The Carlos Saura trilogy 1981-1990
In the theater, the audience members has a 180º view, while a move makes a 360º view possible. Fired from the National Ballet, Gades partners with former members of his company and other members of the Spanish National Ballet to form the GIAD (Grupo Independiente de Artistas de la Danza), the Independent Group of Dance […]
Back to the stage 1994-1999
“I have always liked to draw on a literary work. Why would I invent one if there are already many wonderful stories in literature?” Gades the sailor comes out of retirement and gets back to the arena to create his last work, one that he had been thinking about for the past 15 years, ever […]
I’ll go like the wind 2000-2004
Antonio Gades retires from the stage, his final performance of Fuenteovejuna at the Lope de Vega in Madrid. He danced the leading role, a young boy who had to go to the river to get a girl who was doing the washing. “I would kneel, play with her, get up. One day I heart an […]
From Elda to Madrid 1936-1952
“My father, who is the person I’ve admired the most and who has influenced me the most, taught me to respect others”. Antonio Esteve Ródenas, known by his stage name Antonio Gades, was born on November 14, 1936 in Elda, a province of Alicante, and moved to Madrid immediately after the Spanish Civil War. His […]
The Sea, 1990-1993
Cuba is not an adventure, it is my life’s harbor. The avalanche of successes during his partnership with Carlos Saura and without the two women who had had impact on his life, Cristina Hoyos and Pepa Flores, are no longer with him, an exhausted Antonio retires from dance and dissolves the company. Although they will […]
