Sevillan bailaora Susana Casas began dancing at age eight with José Galván and later continued her formation with Matilde Coral and Manolo Marín. She started touring internationally in the early 1990s (Europe, Mexico, Japan) and has appeared in screen projects including Carlos Saura’s Flamenco as well as other television/documentary work. In 1994 she joined Mario Maya’s company for De lo flamenco and De Cai a Cuba, presented at the Bienal de Sevilla, while maintaining an active tablao career in venues such as El Arenal, Los Gallos, and Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (Barcelona).

From 1998 to 2004 she was a member of the Ballet de Cristina Hoyos, performing works including Arsa y Toma, Al compás del tiempo, and Tierra Dentro; in 2003 she assumed the leading role in Yerma. She later performed with the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía in productions such as Viaje al Sur and Romancero Gitano. As a creator, Casas premiered Por un sueño at the Gran Teatro Falla (Cádiz) in 2009 as dancer and choreographer, and took the work to the Shanghai World Expo the following year. In 2022 she won Canal Sur’s Tierra de Talento.

Juan Fernández was born in Cádiz in 1984 and began studying flamenco and classical Spanish dance at ten at the Paco del Puerto school in El Puerto de Santa María. He went on to train in Jerez de la Frontera under masters including Antonio “El Pipa,” Leonor Leal, and Chiqui de Jerez, and later at the Cibayi dance school under Charo Cruz, where he expanded into classical, Spanish, and modern dance. In Sevilla, where he now based, continued refining his craft with renowned teachers including Manolo Marín, Eva Yerbabuena, Andrés Peña, and Andrés Marín, among others.

He has toured worldwide with numerous flamenco companies, among them the Ballet Flamenco de Madrid, the Las Minas Puerto Flamenco company, and the show Authentic Flamenco, with engagements across Europe, the United States, and Canada. Notable credits include the opera La Traviata alongside Mercedes Ruiz and the Festival de Confolens in Toulouse with his own show De Los Puertos.

His prizes include first prize at the Concurso Nacional por Alegrías de La Perla de Cádiz (2011), first prize at the Flamenco Ciudad de Ubrique competition at the Festival Flamenco de la Piel (2014), the Flamenco Villa de Guillena competition (2015) sharing the bill with Argentina and Vicente Soto “Sordera” at the Festival de la Bulería de Guillena, and the Critics’ Award for Best Show in Japan.

Juan Fernández continues to perform De Los Puertos at leading tablaos and venues across Spain, and teaches workshops in Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Denmark, and Germany. His passion, technical mastery, and international reach have established him as one of the outstanding bailaores of his generation.