, he considers dance as a way to overcome his shyness towards girls. Besides, he has to work at part-time jobs in order to pay for his scholarship. Roberto “Rober” Arenales ( Miguel Ángel Muñoz) is the seventh son of a wealthy family from San Sebastian. He likes behaving as a tough guy, and he's a ladies' man. He has a son, with an ex-girlfriend from when he was 16. Jeronimo “Jero” Juiz (Raul Peña), is a songwriter ready to do anything to gain fame. He had a romance with Lola but she ended up cheating on him with another student, Pavel. Marta Ramos ( Dafne Fernández) is a classical dancer. She is dance teacher Adela's sister. She had an affair with Pedro, and afterwards, with Rober. In the final season, she was diagnosed with a heart disease. But, eventually, she overcame it and returned to dance.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paso Adelante Antena 3 (Spanish TV channel) network series Television shows set in Madrid 2002 Spanish television series debuts 2005 Spanish television series endings 2000s Spanish drama television series