David Morales
Full name
Place of birth
Biography
David Morales was born in La Línea de la Concepción, in 1971. He started to dance sevillanas when 4 years, and he has thirty trophies, plaques, medals, diplomas... which he won in different sevillanas contests when he first started held in municipalities of the Comarca de Gibraltar (Cádiz)
When he was six, he started to dance flamenco and he made his debut on the following year in the '1st Flamenco Festival Ciudad de Los Barrios' (Cádiz), por alegrías and Bulerías, with José Monje Cruz, "Camarón de la Isla", "Fosforito", "Chiquetete", etc. Since then, he was a usual flamenco dancer in the different flamenco festivals held in the area (municipalities of Campo de Gibraltar, Estepona, Marbella, Ceuta)
At the age of 11, he made his first tour abroad- Saudi Arabia, for one month, where he became the first flamenco dancer ever who traveled to that area, a tour he repeated several times for some more years. After this, festivals, recitals, tours, contests, television programs, etc. started.
Some of the most important flamenco festivals are the "Flamenco Biennial" in Seville, "Festival Flamenco el Mostachón" in Utrera (Seville), "Jueves Flamencos" in Cádiz, "Festival Flamenco de Ojen" (Málaga), etc. His most relevant tours around the world are to Japan, Germany, Turkey, and the united Kingdom, where on several occasions, the audience of the Royal Festival Hall and the Barbican Theatre have stood up clapping his performance. He also took part in the Andalusian day in London. His awards include "Calahorra Flamenca de Córdoba" and "Estepona Cantaora y Bailaora".
He has been on several TV channels at a worldwide level- the BBC of the United Kingdom, the Italian TV, and in the Andalusian TV channel he has participated in the opening and closing ceremony of the "Gala de los Premios de la comunicación de la Radio Televisión Andaluza", a Canal Sur program "Marifé de Triana", the Canal Sur program "La Venta del Duende", etc. In addition to this, he has also taken part in two TV flamenco series for Canal Sur TV "Buscando a Carmen" and "Cavilaciones" by Pilar Távora. He has been the flamenco dancer and choreographer of the Poesía Flamenca show by Ángel Garó titled "En La Línea de mis sueños".
