Antonio Najarro

Born in Madrid, Antonio Najarro is an accomplished dancer and choreographer having graduated from Madrid’s Royal Conservatory of Professional Dance. In 1997, he was accepted into the Ballet Nacional de España and became its principal dancer and choreographer three years later. In 2002, Antonio founded his own company, Compañía Antonio Najarro, where he created, choreographed and starred in six productions: Tango Flamenco (2002), Flamencoriental (2006), Jazzing Flamenco (2008), Suite Sevilla (2011), Alento (2020) and Querencia (2022). Antonio served as the Director of Ballet Nacional de España from 2011 to 2019, and his choreography has been featured in artistic swimming competitions and figure skating contests internationally, used in gold medal winning performances at the Figure Skating World Championships and Olympic competitions. Antonio is invited all over the world as a Spanish dance choreographer and directs the Spanish television dance contest Un País en Danza.