ADELA CAMPALLO WAS BORN IN SEVILLE IN 1977 INTO A FAMILY WITH A GREAT FLAMENCO TRADITION IN THE CERRO DEL ÁGUILA NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IT IS ACTUALLY THERE, WITHIN THE FAMILY NUCLEUS OF THE CAMPALLO, WHERE HE MADE HIS DEBUT AT JUST NINE YEARS OLD IN FRONT OF ARTISTS OF THE STATURE OF THE GREAT LOLA FLORES. THE BEGINNINGS OF HER TRAINING AS A PROFESSIONAL BAILAORA ARE RECEIVED FROM THE TALENT OF GREAT TEACHERS OF TEACHERS SUCH AS JOSÉ GALVÁN AND MANOLO MARÍN, IN ADDITION TO HAVING PERFECTED HER ART AND PERSONAL STYLE WITH ARTISTS SUCH AS ANTONIO CANALES, JAVIER BARÓN, ANDRÉS MARÍN, MANUELA CARRASCO, MERCHE ESMERALDA AND HER BROTHER RAFAEL CAMPALLO.WITH ONLY FIFTEEN YEARS OLD, ADELA TRAVELS TO JAPAN WITH HER BROTHERS AND SETTLED THERE FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS WORKING AS A PROFESSIONAL AT THE TABLAO “EL FLAMENCO”, AND GIVING COURSES IN ALL THE ACADEMIES OF TOKYO AND CITIES NEAR THE CITY OF NIPPON, FROM THEN HAVING A GREAT IMPACT ON STUDENTS FROM SUCH A YOUNG AGE.UPON HIS RETURN TO SEVILLE IN 1992, HE WAS PART OF THE MANUELA CARRASCO COMPANY IN THE SHOW “LA DIOSA”, DANCING IN THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS FLAMENCO THEATERS AND FESTIVALS OF THE MOMENT.
FROM 1993 ONWARDS, HE PASSED THROUGH ALL THE MOST IMPORTANT TABLAOS IN SEVILLE, BARCELONA, MADRID AND JAPAN. LOS GALLOS, EL ARENAL, EL CORDOBÉS, CASA PATAS OR FLAMENCO, BEING HIRED BY LONG-TERM CONTRACTS.COMBINING WITH MANY GALAS FROM INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS, SUCH AS ALBUQUERQUE (USA), MARSEILLE AND MONT DE MARSAN (FRANCE), CORRAL DEL CARBÓN IN GRANADA,IN 2002 HE MEASURED HIS WORTH AFTER BEING A FINALIST IN THE BIENNIAL YOUNG PERFORMERS CONTEST DE FLAMENCO DE SEVILLA, HAVING RECEIVED A VERY SPECIAL MENTION BY THE JURY. AT THE SAME TIME, HE BEGAN A CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND COLLABORATION WITH THE ANTONIO CANALES COMPANY IN WHICH HE IS A SOLOIST, HAVING PARTICIPATED IN THE SHOWS “BAILAOR”, “SANGRE DE EDIPO”. A SHORT TIME LATER, IN 2003, HE PERFORMED SOLO AT THE CENTRAL THEATER IN SEVILLE, AT THE JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA AUTUMN FESTIVAL AND WENT ON A SUMMER TOUR WITH THE SHOW “EL SON CUBANO Y EL FLAMENCO”. HE ALSO COLLABORATES WITH THE FARRUQUITO COMPANY WITH THE SHOW “ALMA VIEJA” THAT PREMIERED IN MONT DE MARSAN AND WITH THE ANDRÉS MARÍN COMPANY IN “MÁS MÁS OTRO DEL TIEMPO”. LIKEWISE, ADELA WAS PART OF JAVIER LATORRE’S COMPANY WITHIN THE PLAY “RINCONETE Y CORTADILLO” PRESENTED AT THE GRAN TEATRO DE CÓRDOBA, THE LOPE DE VEGA IN SEVILLE, THE VILLAMARTA THEATER IN JEREZ, AMONG OTHER IMPORTANT STAGES.IN 2004, TOGETHER WITH HIS BROTHER RAFAEL, HE PREMIERED THE SHOW “CAMPALLERÍAS” AT THE JOAQUÍN TURINA HALL IN SEVILLE, TOURING WELL-KNOWN EUROPEAN VENUES. IN ADDITION TO THIS, ADELA PARTICIPATES IN COUNTLESS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS, INCLUDING THE ALBUQUERQUE FESTIVAL IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE BOGOTÁ CITY FESTIVAL IN COLOMBIA.IN 2005, ADELA CLOSED THE VII ANDALUSIAN FLAMENCO DANCE SHOW IN SEPTEMBER AT THE MYTHICAL CORRAL DE CARBÓN IN GRANADA AND IN NOVEMBER SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE INAUGURAL GALA OF THE VIENE DEL SUR FLAMENCO SERIES 2005-2006 PREMIERED AT THE CENTRAL THEATER FROM SEVILLE TAKING PART IN THE PLAY “OTRA GENERACIÓN” DIRECTED BY JOSÉ MIGUEL ÉVORA.LOOKING AHEAD TO 2006, ADELA PARTICIPATES IN THE USA FLAMENCO FESTIVAL AND THE JEREZ FESTIVAL AS PART OF “LA GALA ANDALUCÍA” ALONG WITH ARTISTS SUCH AS MERCHE ESMERALDA AND MANOLO MARÍN.
