| With a choreography by Mamen Baños they have won the second prize in the advanced flamenco modality | The Carmen Baños academy has been runner-up in the national dance contest 'Live your dream 2020', an advanced flamenco modality, which was held this weekend.
With a choreography by Mamen Baños, the Cartagena academy goes directly to the international final.
With the choreography 'Vuela', the 18 dancers faced a total of 3,500 participants from 185 Spanish academies. This dance and dance contest was supposed to have been held in vila but as a result of the pandemic it took place virtually through YouTube this past Sunday.
"The piece presented by the academy was recorded in the port of Cartagena, a unique and representative scene of all Cartagena.
We are very proud to represent our city in Spain and for next year in a European country" has indicated by the choreographer Mamen Baños. For his part, the Councilor for the Culture Area of ??the Cartagena City Council, David Mart nez Noguera, congratulated the academy "for its great position in this dance competition" and recalled that his show 'Turn on your light 'can be seen on Monday, January 4 through TeleCartagena and the YouTube channel of the City Council thanks to the virtual programming of the Council. 'Live your dream' is a contest run by the Dancing Stars company that brings together the best groups selected in the previous provincial and regional phases in disciplines such as flamenco, Spanish dance, urban dances, classical, contemporary , showdance or freestyle, among others.The company Dancing Stars Events organizes different dance competitions in different European countries, In 'Live your dream' this year, almost 4,000 participants from all over Spain have taken part, divided into 185 groups, which gives added credit to what the young people from Cartagena have achieved.
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Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena