Cynthia Cano Candel

Finalist : Baile, dance, Cante de Las Minas 2012

Cynthia Cano Candel

Murcia

Age 19

Baile: Taranto, Alegrías

Born in 1993, native of Torres de Cotillas, she has studied Danza Española, terminating her studies in the Conservatorio Profesional de Danza de Murcia.

She has also studied Flamenco with Eduardo Serrano "El Guito", Antonio Canales "La Zambra", Javier Latorre, Carmen Ledesma, Rafael Campallo, Farruquito and others.

She won the First prize for choreography in the Conservatorio de Danza de las Torres de Cotillas, the Insignia de Oro in the Festival Internacional de Lo Ferro in 2007 and was given the award for "andaluza del año" by the Associación flamenca de Torrevieja, Rafael Alberti.

She has also travelled to Columbia, Chile, Cuba, Moroccoand Mexicoperforming alongside Manuela Carrasco.

She has appeared in the documental film, "Cuchillos al Viento" made by German Peter Sempel in 2007, and in the documentary XENIUS emitted in 2011 by French and German TV.

She continues to perform in a number of locations, having appeared in the tablao , "Los tarantos" in Granada, in the "Corral de la Morería", the "Villarosa" and the "Casa Patas" in Madrid, as well as in Franceas part of the spectacular, "Emocionesalive, " directed by French artist, Valérie Ruiz.

In 2012 she was a finalist in the Festival Internacional Cante de las Minas.

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