IN 2007, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF PILAR TÁVORA, ADELA BECAME THE MUSE AND PROTAGONIST OF MEDEA, A PLAY THAT IS PERFORMED IN THEATERS IN ANDALUSIA AND EUROPE, MAINLY IN GREECE.ADELA CAMPALLO COLLABORATES WITH HER BROTHER RAFAEL IN 2009 IN THE SHOW “PUENTE DE TRIANA” PREMIERED AT THE MONT DE MARSAN FESTIVAL, IN ADDITION TO MAKING THEIR OWN SOLO PRODUCTION ENTITLED “7 DE MAYO” HAVING PREMIERED IT ON FLAMENCO THURSDAYS IN CAJASOL AND LATER TAKING IT BY ALMOST ALL EUROPE.IN 2010 HE MADE HIS SECOND OWN PRODUCTION UNDER THE NAME OF “HORIZONTE”, WHICH WAS PREMIERED AT THE CAJASOL FLAMENCO THURSDAYS IN SEVILLE, AS WELL AS AT THE CORRAL DE GRANADA SUMMERS, THE JEREZ FESTIVAL AND FINALLY A WEEK AT THE COMPAC THEATER. FROM THE GRAN VÍA IN MADRID.WITHIN THE SEVILLE BIENNIAL OF FLAMENCO IN ITS SEVENTEENTH EDITION, HE PARTICIPATED IN THE SHOW “LA PUNTA Y LA RAÍZ” AT THE TEATRO DE LA MAESTRANZA, IN ADDITION TO PRESENTING “HORIZONTE”.IN 2013, ADELA AND RAFAEL CAMPALLO WERE CALLED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ORIGINAL FLAMENCO FESTIVAL, PERFORMING FOR A WEEK AT THE COMPAC THEATER ON GRAN VÍA IN MADRID, RECEIVING OVATIONS FROM ALL THE ATTENDEES.ALREADY IN 2014, ADELA CAMPALLO WAS INVITED BY ANTONIO CANALES TO PREMIERE THE SHOW “UNA MONEDA DE DOS CARAS”, ONE OF THE MOST AMBITIOUS, INNOVATIVE AND INGENIOUS PROPOSALS PREMIERED IN MALLORCA AND AT THE END OF THE SAME YEAR IT WAS PRESENTED AT THE GRAN TEATRO FALLA DE CADIZ. MEANWHILE, HE ALSO PREMIERES THE SHOW “SANGRE” WITH HIS BROTHERS RAFAEL AND JUAN CAMPALLO, HAVING PRE-PREMIERED AT MONT DE MARSAN AND PREMIERED AT THE SEVILLE BIENNIAL.IN 2015, ADELA CAMPALLO BEGAN WITH GREAT CHALLENGES IN HER CAREER AND WITH NEW PROPOSALS AND IDEAS, THUS CREATING TWO SHOWS ENTITLED “ADELAIDA” WHERE THE ARTIST UNDRESSES HER ART LEAVING EVERYTHING IN THE SIMPLEST AND PUREST OF HER STYLE, LOVE AND LIFE FOR FLAMENCO , ALSO BUILDS “SIMPLY ADELA” A MULTI-FORMAT SHOW THAT HAS TOURED VARIOUS STAGES IN SPAIN, MEXICO, THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND ITALY.LIKEWISE, ADELA CONQUERS MEXICO CITY WITH THE VARIETY OF HER SHOWS, HER GREAT ACHIEVEMENT BEING THE LUNARIO OF THE NATIONAL AUDITORIUM AND THE METROPOLITAN THEATER OF MEXICO CITY.
IN MARCH OF THE SAME YEAR, ADELA CAMPALLO RETURNED TO THE JEREZ FESTIVAL WITH “SANGRE” AT THE VILLAMARTA THEATER AND LATER TRAVELED TO PARIS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF RAFAELA CARRASCO TO PRESENT THE INAUGURAL SHOW OF THE PARIS FLAMENCO BIENNIAL, HAVING SHARED THE STAGE WITH ANTONIO CANALES, RAFAEL CAMPALLO AND RAFAELA HERSELF.IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, ADELA IS SUMMONED BY THE MEXICAN-BASED PRODUCTION COMPANY AKAIS CHINDOS TO BE A PARTICIPANT IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MOST MEMORABLE WORKS BY ANTONIO CANALES, AMONG WHICH THE MYTHICAL “TORERO”, “LA CASA DE BERNARDA ALBA” AND “THE TWO SIDES OF THE COIN”THROUGHOUT HER ENTIRE CAREER, ADELA HAS STEPPED ON INNUMERABLE TABLAOS AND STAGES THROUGHOUT SPAIN, JAPAN, MEXICO AND OTHER COUNTRIES, AS WELL AS PARTICIPATIONS SUCH AS THOSE THAT HIGHLIGHT THE INGENIOUS PROPOSAL OF FRANCIS BRUNN, THE GREAT GERMAN JUGGLER, SHARING STAGE WITH FARRUQUITO, EL FARRU, JOSÉ MAYA, TOROMBO AND JAIRO BARRUL. ADELA ALSO LEFT HER PERSONAL MARK AND HER DANCE STYLE IN THE FLAMENCO DIDACTIC COLLECTION “RITMO FLAMENCO RYTHM” AND ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE RECORDING OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL FOR THE AUDIO ELECTRONICS FIRM BOSE TOGETHER WITH JEREZ-BORN GUITARIST JUAN DIEGO AND ÁNGEL MUÑOZ AL BAILE .FINALLY, AT THE BEGINNING OF 2016 ADELA CAMPALLO BECAME A PROFESSIONAL CHOREOGRAPHER, HAVING TAUGHT PROFESSIONAL SPECIALIZATION COURSES IN FLAMENCO DANCE IN MEXICO, THE CZECH REPUBLIC, CHINA, SPAIN AND ITALY, IN ADDITION TO BEING IN A PERIOD OF “LABORATORY AND INTROSPECTION” PROPER FOR THE ASSEMBLY OF HIS NEW SHOW FOR WHICH THERE IS ALREADY A LOT OF EXPECTATION, AS WELL AS HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE XIX BIENAL DE FLAMENCO DE SEVILLA BY THE HAND OF HIS PRODUCTION HOUSE WITH AN INNOVATIVE AND TRADITIONAL ASSEMBLY AT THE SAME TIME.AND IT WILL BE AGAIN THIS YEAR THAT MEXICO WILL ONCE AGAIN BE HER HOST COUNTRY WHERE SHE IS NAMED AMBASSADOR OF “FLAMENCO IN MEXICO AND AMERICA” WITHIN THE 1ST MEETING IN MEXICO OF FLAMENCO ART IN AMERICA WITH ITINERANT HEADQUARTERS THROUGHOUT THE CONTINENT WITH THE PRESENCE OF MORE FROM 10 COUNTRIES IN NORTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS, THE ANTILLES AND LATIN AMERICA, ESTABLISHING ITSELF AS AN ICON AND A REFERENCE OF FLAMENCO AND ITS CONJUNCTURE IN AN ENTIRE CONTINENT, AS WELL AS BEING THE IMAGE OF THE PRESTIGIOUS ANNUAL FESTIVAL “MÉXICO MUY FLAMENCO 2016” AND BEING PART OF THE SHOWS “SIN MUROS” BY DAVID PEÑA DORANTES.IN JULY 2017, SHE WAS INVITED TO GIVE COURSES AT THE CONTEMPORARY IBERIAN FESTIVAL, AND TO HOLD A GALA FOR THIS PRESTIGIOUS FESTIVAL IN THE CITY OF QUERÉTARO, MEXICO, OBTAINING VERY GOOD REVIEWS FROM THE PUBLIC AND PRESS. SHE CONTINUES TO BE CALLED BY THE FLAMENCO PIANIST DORANTES AS A GUEST ARTIST FOR THE PRESENTATION OF HIS LATEST CD, AS WELL AS FOR GALAS IN SPAIN AND EUROPE.SHE IS CURRENTLY IMMERSED IN THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF HER LATEST SHOW UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE GREAT ANDRÉS MARÍN, WHILE CONTINUING TO GIVE COURSES IN SPAIN, EUROPE, JAPAN AND AMERICA.
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